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Peer reviewedAbrahamson, Stephen – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1984
Three "levels" of the state of the art are discussed: the "ideal," for program evaluation; the "practical," with political limitations; and the "actual," for current practices. A review by Lloyd and Abrahamson (l979) is updated and current practices are discussed. Finally, a historical review introduces a…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Medical Education, Physicians
Peer reviewedJason, Leonard A.; Lonak, Cheryl A. – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1990
Corporations in the Chicago area (n=608) replied to a mail survey to assess the number that had developed no-smoking policies and program contents. Implications of the findings that company size had an effect on most outcome measures are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Mail Surveys, Organizations (Groups), Policy Formation, Prevention
Peer reviewedForst, Martin; And Others – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1990
Findings from an outcome evaluation of the California AIDS Education and Prevention Program, the largest of its kind in the country, are presented. Specific programs suffered from design defects that made it impossible to accurately determine their effectiveness. Attitude and behavior change was not properly addressed by the programs. (TJH)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Evaluation Problems, Health Education, Prevention
Peer reviewedHolmes, Douglas; And Others – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1993
Pitfalls of sloppy science are discussed as they relate to the evaluation of human services programs. Differences between trial-and-error methods and the scientific method are discussed; and the requirements for sound research are reviewed, as are the shortcomings of a less rigorous approach. (SLD)
Descriptors: Health Programs, Human Services, Program Evaluation, Research Problems
Peer reviewedHembroff, Larry; Perlstadt, Harry; Henry, Rebecca C.; Hogan, Andrew J.; Weissert, Carol S.; Bland, Carole J.; Harris, Dona L.; Knott, Jack H.; Starnaman, Sandra M. – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1999
Two examples from the cluster evaluation of the W. K. Kellogg Foundation's Community Partnership for Health Professions Education illustrate why flexibility in evaluation design and activities is essential to collaborate with program directors and be responsive to program needs. (SLD)
Descriptors: Community Programs, Evaluation Methods, Medical Education, Medical Services
Peer reviewedFielding, David W.; Jang, Raymond – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1981
A "nonequivalent control group" design was employed to measure the effectiveness of a continuing education program developed to enhance a community pharmacist's ability to respond to requests for nonprescription medication. Data analyses indicated a significant improvement in the participant pharmacist's abilities. (Author/GK)
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Continuing Education, Foreign Countries, Pharmacists
Peer reviewedReed, Suellen B.; Riley, William – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1979
The comprehensive model for evaluating nursing education programs is described in terms of what is evaluated; who conducts the evaluation; and why it is conducted. A structure for further action and decision making is also presented. (GDC)
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Evaluators, Higher Education
Peer reviewedHannan, Edward L.; And Others – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1989
The new quality assurance system for nursing homes implemented by the New York State Department of Health in 1981 was compared to the previous system. The new system devoted more resources to on-site activities and identified more patient-care deficiencies and more repeat deficiencies. (SLD)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Medical Care Evaluation, Nursing Homes
Peer reviewedPichert, James W.; And Others – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1993
Whether Effective Patient Teaching (EPT), a health professions continuing education course, could be effectively taught by trainers who were not course developers was studied for four nurse managers trained in EPT and seven who were not. Effectiveness of training and value of the EPT program were supported. (SLD)
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Health Personnel, Nurses, Professional Training
Peer reviewedLange, Brian – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1979
If the proposition is accepted that service agencies occupy unique environments, then single organism research designs (such as ABAB) and multiple baseline designs may provide more valuable information than currently accepted research methodologies. (Author/MH)
Descriptors: Community Services, Evaluation Methods, Human Services, Program Evaluation
Peer reviewedPopham, W. James – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1993
A strategy to encourage evaluation used by the Centers for Disease Control in the Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) is described. DASH personnel tried to make evaluation of human immunodeficiency virus education programs more attractive by providing materials and models for evaluation. (SLD)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Evaluation Methods, Health Education, Health Programs
Peer reviewedHenderson, Harold; German, Victor F.; Panter, A. T.; Huba, G. J.; Rohweder, Catherine; Zalumas, Jacqueline; Wolfe, Leslie; Uldall, Karina K.; Lalonde, Bernadette; Henderson, Ron; Driscoll, Mary; Martin, Sara; Duggan, Sandra; Rahiman, Afsaneh; Melchior, Lisa A. – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1999
Evaluated nine diverse HIV/AIDS training programs to determine the degree to which programs produced changes in the way that health care systems delivered HIV/AIDS care. More than half the 218 trainees interviewed gave at least one example of a systems change. (SLD)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Change, Health Education, Organizational Development
Peer reviewedAnd Others; Garrard, Judith – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1978
Methods used in evaluating the clinical learning experiences of medical students in rural and university settings are investigated. A three-dimensional scheme for categorizing these different methods is described. (JKS)
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Evaluation Methods, Formative Evaluation, Higher Education
Peer reviewedOgborne, Alan C.; And Others – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1986
In an experimental study involving health and social service professionals, a second mailing of a questionnaire to initial nonrespondents in a mail survey was found more cost-effective as a means of increasing returns than attempts to conduct telephone interviews, although telephone contacts suggested several reasons for nonresponse. (Author)
Descriptors: Adults, Cost Effectiveness, Health Personnel, Program Evaluation
Peer reviewedSuen, Hoi K. – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1984
The Bayesian inferential process is modified for use in an aggregate meta-analytic evaluation. Compared with the average effect size meta-analytic approach, the Bayesian approach was more sensitive, more consistent and more powerful. This approach is recommended when primary data are not available and when all evaluations involve comparisons of…
Descriptors: Bayesian Statistics, Data Interpretation, Effect Size, Evaluation Methods
