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Birch, Paul James; White, Joseph M.; Fellows, Kaylene – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2017
Evaluations of a large federally funded sexual risk avoidance education (SRAE) efforts in the USA have not been widely reported in the wake of funding cuts. The purpose of this study is to report results from a broad set of programmes to demonstrate the breadth of field effectiveness of these programmes. Twenty-seven separate community-based SRAE…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Sex Education, Prevention, Program Evaluation
Braverman, Marc T. – American Journal of Evaluation, 2013
Sound evaluation planning requires numerous decisions about how constructs in a program theory will be translated into measures and instruments that produce evaluation data. This article, the first in a dialogue exchange, examines how decisions about measurement are (and should be) made, especially in the context of small-scale local program…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Methods Research, Research Methodology, Research Design
Savaya, Riki; Spiro, Shimon E. – American Journal of Evaluation, 2012
This article presents the findings of a large scale study that tested a comprehensive model of predictors of three manifestations of sustainability: continuation, institutionalization, and duration. Based on the literature the predictors were arrayed in four groups: variables pertaining to the project, the auspice organization, the community, and…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Sustainability, Questionnaires, Models
Hunter, Sarah B.; Paddock, Susan M.; Ebener, Patricia; Burkhart, A. K.; Chinman, Matthew – Journal of Community Psychology, 2009
Prevention support systems (PSSs) are designed to help communities implement evidence-based practices (EBPs). Little is known about the factors that influence their adoption. In this article, we examined adoption of a PSS for substance abuse prevention called Getting To Outcomes (GTO)[R] among staff in two community coalitions with varying levels…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Prevention, Innovation, Prediction

Brunk, Susan E.; Goeppinger, Jean – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1990
A case study of the Arthritis Self-Care Project, a rural community intervention in Virginia, demonstrates the importance of process evaluation in determining the actual independent variable. Instances of reinvention uncovered by the study are explored, and suggestions are provided for dealing with the reinvention inevitable in field research. (TJH)
Descriptors: Community Programs, Field Tests, Formative Evaluation, Health Education

Pentz, Mary Ann; And Others – Evaluation Review, 1990
The relationship between level of program implementation and change in adolescent drug use behavior in the Midwestern Prevention Project was assessed. Results for 5,065 sixth and seventh graders at follow up are discussed in terms of research assumptions about the quality of program implementation and possible school-level predictors of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Programs, Drug Abuse, Elementary Education
Sloan, David L. – 1993
Some of the common characteristics associated with juveniles who become involved in gang activities are identified. Programs that attempt to alleviate the situations that lead to gang involvement and programs that deal with juvenile delinquents are discussed. The history of the juvenile justice system is also traced. Characteristics that can…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Community Programs, Delinquency Prevention