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Practice to Evidence: Using Evaluability Assessment to Generate Practice-Based Evidence in Rural South Georgia
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Honeycutt, Sally; Hermstad, April; Carvalho, Michelle L.; Arriola, Kimberly R. Jacob; Ballard, Denise; Escoffery, Cam; Kegler, Michelle C. – Health Education & Behavior, 2017
Evidence from formal evaluation of real-world practice can address gaps in the public health knowledge base and provide information about feasible, relevant strategies for varied settings. Interest in evaluability assessment (EA) as an approach for generating practice-based evidence has grown. EA has been central to several structured assessment…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Rural Areas, Health Promotion, Prevention
A Contextual Factors Framework to Inform Implementation and Evaluation of Public Health Initiatives
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Vanderkruik, Rachel; McPherson, Marianne E. – American Journal of Evaluation, 2017
Evaluating initiatives implemented across multiple settings can elucidate how various contextual factors may influence both implementation and outcomes. Understanding context is especially critical when the same program has varying levels of success across settings. We present a framework for evaluating contextual factors affecting an initiative…
Descriptors: Public Health, Sustainability, Program Implementation, Context Effect
Results from a Multi-Modal Program Evaluation of a Four Year Statewide Juvenile Sex Offender Treatment and Reentry Program
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Underwood, Lee A.; Dailey, Frances L. L.; Merino, Carrie; Crump, Yolanda – Journal of Prison Education and Reentry, 2015
The results of the Program Evaluation show the OJJ Statewide Sex Offender Treatment program is exceptionally productive in meeting over 90% of its established performance markers. These markers included successful screening and assessment of risk and psychosocial needs, completion of initial and master treatment plans, establishment of sex…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Juvenile Justice, Sexual Abuse, Psychoeducational Methods
Universal Screening and Referral: A Foundation for Comprehensive, Integrated Maternal and Early Childhood Home Visiting
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Baggett, Kathleen M.; Warlen, Leslie C.; Schrotberger, Heather – ZERO TO THREE, 2014
Universal screening and referral are crucial for maternal, infant, and early childhood home visiting programs to improve maternal, infant, and early childhood outcomes. The purpose of this article is to describe a county-wide, centralized intake and referral system. The authors report results and lessons learned for reducing service duplication…
Descriptors: Home Visits, Referral, Screening Tests, Agency Cooperation
Childhood Lead Poisoning: Resources for Prevention.
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Alliance to End Childhood Lead Poisoning, Washington, DC. – 1994
The current approach to dealing with childhood lead poisoning has led to repeated diagnoses of poisoning because such children are treated and then returned to their hazardous environments. This handbook, the third in a three-volume set, provides examples of specific materials currently or recently used in ongoing state and local childhood lead…
Descriptors: Child Health, Children, Community Education, Community Programs
Evaluation Design, 1978-1979. Local/State Bilingual Education Evaluation.
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Weibly, Gary; And Others – 1979
The evaluation design of the 1978-79 local/state bilingual education program of Austin Independent School District is presented. The primary focus of the evaluation is the assessment of the objectives in language development and concept development submitted to the Texas Education Agency. A secondary focus is the collection of information related…
Descriptors: Accountability, Bilingual Education, Cognitive Objectives, Community Programs