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Garney, Whitney R.; Szucs, Leigh E.; Primm, Kristin; King Hahn, Laura; Garcia, Kristen M.; Martin, Emily; McLeroy, Kenneth – Health Education & Behavior, 2018
Introduction: In 2014, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention funded the American Heart Association to implement policy, systems, and environment-focused strategies targeting access to healthy food and beverages, physical activity, and smoke-free environments. Method: To understand factors affecting implementation and variations in success…
Descriptors: Public Policy, Public Health, Health Promotion, Program Evaluation
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McGovern, Conor F.; Newman, Constance – Journal of Child Nutrition & Management, 2020
The FNS Research Corner provides a continuing series to summarize recently completed and current research conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) in the area of child nutrition. Summaries of recently completed research projects, research conducted through grant activities, and in-progress research are…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Grants, Research Projects, Food
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Citro, Constance F., Ed.; Straf, Miron L., Ed. – National Academies Press, 2013
Publicly available statistics from government agencies that are credible, relevant, accurate, and timely are essential for policy makers, individuals, households, businesses, academic institutions, and other organizations to make informed decisions. Even more, the effective operation of a democratic system of government depends on the unhindered…
Descriptors: Federal Government, Public Agencies, Statistics, Data Collection
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Adams, Marianna – Journal of Museum Education, 2012
This article addresses the ways in which museum practice has grown or shifted in the ways it thinks about, implements, and uses visitor research. A brief overview of the role of government policies, funders, and theorists and thinkers in the field of museum practice provides a background upon which current practitioners think about the role and…
Descriptors: Museums, Program Evaluation, Change, Research
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Benson, Amanda; Jafry, Tahseen – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2013
Purpose: This review paper presents an overview of changes in agricultural extension on a global scale and helps to characterise on-going developments in extension practice. Design/methodology/approach: Through a critique and synthesis of literature the paper focuses on global political changes which have led to widespread changes from production-…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Agricultural Education, Educational Change, Educational Development
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Higgs, Elizabeth S.; Zlidar, Vera M.; Balster, Robert L. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2012
Recognizing the need for evidence to inform policies, strategies, and programs to care for vulnerable children, the U.S. Government convened an Evidence Summit on Protecting Children Outside of Family Care on December 12-13, 2011, in Washington, DC, USA. This paper summarizes the background and methods for the acquisition and evaluation of the…
Descriptors: Evidence, Program Evaluation, Public Policy, Government Role
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Brandon, Paul R.; Smith, Nick L.; Grob, George F. – American Journal of Evaluation, 2012
In 1997, American Evaluation Association member George Grob, now retired from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and currently President of the Center for Public Program Evaluation, made a testimony on Medicare home health care fraud and abuse before the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging. The occasion was to announce the…
Descriptors: Human Services, Evaluators, Investigations, Program Evaluation
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Kniker, Ted – New Directions for Evaluation, 2011
This chapter describes the author's experience and insights as the chief of evaluation for public diplomacy at the U.S. Department of State, and as a consultant assisting federal agencies in a multitude of evaluation activities relating what helps and hinders internal evaluation functions. The article discusses the challenges faced by the internal…
Descriptors: Evaluators, Program Evaluation, International Relations, Public Agencies
Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2013
Making Connections was the Annie E. Casey Foundation's signature place-based, community-change initiative of the 2000s. It sought to build on previous work and launch an effort focused firmly on the framework of family strengthening. The Foundation started Making Connections in 22 places, focusing eventually on first 10, then seven sites. It…
Descriptors: Family Involvement, Change Strategies, Program Development, Program Implementation
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Benjamin, Lehn M.; Greene, Jennifer C. – American Journal of Evaluation, 2009
Today's public policy discussions increasingly focus on how "networks" of public and private actors collaborate across organizational, sectoral, and geographical boundaries to solve increasingly complex problems. Yet, many of evaluation's key concepts, including the evaluator's role, assume an evaluand that is programmatically or organizationally…
Descriptors: Evaluators, Public Policy, Networks, Problem Solving
Hayes, Brigid – Canadian Literacy and Learning Network, 2012
This revised report was prepared for the Canadian Literacy and Learning Network (CLLN) and the thirteen-member provincial and territorial literacy coalitions. The purpose of the report is: (1) To provide background information on the labour market transfers from the Federal Government to the provincial and territorial governments; (2) To outline…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Literacy, Basic Skills, Technology Transfer
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Heilman, John G.; Johnson, Gerald W. – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1991
How state agencies have addressed privatization in a service setting (municipal wastewater treatment) is discussed. The implications for evaluations of many types of programs, particularly those of local service programs regulated by the states, are explored. Data from a national survey of state environmental regulatory agencies are highlighted.…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Community Services, Evaluation Methods, Private Sector
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Spindler, Charles J. – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1991
This paper reviews two approaches to solid waste stream management that encourage recycling in the beverage industry, a model categorizing public policies directed at diverting postconsumer waste from the waste system, and industry initiatives in the context of these policies. Preemptive and compelled partnerships represent innovations in…
Descriptors: Administration, Cooperation, Incentives, Industry
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Orenstein, Diane; And Others – Journal of Health Education, 1992
Synthesizes results from four evaluations of the PATCH (Planned Approach to Community Health) program. Two examined multiple state and community programs, one examined one state, and one reviewed methods and materials of state and local coordinators. The article discusses specific recommendations for conducting PATCH and Centers for Disease…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Health Services, Federal State Relationship, Health Education
Livermore, Gina A.; Goodman, Nanette – Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Employment Policy for Persons with Disabilities, 2009
Over the past several years, a number of new programs, policies, and initiatives designed to promote the employment of people with disabilities have been implemented by state and federal agencies, and are being evaluated to greater and lesser degrees. The purpose of this report is to provide a review of the recent evaluation activities being…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Program Effectiveness, Employment, Public Agencies
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