Evaluation and Program Planning

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Volume 112, issue C, 2025

Using a systems lens in evaluations at the nexus of environment and development

Jeneen R. Garcia and Juha I. Uitto

A scoping review of program evaluations in non-profit alcohol and other drugs service settings: Considerations for service and research partnerships

Emily Deans, George Economidis, Peter Gates, Andrea Zocco, Robert Stirling, Sally Nathan, Suzie Hudson and Sara Farnbach

Applying the RE-AIM framework to evaluate a diabetes prevention intervention delivered through a food bank

Elizabeth M. Felter, Morgan Smith, Kate Cheyne, Martha Y. Orozco, Eric A. Steiner, Yuae Park and Tiffany L. Gary-Webb

Assessing evaluation capacity in an early stage equity-focused organization

Rebecca H. Woodland, Vafa Alakbarova and Charlotte F. Elwell

Supporting the implementation of social and emotional learning: County office goals to promote wellbeing in schools

Ashley N. Metzger, Alejandro Nuñez and Valerie B. Shapiro

Implementation and evaluation of service learning at higher education institutions

Marie-Therese Schultes, Daniel Graf, Julia Holzer, Barbara Schober and Christiane Spiel

Community members’ and community partners’ perspectives on community readiness to address youth violence prevention in a low-income urban community

Terri N. Sullivan, Katherine M. Ross, Carine E. Leslie, Daniella Tailor and Angela Angulo

Assessing community values of civil society organizations led coastal ecotourism conservation projects on climate change context

Ravi Sharma and Vishal Pradhan

Realist evaluation of a CBT-based stress management intervention for Danish patients on sick leave due to work-related stress: A study protocol

Charlotte Brøgger Bond, Lars Peter Andreas Brandt, Daniel Navy Ditlevsen, Sonia Dalkin, Morten Vejs Willert and Lotte Nygaard Andersen

Does transitional housing matter? The contributions of a housing program on homeless youth’s outcomes

Pushpanjali Dashora and Shiva Kiaras

Bridging the divide: Cultivating collaborative leadership in a rural Ghanaian school

Kwame Anokye, Abigail Okyere Darko, Edmund Kude Diderutua, Jemima Boateng, Helina Boansi Apea, Afia Agyeiwaa, Abdul-Jalil Halid, Ivy Betur Naaso and Basil Wepadam Awiah

Challenges to the implementation of guidance and counseling program in secondary schools of Tigray regional state, Ethiopia

Alemat Abay, Kibrom Adane and Teklay G.her

Direct measurement of learning outcomes in higher education: A proposal of nine standardized scales for continuous improvement in engineering programs

Mónica Hernández-Campos, Jorge Esteban Prado-Calderón, Antonio Gonzalez-Torres and Francisco José García-Peñalvo

A multimodal analysis of resource allocation across U.S. cancer registries

Maggie Cole-Beebe, Florence K.L. Tangka, Jenny Beizer, Amarilys Bernacet, Stephen Brown, Paran Pordell, Reda Wilson, Sandy Jones and Sujha Subramanian

Development of a health promoting sports clubs intervention: An intervention mapping process analysis

Hoye, Van, Stacey Johnson, Florence Rostan, Fabienne Lemonnier, Benjamin Tezier, Susanna Geidne, Alex Donaldson and Anne Vuillemin

Developing guiding principles with a community of neurodiverse individuals: An essential first step toward principles-focused evaluation

Jennifer Jewiss, Valerie F. Wood, Katharine G. Shepherd, Dorsey Massey, Allison Kleinman and Caitlin McInerney

A digital media campaign to promote awareness of housing rights: Process evaluation of the Know Your Housing Rights campaign

Erika Bonnevie, Sierra Smith, Laura Lagunez-Ndereba, Ellen Lawton, Nick Garza and Joe Smyser

Index-based assessment of stakeholder perception for participatory sustainable soil and water resources in a mountainous landscape

Fatemeh Kateb, Abazar Esmali Ouri, Raoof Mostafazadeh, Meraj Sharari and Zeinab Hazbavi

Protocol for the pragmatic evaluation of the Department of the Air Force’s Personal Financial Readiness Program

O’Neal, Catherine Walker, Mallory Lucier-Greer, Evin W. Richardson, Haley E. Miranda, Allan Tate and Brian K. McKay

A systematic review of school-based disaster risk reduction strategies in India

Tisha Goswami and Ansar Ahmad

Evaluating sport-for-development outcome measures used in a living lab setting: Process, improvements, and insights

Bhanu Sharma, Jackie Robinson, Benjamin B. Arhen, Brian W. Timmons, Bryan Heal and Marika Warner

Approaches to incorporating equity into program evaluation: A scoping review

Oeishi Faruquzzaman, Samson Tse, Ruth Cameron, Kenny Chee, Maritt Kirst and Ciann Wilson

The role of pre-service education and school climate on teacher identity: Evidence from a developing country

Fadile Aydın and Mecit Aslan

Leadership for the common good. Design and validation of a measurement tool for university students (COMPLIZ)

María Fernanda Gambarini and Jose Manuel García Ramos

Exploring the critical risk factors in COVID-19 vaccination clinics aimed uncertainty: Insight from Pakistan

Hafiz Waqar Abbas, Neelum Khalid, Razia Anjum, Rashed Nawaz, Zhongliang Zhou and Shaoqing Gong

Sustainable environmental education: Some machine learning algorithms in the classification of sustainable environmental attitudes

Semra Benzer, Farid Hassanbaki Garabaghi, Recep Benzer and Hicret Çimen Güni

Engaging in a Research-Practice Partnership: Insights from a North Carolina state agency

Aneika Bullock and Emily J. Smail

Established but unused? An empirical study on the impact of health records on the utilization of basic public health services in China

Xiafei Tao, Si Shi and Junqiang Liu

Teaching diversity, inspiring change: Evaluating Anti-Bias Education training program in preschoolers

Çağla Banko-Bal and Berrin Akman

Group concept mapping with patients, parents, clinicians, and researchers to understand the perception of engagement and value in a learning network: A mixed methods study

Stephanie G. Bennett, Lisa M. Vaughn, Carolyn R. Smith, Tracy J. Pritchard, Denise K. Gormley and Karen Bankston

Barriers and facilitators to implementing prevent-teach-reinforce for young children in community-based early intervention services for autism

Mélina Rivard, Catherine Mello, Carlos Sanchez, Justine Grenier-Martin, Christine Lefebvre, Jacques Forget, Zakaria Mestari and Diane Morin

Cross-border e-commerce business environment evaluation for Chinese provinces using a combined Entropy-TOPSIS approach

Huan Zhou, Yilin Guo and Yu Li

Evaluation of an online study group on trauma and dissociation for psychotherapists in India

Adithy Adithy, Emma Emily de Wit, Gayitri Bhatt and J.G.F. Bunders-Aelen

Framing and implementing evidence-based research in research groups and institutions to put knowledge to action

Birgitte Nørgaard, Carolina S. Romero, Malgorzata Bala, Hans Lund and Jane Andreasen

Evaluating the impact of the Programa Saúde na Escola on adolescent sexual and reproductive health in Brazil: A quasi-experimental analysis using propensity score matching

Jessica Antunes de Oliveira and Marco Tulio Aniceto França

Evaluating the English for General Purposes (EGP) program at a Taiwanese University: A CIPP (context, input, process, and product) model study

Shu-Hsiu Huang

Relationship between geographical factors and digital skills development among school administrators: A case study of Pathum Thani Province, Thailand

Pimolpun Phetsombat and Nawhath Thanwiset Thanvisitthpon

Mobilization of community-based organizations during Covid-19: Perceptions of barriers and needed supports

Krista R. Mehari, Phillip N. Smith, Angie Im, L. Taylor Stevens, Natalie A. Florez, Vishva Bhatt and Nicolette A. Louissaint

A quasi-experimental approach to evaluating magnet schools

Jia Wang, Rolf Straubhaar, Seth Leon, David Kikoler and Elaine Rosales

Capturing the most significant change after a work-training program for community health workers

Sylvia Hoens, D’Hooghe, Suzannah, Octavia Kint, Bert Quintiens, Dorien Brosens, Liesbeth De Donder and An-Sofie Smetcoren

Can programme budget preparation mechanisms improve the allocation of public resources? Examples from ministries in Cameroon

Onana Simon Pierre and Ousmane Diaby

A university and community partnership that built capacity through program evaluation

Candace Lind, Beth Archer-Kuhn, Natalie Beltrano, Lisa Garrisen, Janet Hettler, Sandra M. Reilly, Leianne Vye-Rogers and Justine Reyes

Forecasting the adoption of digital health technologies: The intention-expectation gap

Ruyobeza, Barimwotubiri (Billy), Grobbelaar, Sara S. (Saartjie) and Adele Botha

Feasibility, acceptability, and potential utility of an evidence-based pregnancy prevention program among Black/African American middle and high school students in Florida

Tiffany Chenneville, Serena Wasilewski, Morgan Haskett and Kemesha Gabbidon

Volume 111, issue C, 2025

Evaluation of education program implementation at Pusat Kegiatan Belajar Masyarakat (PKBM), Jambi City

Ali Idrus, Bradley Setiyadi, Muhammad Ilham Syarif, Ahmad Wahyu and Suharto,

Co-constructing educational innovations for an uncertain future: Design thinking and developmental evaluation in the school reform process

Elizabeth Kurucz, Emily Krysten Spencer-Mueller, Catherine Hands, Nadine Gudz and Karin Archer

Characteristics of sustainability: A complexity-based view to inform evaluation

Jonathan A. Morell

Refining nascent interventions through emergent design evaluation

Dylan Boczar, Bianca Montrosse-Moorhead and Ido Davidesco

Modelling and classification of barriers in the construction of smart villages in developing countries

Yousaf Ali, Minahill Tariq and Mohammad Hamza Amjad

Effectiveness of emergency food assistance programs during COVID-19 at Union Parishad: Mediating role of political neutrality

Maruf Ahmad and Jannatul Ferdous

A continuous quality improvement process to create a sexual health curriculum for systems-involved youth

Nicole A. Dierschke, Jennifer Todd, Susan Schmidt and Kristen Plastino

Navigating program evaluation amid health crises: Evaluator's experiences on conducting virtual focus group discussions

Lesedi Senamele Matlala

Designing for sustainability: A case in corporate philanthropy and evaluative thinking

Veronica Olazabal and Alyna Wyatt

A mixed methods evaluation of an alcohol and other drug psychoeducation program for clients with complex support needs

Emily Deans, Wing See Yuen, George Economidis, Anthony Shakeshaft and Sara Farnbach

Sport federation investment in health promotion: The healthy club project implementation

Aurelie Van Hoye, Colin Regan, Aoife Lane and Catherine Woods

Health gap closing function of a green behavioral activity system from the perspective of economic and social capital: A case study of sports governance and operation systems

Yue Chen, Yang Liu, Nan Wang, Xiang Su, Yijuan Lu and Yue Gao

The impact of innovation and entrepreneurship training programs on undergraduates' research careers: Evidence from Chinese universities

Jiawei Gu and Junyao Tang

Achieving a caregiver-friendly workplace standard for Canadian carer-workers: An ex ante evaluation of potential uptake

Ashleigh Patterson and Allison Williams

Development of a brief telehealth-delivered counseling intervention to reduce suicide risk and improve HIV care engagement in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

Brandon A. Knettel, Ismail Amiri, Elizabeth T. Knippler, Kim Madundo, Elizabeth F. Msoka, Clotilda Tarimo, Victor Katiti, Louise Joel, Jackline Rwakilomba, Blandina T. Mmbaga, Michael V. Relf and David B. Goldston

Long-term impact evaluation of early childhood conditions When only short-term outcomes are available

Sharon Picco and Chiara Pronzato

Building the capacity of early-stage investigators to conduct community-engaged health disparities research

Cyleste C. Collins, Mona Shediac Rizkallah, Jacqueline Dolata, Elodie Nonguierma, Erika Hood, J. Daryl Thornton and Ashwini Sehgal

Accounting and system dynamics simulation of water resource liabilities in the Yangtze River Economic Zone, China

Dandan Zhang, Bo Liu, Pengfei Liu and Zeyu Wang

The Impact of Sustainable Development Goals as a Driving Force in the Development of Medical Tourism

Haşim Çapar and Ali Arslanoğlu

Evaluating the efficiency of Taiwan's compulsory education system: A dynamic network DEA approach incorporating dropout impacts

Yi-Chun Lin and Ming-Miin Yu

Assessing the non-attendance of preschooling among children under ICDS scheme in India: Insights from National Family Health Survey, 2019–21

Margubur Rahaman, Avijit Roy and Pradip Chouhan

Key influencing service quality index evaluation and ranking for online physics teaching in the post-COVID-19 era: A hybrid fuzzy ANP-GRA approach

Yu-Yu Ma and Chia-Liang Lin

Adapting social and financial education for adolescents in Zimbabwe: A qualitative study of the Aflateen+ program

Stephen Nyoka, Fortunate Kakumura, Miriam Mutevere, Thulani Dzinamarira, Cynthia Moyo, Tinotenda Vambe, Valentine Chokudinga, Tawanda Mugoniwa, Enos Moyo and Tafadzwa Dzinamarira

Can government procurement drive corporate green technology innovation? Evidence from Chinese listed companies

Liang Tang, Hengkai Zhao, Zhuofan Zhou, Zixi Qian, Shanshan Hou and Bo Liu

Sustainability, systems and investing for impact: Roles for evaluators

Jane Linda Reisman and John E. Sherman

Does that extra email make a difference? Using early-semester targeted outreach to increase academic advising visits

Carl Grafe, Daniel Balls, Matthew Taylor and Kevin Worthen

The effect of ChatGPT on the development of medical waste attitudes, behaviors, and environmental awareness among university students: A quasi-experimental study

Nahsan Kaya, Lütfiye Parlak and Pınar Duru

Emerging virtual reality technologies and opportunities for public health programming

Nancy Weaver and Kimberly Pryor

Impact of customised community training program on the prevention and control of dengue fever: A study from India

Swati Alok, Samrun Nessa, A. Sajeli Begum and Rishi Kumar

Fidelity to an early childhood home visitation program model’s prenatal physical activity curriculum modules: A convergent parallel mixed-methods investigation

Angela M. Dyer, Shay M. Daily, Danielle M. Davidov, Peter R. Giacobbi, Christa Lilly, Ryan E. Sommerkorn and Christiaan G. Abildso

Planning and evaluation of an adapted online intercultural communication course for undergraduate English language students

Eva Reid and Petra Ivenz

Corrigendum to “Effectiveness of emergency food assistance programs during COVID-19 at Union Parishad: Mediating role of political neutrality” [Evaluation and Program Planning 111 (2025) 102566]

Maruf Ahmad and Jannatul Ferdous

Conditions shaping policy enactment: Insights from evaluators at the bottom of the implementation staircase

Krista Brower

Research on evaluation model for virtual experiment teaching based on interval-valued fuzzy sets

Qi Cao and Wei Zhong

How does male out-migration impact the lives of left-behind women? Trade-off between feminization of agriculture and empowerment of farm women

Mamata Nanda and Souvik Ghosh

Core competencies of health program evaluators: A scoping review

Lucia Amycel Ignacio, Neil Meigh, Sara Dixon, Sarah Bateup and Sharon Mickan

A mixed-methods evaluation of the Caregiving Essentials Course for unpaid caregivers of older adults in Canada

Shelley Rottenberg, Allison Williams and Brooke Chmiel

Outcomes and evaluation of a National Institutes of Health funded training program for doctoral students: The Jackson Heart Study Graduate Education and Training Center at the University of Mississippi Medical Center

Olivia Affuso, Lecretia Buckley, Abigail Gamble, Elizabeth Heitman, Rachel S. Tyrone and Jennifer C. Reneker

Exploring the relationship between poverty dimensions and social exclusion in university students

Meryem Gökdogan, Eylül Gülnur Erdoğan and Mahdıs Mazhari

Factors for dissemination and implementation of community reinforcement and family training in Japan: A pilot study

Aya Yamamoto and Hendrik G. Roozen

An institutional analysis of performance and impact of farmer producer organizations using PLS path modeling

Haripriya Veesam, Vinayak Nikam and Mrinmoy Ray

Advancing methods for program evaluation in substance use by strengthening the application of epidemiology, economic evaluation, and implementation science: Reflections on the opportunities for synergy

Natalie A. Blackburn, Sarah Philbrick, Sheila V. Patel, Jessica D. Cance, Elvira Elek, Brent Gibbons, Sazid Khan, Barrot H. Lambdin and Phillip W. Graham

From scores to strategy: Performance-based transportation planning in Texas

Eun Hak Lee, Jolanda Prozzi, P. Grace Tee Lewis, Maia Draper and Bumsik Kim

Barriers to child nutrition in Bengaluru slums: Caregiver insights from the SCOPE strategy

Kristen P. Yang, Tammy M. Bray, Angela Chaudhuri, Syama B. Syam and Sunil K. Khanna

Professionalism in evaluation: Development and validation of a theory-based assessment tool in the U.S. context

Sandra Nyashaddai Ayoo

Anti-disciplinary research on how to investigate poverty using the smart city concept

Milad Pira

Exploring the effects of community-based volunteering to support older adults on volunteers: A mixed methods study in Ontario, Canada

Jessica Gaber, Fiona Parascandalo, Stephanie Di Pelino, Julie Datta, Larkin Lamarche, Housne Begum, Rebecca E. Clark, Cherie Gagnon, Doug Oliver, David Price and Dee Mangin

Use of outcome harvesting to understand the outcomes of a COVID-19 pandemic leadership and management program in six countries

Nicole B. Carbone, Nathalie Alberto, Kate Henderson, Nina Pruyn, Wawira Munyi, Paul Waibale and Briana Lucido

Retrospective review of a carer-employee workplace intervention

Allison Williams, Regina Ding and Joonsoo Sean Lyeo