Evaluation and Program Planning

1978 - 2026

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Volume 114, issue C, 2026

A formal model for assessing the learning outcomes of academic programs

Manuel F. Caro, Elviara P. Flórez and Isabel C. Muñoz

Optimising student loan recovery in Malawi: Bridging policy gaps, socio-economic realities, and administrative challenges

Reuben Moyo, Jimmy Mbelwa, Evelyn Kachingwe and Juma Lungo

Youth Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug (ATOD) use rates in a municipal youth and family master plan

David Tataw

Evaluating gendered fault lines: Nigeria’s COVID-19 stimulus through a feminist political economy and OECD-DAC lens

Chukwuemeka Onyebuchi Onyimadu and Oluwaseun Blessing Adetutu

Systems exploration workshops: Using a virtual group model building approach to advance public health systems change

Jessica Simon, Isabella Guynn, Chantelle Dowsett and Kristen Hassmiller Lich

Evaluation of “Sport for the Strong” – A project for the integration of children and adolescents with special educational needs into club sports

Lisa Affengruber, Ludwig Grillich, Marie-Therese Schultes and Isolde Sommer

Mechanisms for institutionalising evaluation: A scoping review

Carla Cordoncillo Acosta

Scenario-based planning for urban sustainability: Envisioning an ecological city in Shandiz, Iran by 2032

Forouzan Taheri and Mahdi Kolahi

Implementing statewide literacy and special education training in the U.S.: A mixed-methods evaluation

Deborah K. Reed, Anna S. Gibbs and Julie K. Owens

Causal decision-making for speed camera allocation: Methodology and an application

Yingheng Zhang and Haojie Li

Program design and youth employability outcomes in South Africa: A longitudinal study

Gina A.N. Chowa, Rainier Masa, Graham Zulu and Miranda Manzanares

Impacting the substance abuse epidemic in America: A mixed methods examination of mentors of youth who experience substance use disorders within their families

Stephen Phillippi, Ashley Fenton, Kelsey Witmeier, Sara Juneau, Claudia Leonardi, Edmond P. Bowers and Brian Maus

A program evaluation of a healthy lifestyle intervention adapted for individuals with brain injury

Megan E. Douglas, Virginia Leidner, Alyssa Patterson, Christa Ochoa, Evan McShan, Stephanie Calhoun, Alex Suhalka and Simon Driver

Barriers and facilitators to recovery support interventions in US Rural Recovery Houses: Implementing the SMART life skills program

Madison Ashworth, David Johnson, Robin A. Thompson, Grace L. Clancy, Jennah Baier and Jean Spielman

An evaluation of the culturally-centered addictions research training (C-CART) graduate certificate program: A qualitative review

A. Gelatt, J. Santos, E.R. Eaves, K. Elwell, A. Roddy, S. Haberstroh, T. Lane, K. Mommaerts, J. Roddy, T.G. Bautista, O. Rogers, J.A. Baldwin and R. Mellott

Predictive factors for inter-agency partnership success

Nicola Drago and Tullio Vardanega

Evaluation of the gradual release of responsibility framework’s effectiveness on oral summarization skills in Turkish middle school classrooms: A mixed methods study

Kürşat Kaya, Mehmet Kurudayıoğlu, Kasım Yıldırım, Abbey Galeza and Timothy Rasinski

Preparing resilient educators: A narrative review on CBT-based workshops for pre-service teachers

Carmit Gal

Enhancing longitudinal impact evaluation of non-experimental interventions: A comparative analysis of generalized estimating equations and multilevel models based on empirical evaluation of temporal change in food security following an economic empowerment intervention

Amon Exavery, Peter Josephat Kirigiti, Ramkumar T. Balan and John Charles

Framing the shift to supported employment: Exploring the impacts of a person-centred programme evaluation approach through peer led participatory research

Fahimeh Malekinezhad and Paul Courtney

Evaluation of tourist importance-performance for supporting adaptive marine conservation programs through marine natural capital

I Wayan Koko Suryawan, Sapta Suhardono, Van Viet Nguyen and Chun-Hung Lee

Evaluating the sustainable development of digital inclusive finance through fuzzy DEMATEL and VIKOR: A dual-perspective approach

Guan-Jie Lien, Kuo Cheng Chung and Hwang Tsuen Guo

Improving the foundational literacy skills of marginalized learners through satellite-based EdTech: The MGCubed project in Ghana

Abdul Badi Sayibu, Jesus Miguel Falcon Perez and Muniratu Issifu

Deflecting people experiencing a mental health crisis from the criminal-legal system at dispatch: Findings from calls-for-service reports and statewide survey data

Bethany Hedden-Clayton, Alexis Carl, Leonard Swanson, Erin Comartin and Sheryl Kubiak

Co-developing practice guides: A researcher-practitioner model for evidence-based practice

Sebastian Lemire, Brian Freeman and Allan Porowski

Does mentoring frequency matter? Effects on dropout rates and average grades among university students

Miguel A. Alonso García, Aitana González Ortiz de Zárate, Irene Aliagas and Ma Ángeles Gómez-Flechoso

Using intervention mapping to develop training for US dental providers to recommend the HPV vaccine

Jennifer Sukalski, Grace Ryan, Susan C. McKernan, Emily A. Janio, Rebecca Bucklin and Natoshia Askelson

Implementation evaluation of an intervention aimed at reducing test anxiety in adolescents

Gabriela Campeau, Gabrielle Yale-Soulière, Lyse Turgeon, Kassandra Berniqué and Kim Archambault

The coupling coordination development of rural medical health service and rural economy: Evidence from China

Junjie Zhao, Ye Ding and Shangren Qin

Drivers of change effectiveness in public universities in the State of Amhara: Toward developing promising propositions through a critical co-constructive perspective

Bekalu Tadesse Moges, Getnet Tizazu Fetene and Getu Shiferaw Wolle

Volume 113, issue C, 2025

Participatory evaluation of a transdisciplinary behavioral health research center

Melissa Gonzales, Steven P. Verney, Jeremiah D. Simmons, Lisa Cacari Stone, Maia Scarpetta, Ryan Martin and Nina Wallerstein

Building capacity for health research in higher education: Evaluating readiness for research and scholarship

Kelly A. Laurila, Katharine Sanderson, Taylor S. Lane, Diane Stearns, Derrick C. Tabor and Julie A. Baldwin

Developing and validating a rubric-based approach to quality assurance in Turkish higher education

Buket Akkoyunlu, Salih Bardakcı, Sibel Aksu Yıldırım, M. Dilek Avşaroğlu, Gonca Uludağ, Ayhan Koçer and Muzaffer Elmas

Ex-post impact analysis of the Philippine pig repopulation program

Lary Nel B. Abao, Ruth M. Sonaco, Miguel V. Guioguio, Alvin Paul J. Dirain, Roland Y. Fajardo and Joseph Frank Mgaya

Peer mentoring, university dropout and academic performance before, during, and after the pandemic in Spain

Aitana González-Ortiz-de-Zárate, Miguel Aurelio Alonso-García, María de los Ángeles Gómez-Flechoso and Irene Aliagas

Evaluation of Health Information Management students’ internship program: A mixed methods study

Nathan Kumasenu Mensah, Godwin Adzakpah, Jonathan Kissi, Christabell Opoku, Emmanuel Osei, Jessica Abakah, Hawawu Ahmed, Hawa Mustapha, Precious Mensah, Richard Okyere Boadu, Daniel Kwame Kwansah Quansah and Hannah Benedicta Taylor-Abdulai

The scientific discussion of stakeholder involvement in social return on investment analysis? A systematic literature review

Cornelia Klein

Predictive modeling and cohort data analytics for student success and retention

Shabnam Sodagari

Development of an SMS-based alcohol intervention program for same sex attracted women using an intervention mapping framework

Rachel Bush, Petra K. Staiger, Ilona M. McNeill, Rhonda Brown, Dan Lubman and Ruth McNair

The social role of peripheral universities and tax exemptions, the Italian case

A. Nifo, S. Ruberto and G. Vecchione

Evaluability assessment of social protection services for people experiencing homelessness in Brazil

Wanessa Debôrtoli de Miranda, Anelise Andrade de Souza, Luísa da Matta Machado Fernades, Daniela Corrêa, Wanderson Costa Bomfim, Helvécio Miranda Magalhães Júnior, Alice de Rezende Brandão and Rômulo Paes-Sousa

A participatory systems approach in community health promotion: Lessons learnt from an overall evaluation of a program to reduce health inequities

Annemarie Wagemakers, Samantha Elkhuizen, Anner Bindels, Marte Wachter, Dagmar Niewold, Marthe Derkzen and Kristina Thompson

Exploring the hierarchical framework of the Kirkpatrick model in training evaluation from a developing country

Md. Faisal-E-Alam and Abu Reza Md. Towfiqul Islam

Elementary school teachers’ and principals’ views regarding components of optimal formative teacher assessment

Irit Levy-Feldman and Barbara Fresko

Analysis of the degree of implementation of the HEALTHQUAL program

Joseph Adrien Emmanuel Demes, Lambert Farand, Marie-Pascale Pomey and François Champagne

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