Evaluation and Program Planning

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Volume 33, issue 4, 2010

Cybernetics: A possible solution for the "knowledge gap" between "external" and "internal" in evaluation processes pp. 333-342

Miri Levin-Rozalis

Use of the Nominal Group Technique (NGT) to understand the perceptions of the healthiness of foods associated with African Americans pp. 343-348

Wendy K. Jefferson, Christie Zunker, Jennifer C. Feucht, Stephanie L. Fitzpatrick, Lori F. Greene, Richard M. Shewchuk, Monica L. Baskin, Norman W. Walton, Beatrice Phillips and Jamy D. Ard

Research collaboration in the discovery, development, and delivery networks of a statewide cancer coalition pp. 349-355

Keith G. Provan, Scott J. Leischow, Judith Keagy and Jesse Nodora

Program theory and logic model to address the co-occurrence of domestic violence and child maltreatment pp. 356-364

Janice R. Hill and Jeanie Thies

Challenges and strategies in applying performance measurement to federal public health programs pp. 365-372

Amy DeGroff, Michael Schooley, Thomas Chapel and Theodore H. Poister

Evaluation of program performance and expenditures in a report of performance measures (RPM) via a case study of two Florida county tuberculosis programs pp. 373-378

V.L. Phillips, B. Teweldemedhin, S. Ahmedov, J. Cobb and S.J.N. McNabb

Lay counsellor-based risk reduction intervention with HIV positive diagnosed patients at public HIV counselling and testing sites in Mpumalanga, South Africa pp. 379-385

Karl Peltzer, Cily Tabane, Gladys Matseke and Leickness Simbayi

Phoenix Rising: Use of a participatory approach to evaluate a federally funded HIV, Hepatitis and substance abuse prevention program pp. 386-393

Eileen Dryden, Justeen Hyde, Ayala Livny and Monique Tula

Evaluating an HIV and AIDS Community Training Partnership Program in five diamond mining communities in South Africa pp. 394-402

L.C. Rispel, K. Peltzer, N. Nkomo and B. Molomo

Effects of receiving additional off-site services on abstinence from illicit drug use among men on methadone: A longitudinal study pp. 403-409

Elwin Wu, Nabila El-Bassel, Louisa Gilbert, Mingway Chang and Glorice Sanders

Relationship between perceived improvement and treatment satisfaction among clients of a methadone maintenance program pp. 410-417

Michel Perreault, Noé Djawn White, Éric Fabrès, Michel Landry, Annélie S. Anestin and Daniel Rabouin

Estrangement factors associated with addiction to alcohol and drugs among homeless youth in three U.S. cities pp. 418-427

Sanna Thompson, Jina Jun, Kimberly Bender, Kristin M. Ferguson and David E. Pollio

Community health promotion: A framework to facilitate and evaluate supportive social environments for health pp. 428-435

Annemarie Wagemakers, Lenneke Vaandrager, Maria A. Koelen, Hans Saan and Cees Leeuwis

Evaluating cohort and intervention effects on black adolescents' ethnic-racial identity: A cognitive-cultural approach pp. 436-445

Arthur L. Whaley and John P. McQueen

Studies of "supported" and "supportive" housing: A comprehensive review of model descriptions and measurement pp. 446-456

Charity Tabol, Charles Drebing and Robert Rosenheck

Comparing and contrasting poverty reduction performance of social welfare programs across jurisdictions in Canada using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA): An exploratory study of the era of devolution pp. 457-467

Nazim N. Habibov and Lida Fan

A strategy to assist management in workforce engagement and employee retention in the high tech engineering environment pp. 468-476

Elizabeth Kennedy and Tugrul U. Daim

Theory underlying a national teacher evaluation program pp. 477-486

Sandy Taut, Verónica Santelices, Carolina Araya and Jorge Manzi

Evaluating a national science and technology program using the human capital and relational asset perspectives pp. 487-497

Chia-Liang Hung, Jerome Chih-Lung Chou and Hung-Wei Roan

Redesigning and aligning assessment and evaluation for a federally funded math and science teacher educational program pp. 498-510

Patricia L. Hardré, Janis Slater and Mark Nanny

Volume 33, issue 3, 2010

The bottom-up approach to integrative validity: A new perspective for program evaluation pp. 205-214

Huey T. Chen

Validating an evaluation checklist using a mixed method design pp. 215-222

Wes Martz

Evaluation for community-based programs: The integration of logic models and factor analysis pp. 223-233

Deborah Helitzer, Christine Hollis, Brisa Urquieta de Hernandez, Margaret Sanders, Suzanne Roybal and Ian Van Deusen

Validating self-reports of illegal drug use to evaluate National Drug Control Policy: A reanalysis and critique pp. 234-237

Stephen Magura

Participation of marginalized groups in evaluation: Mission impossible? pp. 238-245

Vivianne E. Baur, Tineke A. Abma and Guy A.M. Widdershoven

Measuring the performance of police forces in Taiwan using data envelopment analysis pp. 246-254

Tai-Hsi Wu, Ming-Shiun Chen and Jin-Yii Yeh

Improving social competence through character education pp. 255-263

Chau-kiu Cheung and Tak-yan Lee

Neighbourhood planning improvement: Physical attributes, cognitive and affective evaluation and activities in two neighbourhoods in Rome pp. 264-275

Antonio Aiello, Rita Grazia Ardone and Massimiliano Scopelliti

D.M. Mertens, Transformative Research and Evaluation, The Guilford Press, New York, London (2009) ISBN 978-1-59385-302-0 402 pp., US$ 39.00 Paperback pp. 276-277

Vivianne E. Baur

Issues in program planning and evaluation with immigrant children and families involved in the child welfare system pp. 278-280

Alan J. Dettlaff and Yali Lincroft

Beyond status: Seeing the whole child pp. 281-287

Angela D. Morrison and David B. Thronson

Double risk: Immigrant mothers, domestic violence and public child welfare services in New York City pp. 288-293

Ilze Earner

Sibling caretaking in immigrant families: Understanding cultural practices to inform child welfare practice and evaluation pp. 294-302

Carol Hafford

Adapting systems of care for child welfare practice with immigrant Latino children and families pp. 303-310

Alan J. Dettlaff and Joan R. Rycraft

Child human trafficking victims: Challenges for the child welfare system pp. 311-316

Rowena Fong and Jodi Berger Cardoso

Factors associated with service use among immigrants in the child welfare system pp. 317-323

Khushmand Rajendran and Claude M. Chemtob

Challenges to parenting in a new culture: Implications for child and family welfare pp. 324-332

Kerry Lewig, Fiona Arney and Mary Salveron

Volume 33, issue 2, 2010

Using a systems orientation and foundational theory to enhance theory-driven human service program evaluations pp. 67-80

Deborah L. Wasserman

Gender differences in client-provider relationship as active ingredient in substance abuse treatment pp. 81-90

Jeanne C. Marsh, Hee-Choon Shin and Dingcai Cao

Evaluating Canada's Compassionate Care Benefit using a utilization-focused evaluation framework: Successful strategies and prerequisite conditions pp. 91-97

Allison M. Williams

Peer-led interventions to reduce HIV risk of youth: A review pp. 98-112

Eleanor Maticka-Tyndale and Jessica Penwell Barnett

A pilot evaluation of the Family Caregiver Support Program pp. 113-119

Ya-Mei Chen, Susan C. Hedrick and Heather M. Young

Facilitating evaluations of innovative, competence-based assessments: Creating understanding and involving multiple stakeholders pp. 120-127

Judith T.M. Gulikers, Liesbeth K.J. Baartman and Harm J.A. Biemans

Multiple Choice Knapsack Problem: Example of planning choice in transportation pp. 128-137

Tao Zhong and Rhonda Young

Using face validity to recognize empirical community observations pp. 138-146

John Gaber and Sharon L. Gaber

Using the Delphi method to engage stakeholders: A comparison of two studies pp. 147-154

Monica R. Geist

Environmental education evaluation: Time to reflect, time for change pp. 155-158

Kara Crohn and Matthew Birnbaum

Challenges and opportunities for evaluating environmental education programs pp. 159-164

Annelise Carleton-Hug and J. William Hug

Blazing an evaluation pathway: Lessons learned from applying utilization-focused evaluation to a conservation education program pp. 165-171

Alice B. Flowers

Building environmental educators' evaluation capacity through distance education pp. 172-177

M. Lynette Fleming and Janice Easton

An introduction to My Environmental Education Evaluation Resource Assistant (MEERA), a web-based resource for self-directed learning about environmental education program evaluation pp. 178-179

Michaela Zint

Environmental education evaluation: Reinterpreting education as a strategy for meeting mission pp. 180-185

Joe E. Heimlich

The evolution of Rare Pride: Using evaluation to drive adaptive management in a biodiversity conservation organization pp. 186-190

Brett Jenks, Peter W. Vaughan and Paul J. Butler

Interview with Brett Jenks, President & CEO, Rare pp. 191-193

Matthew Birnbaum

Challenges for environmental education evaluation pp. 194-196

Martha C. Monroe

Serving the public good pp. 197-200

Jennifer C. Greene

Environmental education: A time of change, a time for change pp. 201-204

Matt Keene and Daniel T. Blumstein

Volume 33, issue 1, 2010

Introduction pp. 1-3

Sharon Hodges and Kathleen Ferreira

Systems of care, featherless bipeds, and the measure of all things pp. 4-10

Sharon Hodges, Kathleen Ferreira, Nathaniel Israel and Jessica Mazza

Locating the system in a system of care pp. 11-13

Pennie G. Foster-Fishman and Erin Droege

If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck then must it be a rabbit? Programs, systems and a cumulative science of children's mental health services pp. 14-17

Abram Rosenblatt

Defining the scope of systems of care: An ecological perspective pp. 18-20

James R. Cook and Ryan P. Kilmer

Evolutionary drift in systems of care development pp. 21-23

Knute Rotto and Janet McIntyre

How states, tribes and localities are re-defining systems of care pp. 24-27

Sheila A. Pires

Rethinking the systems of care definition: An indigenous perspective pp. 28-31

Terry Cross, Jami Bartgis and Kathleen Fox

Creating a front porch in systems of care: Improving access to behavioral health services for diverse children and families pp. 32-35

Linda M. Callejas, Mario Hernandez, Teresa Nesman and Debra Mowery

Pediatric primary care as a component of systems of care pp. 36-38

Jonathan D. Brown

For families, actions speak louder than words pp. 39-40

Beth Baxter

Getting a grip on systems of care and child welfare using opposable thumbs pp. 41-44

John D. Fluke and Elizabeth Oppenheim

Defining practice: Flexibility, legitimacy, and the nature of systems of care and wraparound pp. 45-48

Eric J. Bruns and Janet S. Walker

Defining "necessary" services and supports: Why systems of care must take direction from service-level processes pp. 49-52

Janet S. Walker, Nancy M. Koroloff and Eric J. Bruns

Evolving systems of care with total clinical outcomes management pp. 53-55

John S. Lyons, Richard A. Epstein and Neil Jordan

From complexity to reality: Providing useful frameworks for defining systems of care pp. 56-58

Jody Levison-Johnson and Melodie Wenz-Gross

Defining the system of care concept and philosophy: To update or not to update? pp. 59-62

Beth A. Stroul and Gary M. Blau

Revisiting the definition of a system of care: A sign of health or confusion? pp. 63-65

Robert M. Friedman