Evaluation and Program Planning

1978 - 2025

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Volume 24, issue 4, 2001

Effects of program and patient characteristics on retention of drug treatment patients pp. 331-341

Yih-Ing Hser, Vandana Joshi, Margaret Maglione, Chih-Ping Chou and M. Douglas Anglin

Evaluating development programs: building joint activity pp. 343-352

H. Van Vlaenderen

Using client exit interviews to illuminate outcomes in program logic models: a case example pp. 353-361

Yvonne A. Unrau

Welfare reform after 5 years pp. 375-377

L. L. Orr

State implementation of TANF: where do we stand in 2001? pp. 379-388

I. Lurie

From support to self-sufficiency: how successful are programs in advancing the financial independence and well-being of welfare recipients? pp. 389-408

D. A. Long

Work or welfare? Assessing the impacts of recent employment and policy changes on very young children pp. 409-425

Christy Brady-Smith, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Jane Waldfogel and Rebecca Fauth

Will welfare reform influence marriage and fertility? Early evidence from the ABC demonstration pp. 427-444

David J. Fein

A welfare reform evaluation agenda pp. 445-449

H. Rolston

Erratum to "The construction of community indexes of mental health and social and mental well-being and their application to New York City": [Evaluation and Program Planning 23 (2000) 315-327] pp. 451-449

Carole Siegel, Eugene Laska, Gary Haugland, Dave O'Neill, Neal Cohen and Michael Lesser

Volume 24, issue 3, 2001

What? Another form? The process of measuring and comparing service utilization in a community mental health program model pp. 239-247

Carolyn S. Dewa, Salinda Horgan, Marc Russell and Jane Keates

A field experiment in aging services: opportunities and obstacles in the pursuit of internal and external validity pp. 249-256

Francis G. Caro and Alison S. Gottlieb

Using a modification of the capture-recapture model to estimate the need for substance abuse treatment pp. 257-265

Jane Carlisle Maxwell and Thomas W. Pullum

School-based child care for children of teen parents: evaluation of an urban program designed to keep young mothers in school pp. 267-275

Hugh F. Crean, A. D. Hightower and Marjorie J. Allan

Enhancing recruitment and data quality in a junior high school-based teen pregnancy prevention study pp. 277-285

Sigrid Aarons, Allison Rose, June Walker, Beverly Lyles, Renee Jenkins and Tina Raine

Outcome-asset impact model: linking outcomes and assets pp. 287-295

C. S. Reed and R. E. Brown

Moving forward in batterer program evaluation: posing a qualitative, woman-centered approach pp. 297-305

J. Goldman and J. Du Mont

Immigrants-in-context framework: understanding the interactive influence of socio-cultural contexts pp. 307-318

Mieko Yoshihama

Can measuring results produce results: one manager's view pp. 319-327

J. E. Hakes

Volume 24, issue 2, 2001

Using time-series analysis to evaluate the impact of policy initiatives in child welfare pp. 109-117

Vicky N. Albert

The program logic model as an integrative framework for a multimethod evaluation pp. 119-128

Leslie J. Cooksy, Paige Gill and P. Adam Kelly

Assessing the subsequent effect of a formative evaluation on a program pp. 129-143

J. Lynne Brown and Nancy Ellen Kiernan

Developing a performance management system for a Federal public health program: the Ryan White CARE ACT Titles I and II pp. 145-155

Jennifer Kates, Katherine Marconi and Thomas E. Mannle

Predicting four types of service needs in older adults pp. 157-166

Robert J. Calsyn and Joel P. Winter

Implications for evaluation and intervention planning for special populations at risk for HIV pp. 171-173

Wendee M. Wechsberg and William Zule

Correlates of HIV risk among female sex partners of injecting drug users in a high-seroprevalence area pp. 175-185

Martin Y. Iguchi, Donald A. Bux, Harvey Kushner and Victor Lidz

The correlates and predictive validity of HIV risk groups among drug users in a community-based sample: methodological findings from a multi-site cluster analysis pp. 187-206

Michael L. Dennis, Wendee M. Wechsberg, Melissa McDermeit, R. Supatra Campbell and Randolph R. Rasch

Acculturation and risky injection practices among Hispanic injectors pp. 207-214

W. A. Zule, D. P. Desmond, M. A. Medrano and J. P. Hatch

Employment status and psychological symptomatology among drug users not currently in treatment pp. 215-220

Mark E. Johnson, Grace L. Reynolds and Dennis G. Fisher

HIV risk networks and HIV transmission among injecting drug users pp. 221-226

A. Neaigus, S. R. Friedman, B. J. Kottiri and D. C. Des Jarlais

Improving the quality of life among young people living with HIV pp. 227-237

Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus, Debra A. Murphy, Richard G. Wight, Martha B. Lee, Marguerita Lightfoot, Dallas Swendeman, Jeffrey M. Birnbaum and Whitney Wright

Volume 24, issue 1, 2001

Academic evaluators versus practitioners: alternative experiences of professionalism pp. 1-11

Shahpar Modarresi, Dianna L. Newman and Mitchel Y. Abolafia

The effect of the Tarrant County drug court project on recidivism pp. 13-22

A. Bavon

An evaluation of contracted palliative care home care services in Ontario, Canada pp. 23-31

Allison M. Williams, Michelle V. Caron, Maria McMillan, Anne Litkowich, Noreen Rutter, Arlete Hartman and John Yardley

Developing evaluation capacity while improving evaluation training in public health: the American Cancer Society's Collaborative Evaluation Fellows Project pp. 33-40

Don Compton, Michael Baizerman, Hallie Preskill, Patricia Rieker and Kathleen Miner

Approaches used in conducting health outcomes and effectiveness research pp. 41-59

Aurelio Jose Figueredo and Lee Sechrest

Introduction pp. 61-62

K. Newcomer and S. Neill

Opportunities for program evaluators to facilitate performance-based management pp. 63-71

M. A. Scheirer and K. Newcomer

Logic models: a systems tool for performance management pp. 73-81

Annie Millar, Ronald S. Simeone and John T. Carnevale

Improving data quality for performance measures: results from a GAO study of verification and validation pp. 83-94

S. Divorski and M. A. Scheirer

Local government measurement use to focus on performance and results pp. 95-101

David J. Bernstein

Evaluation and outcome measurement in the non-profit sector: stakeholder participation pp. 103-108

Colette E. Thayer and Allison H. Fine

Volume 23, issue 4, 2000

Regression artifacts and other customs of dubious desert pp. 397-409

L. B. Mohr

Regression facts and artifacts pp. 411-414

Charles S. Reichardt

Response to Reichardt pp. 415-417

L. B. Mohr

Assessing program impact using latent growth modeling: a primer for the evaluator pp. 419-428

Brian Hess

Using population-based data on alcohol consumption and related harms to estimate the relative need for alcohol services in Victoria, Australia pp. 429-436

P. M. Dietze, G. R. Rumbold, S. Cvetkovski, K. J. Hanlin, A. Laslett and H. A. Jonas

Impact of a vocational counselor on employment-related outcomes among methadone patients pp. 437-448

P. W. Appel, R. Smith, J. B. Schmeidler and J. Randell

Building a worldwide evaluation community: past, present, and future pp. 449-459

A. J. Love and C. Russon

Responding to ambiguity, responding to change the value of a responsive approach to evaluation pp. 461-470

T. A. Abma

Volume 23, issue 3, 2000

Evaluating the role of waivers in systemic school reform pp. 267-279

Warren A. Hodge and Joyce T. Jones

Defacto client-treatment matching: how clinicians make referrals to outpatient treatments for substance use pp. 281-291

F. Curtis Breslin, Christina H. Gladwin, Diane Borsoi and John A. Cunningham

An evaluation of a patient satisfaction survey: validity and reliability pp. 293-300

Roxane L. Dufrene

HIV risk reduction among injection drug users: explaining the lack of anticipated outcomes in a community-level controlled comparison study pp. 301-313

Robert F. Schilling, Daniel Fernando, Jorge Fontdevila and Nabila El-Bassel

The construction of community indexes of mental health and social and mental well-being and their application to New York City pp. 315-327

Carole Siegel, Eugene Laska, Gary Haugland, Dave O'Neill, Neal Cohen and Michael Lesser

Breaking new frontiers: outcome evaluations of community-based program pp. 337-339

Shakeh J. Kaftarian and Ping Yu

Predicting intermediate outcomes for prevention coalitions: a developmental perspective pp. 341-346

Paul Florin, Roger Mitchell, John Stevenson and Ilene Klein

Reducing births of drug-affected babies: a retrospective analysis of archival data and a community wide effort pp. 347-353

Roy M. Gabriel, Frank P. Mondeaux, Katherine E. Laws, Karen J. Hahn and David Weaver

Ensuring a prevention presence when coalitions falter: a case study of a community coalitions demonstration project pp. 355-363

Jill Florence Lackey, Tim Welnetz and Matt Balistrieri

The protective function of after-school programming and parent education and support for students at risk for substance abuse pp. 365-371

Gale M. Morrison, Meri H. Storino, Laurel M. Robertson, Theresa Weissglass and Alicia Dondero

Capacity for effectiveness: the relationship between coalition structure and community impact pp. 373-379

C. E. Hays, S. P. Hays, J. O. DeVille and P. F. Mulhall

Prevention actions and activities make a difference: a structural equation model of coalition building pp. 381-388

Kathleen M. Crowley, Ping Yu and Shakeh J. Kaftarian

Getting to outcomes: a results-based approach to accountability pp. 389-395

Abraham Wandersman, Pamela Imm, Matthew Chinman and Shakeh Kaftarian

Volume 23, issue 2, 2000

Meta-needs assessment pp. 139-147

J. Gaber

A comparison of paper vs computer-assisted self interview for school alcohol, tobacco, and other drug surveys pp. 149-155

Denise Hallfors, Shereen Khatapoush, Charles Kadushin, Kim Watson and Leonard Saxe

An early stage evaluation model for assessing the effectiveness of comprehensive community initiatives: three case studies in Nebraska pp. 157-163

Virginia Murphy-Berman, Connie Schnoes and Jeff M. Chambers

Adolescent satisfaction with mental health services: development of a multidimensional scale pp. 165-175

Ann F. Garland, Marla D. Saltzman and Gregory A. Aarons

Profiling childhood disability: the reliability of the educational needs questionnaire pp. 177-185

Maree Dyson, Felicity Allen and Stephen Duckett

The Boston HAPPENS program: needs and use of services by HIV-positive compared to at-risk youth, including gender differences pp. 187-198

Elizabeth R. Woods, Cathryn L. Samples, Maurice W. Melchiono, Peter M. Keenan, Durrell J. Fox, Louise H. Chase, Michelle A. Burns, Virginia A. Price, Jan Paradise, Rebecca O'Brien, Richard A. Claytor, Robyn Brooke and Elizabeth Goodman

Stakeholder conflict: a case study pp. 199-210

T. A. Abma

Differences in stakeholder perceptions about training evaluation: a concept mapping/pattern matching investigation pp. 211-230

Greg V. Michalski and J. Bradley Cousins

Planning, investment and evaluation procedures to support coordination and outcomes based funding in a local United Way system pp. 231-240

David A. Julian and John Clapp

Social-cognitive factors of donating money to charity, with special attention to an international relief organization pp. 241-253

C. -K. Cheung and C. -M. Chan

Downsizing US Department of Energy facilities: evaluating alternatives for the region surrounding the Savannah River nuclear weapons site region pp. 255-265

Michael Greenberg, Michael Frisch, Laura Solitare and Karen Lowrie

Volume 23, issue 1, 2000

Wilderness challenge programs for delinquent youth: a meta-analysis of outcome evaluations pp. 1-12

Sandra Jo Wilson and Mark W. Lipsey

The value of process evaluation in a community-based cancer control program pp. 13-25

Louise E. Cunningham, Robert Michielutte, Mark Dignan, Penny Sharp and Jeanne Boxley

Economic evaluation of alcohol treatment services pp. 27-39

Michael French

Analysis of participation in an innovative psychiatric rehabilitation intervention: supported education pp. 41-52

Deborah Bybee, Chyrell Bellamy and Carol T. Mowbray

Does the continuum of care reduce inpatient length of stay? pp. 53-65

E. Michael Foster

Concept mapping in mental health: uses and adaptations pp. 67-75

Jeffrey A. Johnsen, David E. Biegel and Robert Shafran

Consumer based quality of life assessment: a path model of perceived satisfaction pp. 77-87

Robert L. Schalock, Gordon S. Bonham and Cristine B. Marchand

Proxy respondents and quality of life pp. 89-93

Roger J. Stancliffe

Beyond initial certification: the assessment and maintenance of competency in professions pp. 95-104

Rosemary M. Lysaght and James W. Altschuld

How stakeholders with various preferences converge on acceptable investment programs pp. 105-113

Alex Kelvin

Evaluating criminal justice programs designed to reduce crime by targeting repeat gang offenders pp. 115-124

Douglas R. Kent, Stewart I. Donaldson, Phelan A. Wyrick and Peggy J. Smith

Doing effective evaluations: a case study of family empowerment due to welfare reform pp. 125-136

Tim Dunnagan, Stephen F. Duncan and Lynn Paul