Evaluation and Program Planning

1978 - 2025

Current editor(s): Jonathan A. Morell

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Volume 14, issue 4, 1991

Guest editors' introduction: Planning and evaluating minority health programs for the future pp. 209-210

Sharon P. Simson and Laura B. Wilson

Planning minority health programs to eliminate health status disparity pp. 211-219

Laura B. Wilson and Sharon P. Simson

Cultural sensitivity in AIDS education: A misunderstood concept pp. 221-231

Robert S. Gold and Mim A. Kelly

Aging in black America: Service needs and utilization patterns pp. 233-239

Karen S. Harlow and Jessyna McDonald

Implementing and evaluating a parent education program for minority mothers pp. 241-245

Cathryn L. Glanville and Cecilia M. Tiller

Evaluation of community-based AIDS education and risk reduction projects in ethnic and racial minority communities: A survey of projects funded by the U.S. public health service pp. 247-255

Stephen B. Thomas and Cynthia Holmes Morgan

Health and health care for legalized aliens pp. 257-262

Donald E. Gelfand

The case-control study in health program evaluation pp. 263-272

Frank Baker and Barbara Curbow

Assessment of organizational context: A missing component in evaluations of training programs pp. 273-279

R. Michael McDonald

Strategic management and evaluation: Rivals, partners, or just fellow travellers? pp. 281-289

William Earle Klay

Outpatient mental health and the dual-diagnosis patient: Utilization of services and community adjustment pp. 291-298

Lucy Ford, Lonnie R. Snowden and Elizabeth J. Walser

Patient satisfaction with health care: Intentions and change in plan pp. 299-306

Janet H. Senf and Barry D. Weiss

Education data quality in Nepal pp. 307-318

David W. Chapman and Madhup Dhungana

A study of the utility of the child behavior checklist with residentially placed children pp. 319-324

Oliver T. Massey and Sheila E. Murphy

The politics of evaluation in developing countries pp. 325-339

Michael Bamberger

Facilitating commitment, consensus, credibility, and visibility through collaborative foreign assistance project evaluations pp. 341-350

Randal Joy Thompson

Epistemological paradigms in evaluation: Implications for practice pp. 351-350

Daniel B. Fishman

An introduction to the experimental versus the pragmatic paradigm in evaluation pp. 353-363

Daniel B. Fishman

Improving occupational safety in a bedding manufacturing plant: A case study in management problem solving pp. 365-368

Tom Rose and Dwight Harshbarger

Foundations for managing state mental health system performance: The relationships among community program expenditure, poverty, and state hospital bed use pp. 369-375

Michael Smukler, Frederick L. Newman and Mary J. Rogel

Experimental and pragmatic approaches to the incidence of adolescent suicide pp. 377-383

John Kalafat and William D. Neigher

A case study in frontier production analysis: Assessing the efficiency and effectiveness of New Jersey's partial-care mental health programs pp. 385-390

Edna Kamis-Gould

Modernizing information systems: A comparison of scientific and technological research perspectives pp. 391-396

Jonathan A. Morell

An action research approach to evaluating the impact of a social decision-making and problem-solving curriculum for preventing behavior and academic dysfunction in children pp. 397-401

Maurice J. Elias

The experimental versus the pragmatic paradigm: Summary and conclusions pp. 403-409

Daniel B. Fishman

Volume 14, issue 3, 1991

Evaluating the very special arts festival programs nationwide: An attempt at combining subjective and quantitative approaches pp. 99-112

Frances E. Anderson

A discrepancy-based methodology for nuclear training program evaluation pp. 113-122

Jeffrey A. Cantor

Evaluation traditions in Australia: Distillation of the old, wellspring of the new pp. 123-130

Robin McTaggart, Darrel Caulley and Stephen Kemmis

On consumer self-direction of attendant care services: An empirical analysis of survey responses pp. 131-139

Cheryl C. Asher, Martin A. Asher, Wilbur E. Hobbs and John M. Kelley

Evaluating the effectiveness of the lecture versus independent study pp. 141-146

Debra A. DaRosa, Paul Kolm, Hugh C. Follmer, L. Beaty Pemberton, William H. Pearce and Stephen Leapman

A functional model of quality assurance for psychiatric hospitals and corresponding staffing requirements pp. 147-155

Edna Kamis-Gould, Joan Brame, Julius Campbell, Lionel Pascall, Lori Schlosser and Roger Bard

Authority in internal evaluation pp. 157-155

Sandra Mathison

What do we know about internal evaluation? pp. 159-165

Sandra Mathison

Maximizing the contribution of internal evaluation units pp. 167-172

Alan Winberg

Role conflicts for internal evaluators pp. 173-179

Sandra Mathison

Use and abuse of power: Evaluation in a state education agency pp. 181-187

Norman Stenzel

Improving the quality of internal evaluation: The evaluator as consultant-mediator pp. 189-198

Rosalie T. Torres

Volume 14, issue 1-2, 1991

Guest editor's introduction pp. 1-100

Jeanne C. Marsh

Programs for high risk adolescents: What works? pp. 3-16

Sandra L. Hofferth

Comprehensive services for pregnant and parenting adolescents: Historical and political considerations pp. 17-25

Richard A. Weatherley

Employment opportunity can decrease adolescent childbearing within the underclass pp. 27-34

Randall J. Olsen and George Farkas

School-based clinics: Research results and their implications for future research methods pp. 35-47

Douglas Kirby

Evaluation of Hull house teen pregnancy and parenting program pp. 49-61

Jeanne C. Marsh and Molly A. Wirck

Costs and benefits of deferred teenage births pp. 63-73

Janet Reis

Project redirection: Making and measuring a difference pp. 75-86

Janet Quint

Adolescent parenting programs: Assessing parent-infant interaction pp. 87-95

Sydney L. Hans, Victor J. Bernstein and Candice Percansky

Volume 13, issue 4, 1990

Evaluating computer technology innovation in the schools: The need for a new framework pp. 335-341

Mary K. Kinnick, Amy Driscoll and Joan H. Strouse

Visual evaluation using microcomputer-based imaging technology pp. 343-348

Sam Sherrill

Transferring decision support concepts to evaluation pp. 349-358

Vicki L. Sauter and Marvin B. Mandell

Evaluability assessment: Reflections on the process pp. 359-364

M. F. Smith

Can response order bias evaluations? pp. 365-371

Glenn D. Israel and C. L. Taylor

Cautions on the use of investigative case studies in meta-evaluation pp. 373-378

Nick L. Smith

Evaluators as change agents: The case of a foreign assistance project in Morocco pp. 379-388

Randal Joy Thompson

The personal factor in evaluation use: A case study of a steering committee's use of a conservation tillage survey pp. 389-394

S. Kay Rockwell, Elbert C. Dickey and Paul J. Jasa

Evaluation of patient comfort during a videotaped office visit pp. 395-398

Kay F. Quam

Transferability of probation risk-assessment instruments: A case for caution pp. 399-406

Gerald R. Wheeler and Rodney V. Hissong

Evaluation of an eating disorder curriculum pp. 407-413

Dick Moriarty, Rick Shore and Nancy Maxim

On the demise of academic evaluation pp. 415-419

Gary B. Cox

The two worlds of evaluation: An optimistic view of the future pp. 421-422

Leonard Bickman

Characteristics of successful academic evaluation: A response to Gary B. Cox's "on the demise of academic evaluation" pp. 423-424

Douglas A. Bigelow

The roles of evaluation in academic settings pp. 425-427

Nick L. Smith

Volume 13, issue 3, 1990

Service intensity and client improvement at a predominantly black community mental health center pp. 205-210

Lonnie R. Snowden and Tom Clancy

Client-centred community needs assessment pp. 211-219

Michael DeVillaer

The relationship of client characteristics to case management service provision: Implications for successful system implementation pp. 221-229

Karen A. Clark, Dan Landis and Gloria Fisher

Assessing the costs and outcomes together: Cost effectiveness of two systems of acute psychiatric care pp. 231-241

Patricia H. Thornton, Howard H. Goldman, Bruce L. Stegner, Maurice Rappaport, James E. Sorensen and C. Clifford Attkisson

Application of the multitrait-multirater approach to performance appraisal in social service organizations pp. 243-250

Shalom Malka

Program impact evaluation: Application to export promotion pp. 251-265

F. H. Rolf Seringhaus

Technical quality versus user responsiveness in evaluation practice pp. 267-274

Jennifer C. Greene

Bridging theory and practice in policy/program evaluation pp. 275-283

Stuart S. Nagel

Reconstructing policy theory pp. 285-291

Andries Hoogerwerf

A philosophical comparison of decision aid techniques for the policy analyst pp. 293-301

Harold D. Carrier and William A. Wallace

Policy formulation and the challenge of conscious design pp. 303-311

Stephen H. Linder and B. Guy Peters

The utilization of public policy analysis,: A conceptual framework pp. 313-319

James P. Lester and Leah J. Wilds

Justifying policy arguments: Criteria for practical discourse pp. 321-329

William N. Dunn

Volume 13, issue 2, 1990

Improving the recommendations from evaluation studies pp. 109-117

Michael Hendricks and Elisabeth A. Handley

Measuring member satisfaction with a self-help association pp. 119-124

Linda Farris Kurtz

Random assignment: Practical considerations from field experiments pp. 125-132

Franklyn W. Dunford

Implementing performance-based contracting in the JTPA older worker program: Issues and recommendations pp. 133-143

Jean Kantambu Latting and Russell H. Jackson

The use of judgmental data in developing an index for the quantification of learner needs pp. 145-156

Marilyn McMeniman

A practical approach to program evaluation pp. 157-164

Linda J. Lee and John F. Sampson

Needs assessment and strategic planning: A study of the girl scouts pp. 165-173

Miriam G. Vosburgh, John M. Kelley and Mary Strasser

Editorial assuring evaluation quality pp. 175-173

Thomas A. Schwandt

Defining "quality" in evaluation pp. 177-188

Thomas A. Schwandt

Developing standards for program inspections pp. 189-201

William C. Moran

Volume 13, issue 1, 1990

Acknowledgements of the guest editors pp. v-III

Kristine L. Kaemingk and Lee Sechrest

AIDS research and policy decisions pp. 1-7

Kristine L. Kaemingk and Lee Sechrest

Perceived self-efficacy in the exercise of control over AIDS infection pp. 9-17

Albert Bandura

Response bias in assessing sexual behaviors relevant to HIV transmission pp. 19-29

Joseph A. Catania, David R. Gibson, Barbara Marin, Thomas J. Coates and Ruth M. Greenblatt

Organizational response to AIDS pp. 31-38

John A. Fleishman, John D. Piette and Vincent Mor

Development and application of statewide Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) information systems in health services planning and evaluation pp. 39-46

Julia Hidalgo

Behavior change strategies for increasing condom use pp. 47-54

Kristine L. Kaemingk and Richard R. Bootzin

Evaluating AIDS prevention: Outcome, implementation, and mediating variables pp. 55-66

Laura C. Leviton and Ronald O. Valdiserri

AIDS education for three high-risk populations pp. 67-72

Douglas Longshore

A systematic analysis of the quantity of AIDS publications and the quality of research methods in three general medical journals pp. 73-77

John S. Lyons, David B. Larson, Joseph C. Bareta, Ingrid Liu, Rachel Anderson and Carolyn H. Sparks

AIDS prevention evaluation: Conceptual and methodological issues pp. 79-89

Deborah L. Rugg, Kevin R. O'Reilly and Christine Galavotti

Conceptual and strategic foundations for effective media campaigns for preventing the spread of HIV infection pp. 91-104

Richard A. Winett, David G. Altman and Abby C. King