Implementation of a successful long-term school based physical education intervention: exploring provider and programme characteristics
Publication date: Available online 19 June 2019Source: Evaluation and Program PlanningAuthor(s): Jonas Vestergaard Nielsen, Thomas Viskum Gjelstrup Bredahl, Anna Bugge, Heidi Klakk, Thomas SkovgaardAbstractThere is an ongoing need for research focusing on how to implement physical activity programmes into a school setting. This includes documentation of the extent to which programmes are compatible with the basic views of providers and their local practices. The present study explores the Svendborgproject – a programme tripling the amount of physical education in six public schools, sustaining it for 10-years and documen...
Source: Evaluation and Program Planning - June 20, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
“If You’re Gonna Help Me, Help Me”: Barriers to Housing Among Unsheltered Homeless Adults
Publication date: Available online 13 June 2019Source: Evaluation and Program PlanningAuthor(s): Christina Wusinich, Lynden Bond, Anna Nathanson, Deborah K. PadgettAbstractDespite a legally-mandated right to shelter and extensive outreach efforts, an estimated 3,675 homeless individuals were living on the streets of New York City in 2018. Through interviews with 43 unsheltered homeless individuals in the borough of Manhattan (age range 21-74 years), this qualitative study examined barriers they face in accessing housing and other services as well as experiences surviving on the street. Through thematic analysis of the inte...
Source: Evaluation and Program Planning - June 14, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Design of an educational strategy based on Intervention Mapping for nutritional health promotion in Child Care Centers
Publication date: Available online 12 June 2019Source: Evaluation and Program PlanningAuthor(s): Alejandra Jiménez-Aguilar, María Guadalupe Rodríguez-Oliveros, Rebeca Uribe-Carvajal, Marco Aurelio González-Unzaga, Ericka Ileana Escalante-Izeta, Hortensia Reyes-MoralesAbstractEarly childhood is a critical period for instilling healthy habits to prevent overweight and obesity. This paper describes the development of an educational intervention for the promotion of healthy eating and physical activity among two-to-four-year-old children in public child care centers (CCCs) in Mexico City. Following the Intervention Mapping...
Source: Evaluation and Program Planning - June 13, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
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Publication date: August 2019Source: Evaluation and Program Planning, Volume 75Author(s): (Source: Evaluation and Program Planning)
Source: Evaluation and Program Planning - June 13, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Framing sustainable development through descriptive determinants in private hospitals – Orientation and organization
Publication date: August 2019Source: Evaluation and Program Planning, Volume 75Author(s): Rocio Rodriguez, Göran Svensson, Carmen Otero-NeiraAbstractPurposeTo frame the sustainable development in private hospitals, based on descriptive determinants of orientation and organization from the past to the present.Design/methodology/approachBased on an inductive approach, judgmental sampling was used to target relevant health care organizations. Informants were assessed according to their knowledge of their organizations’ sustainability initiatives.FindingsReport the main determinants of orientation and organization revealed ...
Source: Evaluation and Program Planning - May 29, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Mapping the practice of developmental evaluation: insights from a concept mapping study
Publication date: Available online 25 May 2019Source: Evaluation and Program PlanningAuthor(s): Barbara Szijarto, J. Bradley Cousins (Source: Evaluation and Program Planning)
Source: Evaluation and Program Planning - May 26, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Framing Sustainable Development Through Descriptive Determinants in Private Hospitals - Orientation and Organization
Publication date: Available online 24 May 2019Source: Evaluation and Program PlanningAuthor(s): Rocio Rodriguez, Göran Svensson, Carmen OteroAbstractPurposeTo frame the sustainable development in private hospitals, based on descriptive determinants of orientation and organization from the past to the present.Design/Methodology/approachBased on an inductive approach, judgmental sampling was used to target relevant health care organizations. Informants were assessed according to their knowledge of their organizations’ sustainability initiatives.FindingsReport the main determinants of orientation and organization revealed ...
Source: Evaluation and Program Planning - May 25, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats to housing first in Metro Vancouver
ConclusionsThe delivery of HF in regions that have limited affordable housing presents unique challenges. Recommendations are provided to improve HF practice and policy in these contexts. (Source: Evaluation and Program Planning)
Source: Evaluation and Program Planning - May 22, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Supporting the Caregiver-Child Dyad’s Relationship: An Evaluation of Implementation Quality in the Chilean Crecer Jugando Program
Publication date: Available online 18 May 2019Source: Evaluation and Program PlanningAuthor(s): M. Verónica Mingo, Jessica Goldberg, M. de los Angeles Castro, M. Paz Fillol, Magdalena Mongillo, Paula Bedregal (Source: Evaluation and Program Planning)
Source: Evaluation and Program Planning - May 19, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Development of a Logic Model for a Service Learning, Dog Walking Course for College Students
Publication date: Available online 18 May 2019Source: Evaluation and Program PlanningAuthor(s): Bhibha M. Das, Melanie L. Sartore-BaldwinAbstractDespite overwhelming evidence of the importance of physical activity, only 20% of US adults meet physical activity recommendations. A subsector of the population vulnerable to inactivity is college students. There is a disconnect between evidence-based physical activity programming and dissemination into college communities, which may be overcome through logic model development and evaluation. The purpose of this paper is to discuss logic model development for a service-learning, ...
Source: Evaluation and Program Planning - May 19, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Applying Utilization-Focused Evaluation to High School Hazing Prevention: A Pilot Intervention
Publication date: Available online 15 May 2019Source: Evaluation and Program PlanningAuthor(s): Leah Hakkola, Elizabeth Allan, Dave KerschnerAbstractResearchers argue that hazing can contribute to an abusive school climate and interfere with a positive learning environment for students. National efforts exist for establishing policies, protocols, evaluation, and education for students, administrators, and staff to prevent hazing at the college level, but this work has yet to be applied broadly in a high school context. In response to this gap, researchers implemented a pilot project at two high schools in Maine that consis...
Source: Evaluation and Program Planning - May 16, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats to Housing First in Metro Vancouver: RUNNING HEAD: STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSNESS, OPPORTUNITIES
ConclusionsThe delivery of HF in regions that have limited affordable housing presents unique challenges. Recommendations are provided to improve HF practice and policy in these contexts. (Source: Evaluation and Program Planning)
Source: Evaluation and Program Planning - May 16, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Evaluation in an Equitable Society: One Person’s Perspective.
Publication date: Available online 6 May 2019Source: Evaluation and Program PlanningAuthor(s): Jara Dean-Coffey (Source: Evaluation and Program Planning)
Source: Evaluation and Program Planning - May 7, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Institutionalising the Evaluation Function: A South African study of impartiality, use and cost
This article explores the implications of outsourcing the evaluation function in South Africa, a context where there is a mismatch between evaluation supply and demand. It unpacks the tradeoffs between internal and external evaluation, and challenges some commonly held assumptions about both.ApproachBased on experiences as an internal evaluator, external evaluator, evaluation manager, and building evaluation capacity, the author explores how each role changes when evaluation is a scarce skill, and looks at implications outsourcing has for both the organization, and the evaluation.FindingsThe purpose of the evaluation must ...
Source: Evaluation and Program Planning - May 4, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Impact of the Health Resources and Services Administration’s State Oral Health Workforce Grant Program on Dental Workforce Density and Access to Oral Health Care
ConclusionAllowing states funding utilization flexibility may result in improved outcomes. This finding can help inform planning and policy about whether and how to scale future training and workforce programs to achieve greater impact. (Source: Evaluation and Program Planning)
Source: Evaluation and Program Planning - May 4, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
