Development of an intervention program to prevent childhood obesity targeted to Mexican mothers of school-aged children using intervention mapping and social cognitive theory
The objective of this study was to provide a step-by-step description of the design, implementation and evaluation of an intervention plan for Mexican mothers of school aged children to promote healthy eating and to prevent childhood obesity. The program Niño Sano Adulto Sano was developed using the Intervention Mapping Approach and the Social Cognitive Theory frameworks to provide Mexican mothers with knowledge and skills to positively modify their children's food behavior, thus preventing future weight gain. The program was developed, piloted and delivered to the target population with positive results on the mothers’...
Source: Evaluation and Program Planning - February 19, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Implementing condom distribution programs in the United States: Qualitative insights from program planners
The objective of the study was to gather qualitative insights from CDP planners to inform effective CDP implementation. Ten semi-structured interviews with program planners were conducted via telephone (response rate of 58.8%). Condom distribution channels included site-based distribution (n = 6), web-based distribution (n = 4), and distribution via Uber (n = 1). Site-based distribution programs had distribution networks ranging from 100 to 3500 sites in a given jurisdiction. Planners of site-based CDPs experienced challenges with ensuring quality control at sites and supplying condoms to sites. Web-based CDPs ...
Source: Evaluation and Program Planning - February 14, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Community health needs assessment for a child health promotion program in Kyrgyzstan
This study conducted using a mixed method that included literature review, reginal statistics, focus group and key person interviews, and a community survey. The analysis method was descriptive statistics for the questionnaires, and content analysis for the interviews. Results showed the following priorities for child health promotion: strengthening health care provider capacity, overcoming resource shortages, managing child health and preventable diseases, improving public hygiene, promoting a healthy lifestyle, and empowering school health. The strategies were identified: capacity building of health workers, increasing c...
Source: Evaluation and Program Planning - February 12, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Collaborative, Participatory, and Empowerment Evaluation. Stakeholder Involvement Approaches, David Fetterman, Liliana Rodriguez-Campos, Ann Zukoski and Contributors, The Guilford Press, New York, London (2018). 169 pp., Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-4625-3282-7.
Publication date: Available online 7 February 2019Source: Evaluation and Program PlanningAuthor(s): T.A. Abma (Source: Evaluation and Program Planning)
Source: Evaluation and Program Planning - February 8, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
The Importance of Systems Thinking, Context, and Inclusion when Studying the Feasibility of Expanding the FoodShare (SNAP) Outreach Program to Rural Communities of Northern Wisconsin
Publication date: Available online 6 February 2019Source: Evaluation and Program PlanningAuthor(s): Travis Moore, Lori Bakken, Bakari WallaceAbstractEvaluators often neglect to question whether a program has been appropriately designed for a new context prior to a feasibility study’s commencement. In this paper, we document the results of a case study that closely examined context when determining the feasibility of implementing a FoodShare outreach program in rural northern Wisconsin. Using community-based participatory mixed methods, we examine how stakeholder engagement led to both study refinement and a more comprehe...
Source: Evaluation and Program Planning - February 7, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Understanding Innovation in Health Program Planning and Development
DiscussionThrough creating a culture of innovation and utilizing systems thinking, this project provides important insights in how to develop innovations in public health. (Source: Evaluation and Program Planning)
Source: Evaluation and Program Planning - February 5, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Sustainable Transportation: Indicators, Frameworks, and Performance Management. Henrik Gudmundsson, Ralph P. Hall, Greg Marsden, and Josias Zietsman. Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany (2016). 304 pp., $72.61, eBook, ISBN 978-3-662-46924-8; $86.36 (hardcover), ISBN 978-3-6621-46923-1.
Publication date: Available online 29 January 2019Source: Evaluation and Program PlanningAuthor(s): Ubaid Illahi, Mohammad Shafi Mir (Source: Evaluation and Program Planning)
Source: Evaluation and Program Planning - January 30, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Pathways to becoming an internal evaluator: Perspectives from the Australian non-government sector
This article presents three auto-narratives from the authors who are working as internal evaluators in the NGO sector. We examine this phenomenon of role ambiguity by exploring our evaluation journeys and struggles to find identities in the formal evaluation community. Findings from the auto-narratives identify implications for the evaluation field regarding professionalisation. This article explores how aspects of professionalisation, such as clarification of roles and tasks of internal evaluators, could facilitate their recruitment, assess credibility and guide career trajectory. Elucidating internal evaluation career pa...
Source: Evaluation and Program Planning - January 25, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Adoption for adaptation: A theory-based approach for monitoring a complex policy initiative
Publication date: Available online 25 January 2019Source: Evaluation and Program PlanningAuthor(s): Jesse McConnellAbstractThis paper explores some of the challenges involved in designing a monitoring framework for a complex policy initiative designed to support climate change adaptation in a highly varied and dynamic implementation environment. It looks specifically at the UK's Department for International Development (DFID) initiative called Action on Climate Today, a five-year programme that aims to support the mainstreaming of climate change adaptation into policy systems in five countries and ten locations in South As...
Source: Evaluation and Program Planning - January 25, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Looking beneath the surface of a preceptor-training programme through a realist evaluation
Publication date: Available online 21 January 2019Source: Evaluation and Program PlanningAuthor(s): Lizemari Hugo, Yvonne Botma (Source: Evaluation and Program Planning)
Source: Evaluation and Program Planning - January 22, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
The health and social impact of Blood Donors Associations: A Social Return on Investment (SROI) analysis
This study used multiple methods for data collection and analysis. A systematic literature review helped the identification of proper financial proxies to highlight the economic value of the social and health impacts experienced by Avis members. A focus group with key informants gathered their views on the areas of impact selected for the analysis: early detection of diseases, adoption of healthier lifestyles, social capital, human capital, personal satisfaction and reinforcement of a ‘giving culture’.Primary data collection involved (a) an Activity Based Costing analysis (b) a self-reported questionnaire to 1.066 BDA ...
Source: Evaluation and Program Planning - January 15, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
How was a national moving and handling people guideline intended to work? The underlying programme theory
Publication date: Available online 14 January 2019Source: Evaluation and Program PlanningAuthor(s): Mark Lidegaard, Kirsten B. Olsen, Stephen J. Legg (Source: Evaluation and Program Planning)
Source: Evaluation and Program Planning - January 15, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Assessing research impact: Australian Research Council criteria and the case of Family Wellbeing research
Publication date: Available online 14 January 2019Source: Evaluation and Program PlanningAuthor(s): Komla Tsey, Leigh-ann Onnis, Mary Whiteside, Janya McCalman, Megan Williams, Marion Heyeres, Siu Man (Carrie) Lui, Helen Klieve, Yvonne Cadet-James, Leslie Baird, Catherine Brown, Felecia Watkin Lui, Daniel Grainger, Zona Gabriel, Nigel Millgate, Ben Cheniart, Tahalani Hunter, Hong-Bo Liu, Yang Yingbong, Li YanAbstractResearchers worldwide are increasingly reporting the societal impact of their research as part of national research productivity assessments. However, the challenges they encounter in developing their impact ca...
Source: Evaluation and Program Planning - January 15, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Exploring challenges and lessons learned in cross-cultural environmental education research
This article describes the challenges encountered and subsequent adaptations made throughout our ongoing, iterative survey development process, in order to appropriately address language, sociocultural context, audience, and research-to-practice tensions. We present key lessons learned, including the importance of having strong local partners, the need to create a realistic research timetable that accounts for unique challenges involved in undertaking cross-cultural EE research, and the limitations of quantitative methods in this sort of research. (Source: Evaluation and Program Planning)
Source: Evaluation and Program Planning - January 10, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Evaluation of a Classroom Movement Integration Training Delivered in a Low Socioeconomic School District
This study evaluated an MI training delivered in a low socioeconomic elementary school that had recently invested in three movement facilitative classrooms (a kinesthetic classroom and two activity labs). We investigated (a) the training’s fidelity in meeting recommended best practices for professional development and (b) school professionals’ perspectives of the training. Eight school professionals participated in the study, including five classroom teachers, two activity lab supervisors, and the principal. The researchers used a video of the training to rate the fidelity of the training to best practice recommendatio...
Source: Evaluation and Program Planning - January 9, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
