Evaluation of health promotion, health education, and disease prevention programs
Notes:
Preceded by Evaluation of health promotion, health education, and disease prevention programs / Richard Windsor [and others]. 3rd edition c2004. The 4th edition was self-published in 2010 under the title: Evaluation of health promotion and disease prevention and management programs. Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-325).
Contents:
Introduction to evaluation -- Planning an evaluation -- Efficacy and effectiveness evaluation -- Measurement and analysis in evaluation -- Process and qualitative evaluation -- Cost analysis and economic evaluation.
Summary:
This title offers conceptual and methodological frameworks for the six phases of health programme evaluation: introduction to evaluation; models of evaluation planning; efficacy and effectiveness evaluation; measurement and analysis evaluation; process and qualitative evaluation; and cost analysis and basic economic evaluation. Evaluation of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Programs offers conceptual and methodological frameworks for the six phases of health program evaluation:. introduction to evaluation. models of evaluation planning. efficacy and effectiveness evaluation. measurement and analysis evaluation. process and qualitative evaluation. cost analysis and basic economic evaluationBy presenting these concepts through case studies, this text offers an innovative and didactic model for measuring health impact and health outcomes, then extending these measurements to establish an evidence base for future practice. This central competency in health promotion will be of use to graduate and post-graduate students in public and population health programs, plus health program practitioners working at the intervention forefront.
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