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Improving the reporting of public health intervention research: advancing TREND and CONSORT
- Bauman 1991 Bauman LJ, Stein RE, Ireys HT. Reinventing
"... Background Evidence-based public health decision-making depends on high quality and transparent accounts of what interventions are effective, for whom, how and at what cost. Improving the quality of reporting of randomized and non-randomized study designs through the CONSORT and TREND statements has ..."
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Background Evidence-based public health decision-making depends on high quality and transparent accounts of what interventions are effective, for whom, how and at what cost. Improving the quality of reporting of randomized and non-randomized study designs through the CONSORT and TREND statements has had a marked impact on the quality of study designs. However, public health users of systematic reviews have been concerned with the paucity of synthesized information on context, development and rationale, implementation processes and sustainability factors. Methods This paper examines the existing reporting frameworks for research against information sought by users of systematic reviews of public health interventions and suggests additional items that should be considered in future recommendations on the reporting of public health interventions. Results Intervention model, theoretical and ethical considerations, study design choice, integrity of intervention/process evaluation, context, differential effects and inequalities and sustainability are often overlooked in reports of public health interventions. Conclusion Population health policy makers need synthesized, detailed and high quality a priori accounts of effective interventions in order to make better progress in tackling population morbidities and inequalities. Adding simple criteria to reporting standards will significantly improve
Using concept mapping to develop a logic model and articulate a program theory: A case example
- Hense, PhD (University of Munich
, 2004
"... Using a case example of one of the mental health agencies in Florida, we demonstrate the utility of concept mapping for developing a program logic model and articulating a program theory for program assessment. The results of the concept mapping procedure enabled identification of 100 program servic ..."
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Using a case example of one of the mental health agencies in Florida, we demonstrate the utility of concept mapping for developing a program logic model and articulating a program theory for program assessment. The results of the concept mapping procedure enabled identification of 100 program services as described in statements by staff. Moreover, results revealed four major categories of those services and the main strategies used. This information was used to develop the first three components of a logic model. Concept maps were also used to reveal underlying assumptions built into the agency’s theoretical approach.
Designed Blindness. An Action Science Perspective on Program Theory Evaluation
- American Journal of Evaluation
"... This article is intended to stimulate a dialogue between program theory evaluation and action science for the purposes of cross-fertilization and mutual enrichment. Both program theory evaluation and action science use the concept of implicit “theories of action ” as a central construct in the study ..."
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This article is intended to stimulate a dialogue between program theory evaluation and action science for the purposes of cross-fertilization and mutual enrichment. Both program theory evaluation and action science use the concept of implicit “theories of action ” as a central construct in the study of social practice. However, an action science approach suggests a wider understanding of program theory that (1) specifies the links between individual reasoning and behavior to program implementation, and (2) accounts for how programs deal with dilemmas, conflict, and error. This paper begins with a systematic, though not exhaustive, comparison of program theory evaluation and action science. It analyzes an exemplar of program theory evaluation from an action science perspective to illustrate a subtheory, “designed blindness, ” and its impact on both program implementation and the evaluation itself. It then offers a theory for overcoming designed blindness. Finally, this article argues that action science concepts and skills can enable program theory evaluators to be more effective in confronting defensiveness and in facilitating learning among stakeholders when there is a gap between “espoused ” program theory and “theory-in-use.”
The use of logic models by community-based initiatives
- Evaluation and Program Planning
, 2005
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Homeland security capabilities-based planning: Lessons from the defense community, Homeland Security Affairs 1(2). Available online at www.hasj.org/hsa
- Chess C, Johnson BB, Gibson G
, 2005
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Performance measurement frameworks in public and non-profit sectors”, Production Planning
- and Control
, 2005
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The power of why: Engaging the goal paradox in program evaluation
- American Journal of Evaluation
, 2006
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IV-E Waiver demonstration evaluation semi-annual progress report 5 SFY
, 2009
"... The authors gratefully acknowledge the assistance provided by the leadership staff from the Florida Department of Children and Families, including Don Winstead, David Fairbanks, Debra Ervin, Melissa Jaacks, John Lyons, Keith Perlman, Coleman Zuber, ..."
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The authors gratefully acknowledge the assistance provided by the leadership staff from the Florida Department of Children and Families, including Don Winstead, David Fairbanks, Debra Ervin, Melissa Jaacks, John Lyons, Keith Perlman, Coleman Zuber,
The Role of Evaluation in Research Practice Integration Working Toward the ‘Golden Spike
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Three Spheres of Performance Governance: Spanning the Boundaries from Single-Organisation Focus Towards A Partnership Network
- EGPA 2004 Annual Conference
, 2004
"... Science is built up with facts, as house is with stones. But a collection of facts is no more a science than a heap of stones is a house.- Henri Poincaré (1902) ..."
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Science is built up with facts, as house is with stones. But a collection of facts is no more a science than a heap of stones is a house.- Henri Poincaré (1902)
