Showing papers in "Evaluation and Program Planning in 2023"

TL;DR: The authors traces the history of triangulation to its contemporary version within the social sciences and examines the philosophical evolution influencing the environment in which Triangulation develops including consilience and the comparative linguistic structure of the traditions of thought.

TL;DR: In this article , the authors explored the moderating impact exerted by perceived government response to the COVID-19 pandemic on the relationship between attitude and intention toward contactless online food delivery services.

TL;DR: In this article , the authors tested whether eHealth technical solutions reduce patients' health risks on a sample of 61 patients on the covid-19 unit in Tomas Bata hospital in Zlin.

TL;DR: The authors analyzed 141 evaluations published in Evaluation and Program Planning over four years (2016-2019) and utilized collaborative, interpretive coding to surface and examine the criteria embedded in evaluation aims, questions, and conclusions.

TL;DR: This article conducted a rapid retrospective evaluation of social determinants of health (SDOH) initiatives implemented within the past three years by 42 established MCPs across the United States and found that sustained initiatives could save over $633 million in productivity and medical costs cumulatively through 20 years.

TL;DR: In this paper , the authors describe and illustrate the surfacing of "elliptical assumptions" which involve the unknown ingredients that are necessary for a program to be effective, and recommend the testing of previously unidentified elliptical assumptions.

TL;DR: In this article , the authors conducted 19 interviews with PEH aged 18 + who were staying in one of three distributed resource centers who had also previously stayed at the former centralized shelter.

TL;DR: In this paper , the authors define a set of principles for research and evaluation that utilizes the process to reinforce key tenets of Trauma-Informed Care (TIC) and enhance trauma treatment.

TL;DR: In this paper , a nurse-led self-management intervention and its programme theory for people with multiple sclerosis (PwMS) in one Swiss rehabilitation clinic were developed. But little is known about the effectiveness or sustainability of nursing interventions.

TL;DR: In this article , the authors apply the OECD well-being framework to the programs in a euro area country, and find that the multidimensional framework promises policy-relevant findings, capable of informing other approaches for evaluating program relevance and effectiveness.

TL;DR: In this paper , the authors presented a federally funded research protocol with a multi-year, clustered randomized controlled trial (RCT) design to determine the impact of an instructional intervention on students' academic performance in high-needs schools.

TL;DR: In this paper , the authors provided a deeper knowledge in the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) insight by using the bibliometric technique, and the existing gap between the traditional literatura reviews and previous bibliometrics studies, is covered as it is the first comprehensive analysis carried out in applying quantity, quality and structural indicators.

TL;DR: In this article , the authors argue that assumptions in a theory of change are the causal connections, events, and conditions that need to be realized for the intervention to work, using an example of an intervention aimed at improving educational outcomes for girls in a conservative region, two kinds of assumptions are discussed: cause-effect assumptions and causal-link assumptions.

TL;DR: In this article , the effects of the expansion by looking at health data in expansion and non-expansion states were examined, and the authors concluded that expansion states have demonstrated improved access to healthcare and improved health outcomes than the non expansion states.

TL;DR: In this paper , the authors evaluated a COVID-19 rapid antigen testing program among high school athletes through testing data and qualitative analysis from key stakeholders, including parents, testing staff, and coaches.

TL;DR: In this paper , a participatory project focused on the construction of indicators of sustainable wellbeing (IBEST) is described, which is used to support three evaluations over the past five years, which were each conducted with the aim to evaluate interventions in terms of their contribution to the wellbeing of local people.

TL;DR: The Open Platform for Well-Being Impact Assessment of AI systems (OPIA) as discussed by the authors is based on a distributed community to build reproducible evidence through effective identification, refinement, iterative testing, and cross-validation of expected causal structures.

TL;DR: In this article , the authors describe the development and pilot evaluation of an online vocational rehabilitation program, the About Face Online System (AFOS), for veterans with a history of felony convictions and either mental illness and/or substance use disorders.

TL;DR: In this paper , the authors present a conceptual framework rooted in the practices and experiences of nine collaborative partnerships between universities and informal science education organizations to support those brokering, designing, and evaluating partnerships in making sense of the dynamism of interorganizational efforts to collaborate in achieving broader impacts of research.

TL;DR: The High Integrity and Fidelity Implementation for School Renewal (HIFFI) instrument as discussed by the authors was created using a comprehensive review of the literature to provide insights into the implementation integrity and fidelity when principals renew a school.

TL;DR: In this paper , a conceptual framework and survey scales for measuring buy-in are presented to evaluate the extent to which individuals believe in and actively support interventions, which is an important but understudied component of program evaluation.

TL;DR: In this paper , the authors analyzed the Prospera program's impact on poverty and income distribution through a computable general equilibrium model and concluded that transfers to households have a positive impact on the Mexican economy but hide the real problem, which prevents poverty from worsening but does not reduce the population in poverty or inequality.

TL;DR: In this paper , a "Youth Social Inclusion Program" developed in Australia to assist young people identified as having social difficulties that prevent them linking into formal mental health services is described.

TL;DR: In this paper , a decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL) approach was first implemented to examine the extent of mutual impact between evaluation predictors and develop an influential network relation map (NRM) for indicator and sub-indicator assessments.

TL;DR: The authors found that evaluators in Canada and the USA did not perceive autonomy as related to the larger role of the field of evaluation, but rather as a contextual personal concern, that is, related to matters of personal circumstance, such as their workplace, years of experience, financial security, and the backing or lack thereof from professional associations.

TL;DR: In this paper , the authors developed a capacity-building model to identify areas and associated factors that were integral to grantee organizations' ability to build capacity to create change in their communities.

TL;DR: In this paper , a theory of change was elaborated, distinguishing between three levels of impact (individual, organisational and societal), four learning dimensions (knowledge, skills, attitudes and networks) and five implicit pathways (change agent, social network, widening access, academic diversity, international understanding).