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Evaluation Journal of Australasia Pub Date : 2021-11-03 DOI: 10.1177/1035719X211054141

Scott Bayley

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Enhancing the inclusion of gender and sexually diverse populations in evaluation: Reflections grounded in practice 加强将性别和性别多样化人群纳入评价:基于实践的思考

Evaluation Journal of Australasia Pub Date : 2021-09-20 DOI: 10.1177/1035719X211043674

Jeffery Adams, S. Neville

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COVID-19 concerns, health services utilisation and social support among Western Australians with diabetes during the pandemic 疫情期间西澳大利亚糖尿病患者对新冠肺炎的担忧、卫生服务利用和社会支持

Evaluation Journal of Australasia Pub Date : 2021-09-17 DOI: 10.1177/1035719X211040857

J. Olson, Enrique L. P. Mergelsberg, J. Jensen, D. Schofield, N. Watson

{"title":"COVID-19 concerns, health services utilisation and social support among Western Australians with diabetes during the pandemic","authors":"J. Olson, Enrique L. P. Mergelsberg, J. Jensen, D. Schofield, N. Watson","doi":"10.1177/1035719X211040857","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1035719X211040857","url":null,"abstract":"People with diabetes face increased risk of serious COVID-19 complications, making self-care for optimal metabolic management crucial. However, the pandemic has reduced access to routine care among people with diabetes. The pandemic can also elicit distress, which can impact diabetes self-management and health. To understand the impact of COVID-19 on Western Australians with diabetes, we conducted an evaluation involving an online survey of consumers of diabetes health services and an analysis of routine program data (i.e. service utilisation/program attendance). Survey respondents were concerned about contracting COVID-19, many intended to change the way they utilised health services and many indicated they would continue to socially isolate. Utilisation of digital/telephone services peaked between April and June 2020. Despite the concerns indicated, a participation resurgence was observed upon resumption of face-to-face programs. Continued access to diabetes programs via multiple modes of delivery is critical to support optimal self-care and mitigate COVID-19 risks, distress and social isolation. This timely and pragmatic assessment of consumer beliefs synthesised with routinely collected evaluation data represents an agile approach to evaluation through an emerging public health crisis. The findings helped to ensure optimal service delivery to meet the needs of this priority population throughout the pandemic.","PeriodicalId":37231,"journal":{"name":"Evaluation Journal of Australasia","volume":"21 1","pages":"206 - 225"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41784338","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Editorial 编辑

Evaluation Journal of Australasia Pub Date : 2021-09-01 DOI: 10.1177/1035719X211033719

Bronwyn Rossingh

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Navigating the awkward, challenging social context of evaluation 驾驭评估的尴尬、具有挑战性的社会环境

Evaluation Journal of Australasia Pub Date : 2021-09-01 DOI: 10.1177/1035719X211030713

E. Moretti

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Checking up to keep on track: An Aboriginal-led approach to monitoring well-being 定期检查以保持正轨:土著居民主导的监测健康的方法

Evaluation Journal of Australasia Pub Date : 2021-09-01 DOI: 10.1177/1035719X211026412

Linda Kelly, M. Whiteside, Hayley Barich, K. Tsey

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Evaluator Perspective 评估者的角度

Evaluation Journal of Australasia Pub Date : 2021-08-18 DOI: 10.1177/1035719X211038827

C. Sharp

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Learning to make a difference: Value creation in social learning spaces 学会改变:社会学习空间中的价值创造

Evaluation Journal of Australasia Pub Date : 2021-08-16 DOI: 10.1177/1035719X211038767

Melissa Forbes

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Working with assumptions in international development program evaluation 在国际发展计划评估中使用假设

Evaluation Journal of Australasia Pub Date : 2021-07-22 DOI: 10.1177/1035719X211033717

Scott Bayley

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Editorial 社论

Evaluation Journal of Australasia Pub Date : 2021-06-01 DOI: 10.1177/1035719X211014398

Bronwyn Rossingh

{"title":"Editorial","authors":"Bronwyn Rossingh","doi":"10.1177/1035719X211014398","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1035719X211014398","url":null,"abstract":"Welcome to the June 2021 issue of the Evaluation Journal of Australasia (EJA) that brings a strong advocacy feel from the social justice and capacity-building perspectives. This dominant feature in the issue brings to light that social justice and capacity building are quite often the taken-for-granted aspects that do not receive the focus they warrant. Readers of this issue will find that in the papers presented, empowerment evaluation approaches remedy this situation when accountability and internal evaluation unite. Accountability is mapped through an organisation’s mission and vision and enacted by its leadership that then drives and dictates the performance of its functions in the best interests of those it serves. As the papers in this issue reveal, internal evaluation has inherent powers and potential for emancipatory and enabling outcomes that serve as an underlying source of empowerment to those that are impacted by the programmes being delivered. Fetterman (2005) provides relevant and useful support to further introduce the significant evaluative notions and sentiments of the papers in this issue. He refers to 10 guiding principles of empowerment evaluation that encourage and promote internal accountability and contends that these principles are sustainable and prevail even after external evaluators and funders have been and gone. These guiding principles of empowerment evaluation are as follows (Fetterman, 2005, pp. 43–50):","PeriodicalId":37231,"journal":{"name":"Evaluation Journal of Australasia","volume":"21 1","pages":"65 - 68"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/1035719X211014398","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43892854","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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