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Mobilization of community-based organizations during Covid-19: Perceptions of barriers and needed supports 2019冠状病毒病期间动员社区组织：对障碍和所需支持的认识

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Evaluation and Program Planning Pub Date : 2025-07-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2025.102665

Krista R. Mehari , Phillip N. Smith , Angie Im , L. Taylor Stevens , Natalie A. Florez , Vishva Bhatt , Nicolette A. Louissaint

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Evaluating the impact of the Programa Saúde na Escola on adolescent sexual and reproductive health in Brazil: A quasi-experimental analysis using propensity score matching 评估Saúde na Escola方案对巴西青少年性健康和生殖健康的影响：使用倾向得分匹配的准实验分析

IF 1.5 4区社会学

Evaluation and Program Planning Pub Date : 2025-07-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2025.102661

Jessica Antunes de Oliveira , Marco Tulio Aniceto França

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A university and community partnership that built capacity through program evaluation 通过项目评估建立能力的大学和社区伙伴关系

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Evaluation and Program Planning Pub Date : 2025-07-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2025.102669

Candace Lind , Beth Archer-Kuhn , Natalie Beltrano , Lisa Garrisen , Janet Hettler , Sandra M. Reilly , Leianne Vye-Rogers , Justine Reyes

{"title":"A university and community partnership that built capacity through program evaluation","authors":"Candace Lind , Beth Archer-Kuhn , Natalie Beltrano , Lisa Garrisen , Janet Hettler , Sandra M. Reilly , Leianne Vye-Rogers , Justine Reyes","doi":"10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2025.102669","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2025.102669","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A community organization-university partnership was formed to complete program evaluation research to enhance the effectiveness of the organization in its efforts to improve the resiliency of families in crisis or in need of respite. Incorporating the voices of staff and former families who had the critical expertise and lived experiences with programs and evaluative tools undergirded this work. Six themes arose from focus groups and interview data that provided recommendations for leadership on the evaluative process and tools used and informed the literature review. The theoretical approach to this research highlighted program inequities and illuminated the need for more culturally safe program evaluation practices that respect diversity and inclusivity and focus on equity-building designs. Although time-consuming, front-line staff became familiar with their own program logic models, understood how they connected to their day-to-day work with children and families, and developed a sense of ownership through hands-on involvement. Importantly, logic model development was demystified. Recognizing the organization needed a less intimidating visual representation of their logic models, a one-page version was developed for each program along with fuller versions. A repository of measures developed for staff will ensure ongoing access to evidence-informed tools for updating the evaluative framework for their programs.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48046,"journal":{"name":"Evaluation and Program Planning","volume":"112 ","pages":"Article 102669"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144738120","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Can programme budget preparation mechanisms improve the allocation of public resources? Examples from ministries in Cameroon 方案预算编制机制能否改善公共资源的分配？喀麦隆各部委的例子

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Evaluation and Program Planning Pub Date : 2025-07-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2025.102668

Onana Simon Pierre, Ousmane Diaby

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Capturing the most significant change after a work-training program for community health workers 在为社区卫生工作者开展工作培训项目后，获得了最显著的变化

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Evaluation and Program Planning Pub Date : 2025-07-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2025.102667

Sylvia Hoens , Suzannah D’Hooghe , Octavia Kint , Bert Quintiens , Dorien Brosens , Liesbeth De Donder , An-Sofie Smetcoren

{"title":"Capturing the most significant change after a work-training program for community health workers","authors":"Sylvia Hoens , Suzannah D’Hooghe , Octavia Kint , Bert Quintiens , Dorien Brosens , Liesbeth De Donder , An-Sofie Smetcoren","doi":"10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2025.102667","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2025.102667","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper examines the changes community health workers experienced after following a nine-month work-training program and the enabling/disabling factors leading to these changes. Using the Most Significant Change technique, stories from community health workers were collected through individual interviews (N = 9), after which other community health works discussed these stories in a focus group (N = 7). Results showed that Most Significant Changes were: increased knowledge, social skills and attitudes, career discovery and facilitated employability, expanded social networks and support systems, and gained social recognition. Mentoring, peer learning and peer support, and experience-based learning were indispensable in realizing those changes. Participants selected stories as significant when they were recognizable, inspirable, or admirable. Finally, our experience suggests that the Most Significant Change technique mostly identifies positive changes, which has the potential to move programs forward. In future evaluation research using the Most Significant Change, we suggest not only a horizontal (with peers) but also vertical story selection process (with coordinators) to have a deeper understanding of different perspectives and their reasoning behind selecting stories.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48046,"journal":{"name":"Evaluation and Program Planning","volume":"112 ","pages":"Article 102667"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144721940","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Participatory evaluation of a transdisciplinary behavioral health research center 一个跨学科行为健康研究中心的参与式评价

IF 2 4区社会学

Evaluation and Program Planning Pub Date : 2025-07-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2025.102664

Melissa Gonzales , Steven P. Verney , Jeremiah D. Simmons , Lisa Cacari Stone , Maia Scarpetta , Ryan Martin , Nina Wallerstein

{"title":"Participatory evaluation of a transdisciplinary behavioral health research center","authors":"Melissa Gonzales , Steven P. Verney , Jeremiah D. Simmons , Lisa Cacari Stone , Maia Scarpetta , Ryan Martin , Nina Wallerstein","doi":"10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2025.102664","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2025.102664","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Health disparities interventions require the integration of culturally-aligned theories, concepts and methods from across multiple disciplines and socio-ecologic domains to create new models for addressing health inequities faced by vulnerable populations. The Transdisciplinary Research, Equity and Engagement Center (TREE) at the University of New Mexico expands community-based participatory research and translational team science principles to improve behavioral health equity among American Indian, Hispanic, rural, and other intersectional community partners. Consonant with this participatory emphasis, this case study summarizes the development and refinement of the Center‘s evaluation of its shared conceptual framework, based on understanding historic colonization as well as cultural resiliencies, for addressing behavioral health. We elaborate on the co-development of a participatory evaluation process, with transformational goals, including iterative dialogues with leadership, visioning retreats, adaptations to our logic model and refinement of survey instruments. Preliminary results are presented of our internal Center-wide evaluation survey on progress towards aims and new sub-aims as well as highlights of lessons learned on processes, innovative metrics, and equity implications for the Center and transdisciplinary research centers nationwide.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48046,"journal":{"name":"Evaluation and Program Planning","volume":"113 ","pages":"Article 102664"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144827905","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Relationship between geographical factors and digital skills development among school administrators: A case study of Pathum Thani Province, Thailand 地理因素与学校管理者数字技能发展的关系：以泰国巴吞他尼省为例

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Evaluation and Program Planning Pub Date : 2025-07-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2025.102663

Pimolpun Phetsombat , Nawhath Thanwiset Thanvisitthpon

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A quasi-experimental approach to evaluating magnet schools 一种准实验方法来评估名校

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Evaluation and Program Planning Pub Date : 2025-07-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2025.102666

Jia Wang , Rolf Straubhaar , Seth Leon , David Kikoler , Elaine Rosales

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Evaluating the English for General Purposes (EGP) program at a Taiwanese University: A CIPP (context, input, process, and product) model study 评估台湾大学通用英语（EGP）课程：CIPP（情境、输入、过程和产品）模型研究

IF 2 4区社会学

Evaluation and Program Planning Pub Date : 2025-07-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2025.102662

Shu-Hsiu Huang

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Evaluation of an online study group on trauma and dissociation for psychotherapists in India 对印度心理治疗师创伤和分离在线研究小组的评估

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Evaluation and Program Planning Pub Date : 2025-07-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2025.102659

Adithy Adithy , Emma Emily de Wit , Gayitri Bhatt , J.G.F. Bunders-Aelen

{"title":"Evaluation of an online study group on trauma and dissociation for psychotherapists in India","authors":"Adithy Adithy , Emma Emily de Wit , Gayitri Bhatt , J.G.F. Bunders-Aelen","doi":"10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2025.102659","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2025.102659","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Mental health professionals (MHP<span><span><sup>1</sup></span></span>s) in India are generally not adequately educated in the treatment of trauma. Educational programs can help to disseminate knowledge and skills about effective treatment for trauma, to ensure mental health care for clients. This study aimed to evaluate the usefulness of an educational program on trauma and dissociation (T&D<span><span><sup>2</sup></span></span>) for psychotherapists in India.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>An online study group for psychotherapists was led by a psychotherapist, experienced in trauma. The program included didactic presentations, discussions and case presentations, with topics including definitions and types of T&D, assessments, best practices, models and therapeutic methods. Three questionnaires, 14 semi-structured interviews, and a follow-up FGD, were used to evaluate the program.</div></div><div><h3>Findings</h3><div>The online study group was found to be beneficial for psychotherapists to learn about T&D. Evaluation using participants’ reports revealed that they learned to understand clients’ symptoms and conceptualize treatment with a lens of T&D, and they became more confident in working with clients. These reports also indicated that the clients were benefiting.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>An online study group for psychotherapists, which also formed a supportive learning community, was effective for learning about T&D for participants from varied backgrounds. Such programs could bridge the knowledge gap about treatment for T&D among MHPs, especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48046,"journal":{"name":"Evaluation and Program Planning","volume":"112 ","pages":"Article 102659"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144714183","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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