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Schools within the uMgungundlovu district: Principals’ perspectives on categorization and school functionality 乌姆贡德洛武地区的学校：校长对分类和学校功能的看法

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Evaluation and Program Planning Pub Date : 2024-02-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2024.102418

Zakhele Dennis Nzuza

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Evaluating the impact of using storytelling and visual multimedia music intervention to improve knowledge of the Child Rights Act and reduce the propensity to engage in child marriage 评估利用讲故事和可视多媒体音乐干预来提高对《儿童权利法》的认识和减少童婚倾向的影响

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Evaluation and Program Planning Pub Date : 2024-02-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2024.102416

Ngozi Udengwu , Ujah Marian Ofunu , Thomas Imoudu Gomment , Chinonso Aniagu , Peter N. Nwokolo , Ayokunle Oluwadamilare Ikusemiju , Verlumun Celestine Gever

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Evaluation of the public policy impacts on Monkeypox in Brazil 评估公共政策对巴西猴痘的影响

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Evaluation and Program Planning Pub Date : 2024-02-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2024.102414

Carlos Jefferson de Melo Santos , Angelo Marcio Oliveira Sant’Anna

{"title":"Evaluation of the public policy impacts on Monkeypox in Brazil","authors":"Carlos Jefferson de Melo Santos , Angelo Marcio Oliveira Sant’Anna","doi":"10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2024.102414","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2024.102414","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Brazil ranked third in the number of Monkeypox infected worldwide in early September 2022 and eighth in multiple deaths. Brazilian Ministry of Health prepared a public policy to face the smallpox outbreak. This paper aims to analyze the governmental public policy’ impacts on Monkeypox using survival analysis. The information in the database was collected from epidemiological bulletins on the official websites of the Brazilian Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization (WHO). The survival analysis with parametric statistical analysis, semiparametric with Cox regression, and nonparametric analysis were used. The inference of causality was perceived by the impact caused by the national public policy with the proportional reduction in the number of cases in the treatment group (Chi-sq = 117.783, p < 0.001), contrary to what was perceived in the control group, as well as survival about the time of the states that elaborated their plans based on what was made available by the government. The need to evaluate government projects should be within the scope of project management in Brazilian states and provide for more assertive decision-making in the fight against smallpox</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48046,"journal":{"name":"Evaluation and Program Planning","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-02-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140003097","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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Designing a questionnaire with retrospective pre-post items: Format matters 设计带有事后回顾项目的问卷：格式很重要

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Evaluation and Program Planning Pub Date : 2024-02-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2024.102411

Melanie Hwalek , Kate Pierce , Victoria Straub

{"title":"Designing a questionnaire with retrospective pre-post items: Format matters","authors":"Melanie Hwalek , Kate Pierce , Victoria Straub","doi":"10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2024.102411","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2024.102411","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Evaluators are frequently asked to evaluate educational interventions that are one-time events. The Retrospective Pretest (RPT) methodology is well suited for these circumstances and the evaluation literature is replete with discussions about the pros and cons of this approach. In RPT, program participants rate their attitudes or knowledge now, and also rate how they were before participation in the intervention. The difference between now and before ratings constitutes the measure of change. Little published literature exists about whether the layout of RPT items within the evaluation questionnaire yields different results. This study compared six different layouts using a sample of 1941 caregivers who participated in one of 96 training workshops. The layouts were compared on inattentiveness, unexpected decline in perceived knowledge, and the degree of before-now change. Findings show that design matters. The best performing layout is where items are placed in the center with before response options on the left of the page and the now response options on the right. Results point to the need for evaluators to pay attention to RPT layout, and for the field to establish criteria for assessing survey layout quality. The unexpectedly high rate of inattentiveness calls for evaluators to pay more attention identifying and addressing this in their survey data.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48046,"journal":{"name":"Evaluation and Program Planning","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-02-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139945738","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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Using personal network analysis to understand the interaction between programmes’ facilitators and teachers in psychoeducational interventions 利用个人网络分析来了解心理教育干预中计划主持人与教师之间的互动关系

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Evaluation and Program Planning Pub Date : 2024-02-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2024.102410

Isidro Maya Jariego , Andrés Muñoz Alvis , Daniel Villar Onrubia

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Exploring the curricular and pedagogical decision criteria for research-based learning design in undergraduate studies 探索本科研究型学习设计的课程和教学决策标准

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Evaluation and Program Planning Pub Date : 2024-02-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2024.102409

Pourya Pourhejazy , K. Robert Isaksen

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Evaluation of the concerns of Spanish university students in the face of current major challenges 评估西班牙大学生面对当前重大挑战时所关注的问题

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Evaluation and Program Planning Pub Date : 2024-02-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2024.102408

Javier Cifuentes-Faura, Ursula Faura-Martínez, Matilde Lafuente-Lechuga

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Implementing trauma-informed care in a special education setting: An initial exploration of a multi-tiered model 在特殊教育环境中实施创伤知情护理：多层次模式的初步探索

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Evaluation and Program Planning Pub Date : 2024-02-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2024.102407

Hayley J. Goldenthal , Tara Gill , Claudio Rivera , Karen R. Gouze , Colleen Cicchetti

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An evaluation of the impact of mitigation policies on health and the economy by managing social distancing during outbreaks 通过管理疫情爆发期间的社会距离，评估缓解政策对健康和经济的影响

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Evaluation and Program Planning Pub Date : 2024-01-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2024.102406

Antonio Lopolito , Rocco Caferra , Andrea Nigri , Piergiuseppe Morone

{"title":"An evaluation of the impact of mitigation policies on health and the economy by managing social distancing during outbreaks","authors":"Antonio Lopolito , Rocco Caferra , Andrea Nigri , Piergiuseppe Morone","doi":"10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2024.102406","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2024.102406","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated various unavoidable social restrictions, leading to questions about the effectiveness of public emergency interventions and their impact economic growth. Block et al. (2020) conducted a notably study using an agent-based model to evaluate policies for reducing contact and demonstrated how choices in contact behavior can influence the rate and spread of the virus. However, their approach did not consider the economic consequences of these social restrictions. In response, we propose a set of strategies for governments to plan and evaluate policies during emergencies, aiming to contain infections while minimizing negative economic consequences. Our results indicate that there is no trade-off between containment strategies and economic output loss, making containment measures necessary policy instruments. However, potential trade-offs do emerge when selecting the most effective strategy. In this context, we propose and evaluate various policy alternatives to extreme \"social distancing\" measures, which can partially restore essential social interactions while preventing economic disasters induced by productivity losses.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48046,"journal":{"name":"Evaluation and Program Planning","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-01-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139586226","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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Towards transparent decision-making processes within museums: Case study of Museu Nacional d′Art de Catalunya (MNAC) 实现博物馆决策过程透明化：加泰罗尼亚国家艺术博物馆（MNAC）案例研究

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Evaluation and Program Planning Pub Date : 2024-01-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2024.102405

Ursula Imbernon , Maria del Mar Casanovas-Rubio , Carolina Monteiro , Jaume Armengou

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