Evaluating Health Promotion Programs

Author by : Thomas W. Valente
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 2002-02-07
Publisher by : Oxford University Press

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Description : Part II deals with study designs, the techniques to determine sample selection and size, writing questionnaires, constructing scales, and managing data. Part III uses data from a national campaign to illustrate methods for impact evaluation, including basic and advanced statistical analysis."--BOOK JACKET....

Author by : James F. McKenzie
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 2009
Publisher by : Benjamin-Cummings Publishing Company

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Description : Planning, Implementing, and Evaluating Health Promotion Programs: A Primer provides students with a comprehensive overview of the practical and theoretical skills needed to plan, implement, and evaluate health promotion programs in a variety of settings. The Fifth Edition features updated information throughout, including new theories and models such as the Healthy Action Process Approach (HAPA) and the Community Readiness Model (CRM), sections on grant writing and preparing a budget, real-life examples of marketing principles and processes, and a new classification system for evaluation approaches and designs. It has been thoroughly reviewed by both practitioners and professors to reflect the latest trends in the field. "I too just took the CHES exam in April and passed...What I found to be most helpful was reading over "Planning, Implementing, and Evaluating Health Promotion Programs: A Primer (4th Ed.)" by Mckenzie, Neiger, & Smeltzer. I think it would give individuals who have been out of school for a while a good "refresher" on not only the terminology, but also core concepts." Joseph D. Visker, MS,CHES, Department of Health Education & Recreation Southern Illinois University, Carbondale...

Author by : James F. McKenzie
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 1997
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Description : This work provides background and application information needed to plan, implement and evaluate health promotion programmes in a variety of settings. Programmes in the areas of community health, medical care and worksites are examined in detail and presentes in an accessible format....

Author by : James F. McKenzie
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 2012-05-21
Publisher by : Pearson Higher Ed

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Description : This is the eBook of the printed book and may not include any media, website access codes, or print supplements that may come packaged with the bound book. Planning, Implementing, and Evaluating Health Promotion Programs: A Primer provides you with a comprehensive overview of the practical and theoretical skills needed to plan, implement, and evaluate health promotion programs in a variety of settings. The Sixth Edition features updated information throughout, significantly re-worked Chapters 2 (Starting the Planning Process) and 3 (Models for Program Planning in Health Promotion) for a more streamlined presentation, a more robust supplements package, and more information on program management and administration. It has been thoroughly reviewed by both practitioners and professors to reflect the latest trends in the field. "[Planning, Implementing, and Evaluating Health Promotion Programs: A Primer] provides a very clear and concise explanation on how to develop a Health Promotion Program. The book provides excellent examples and activities for application of Program Planning as well as ties in each step so the final process makes sense. I also like that the book prepares and encourages students to take the CHES exam as well as gives them the tools they need to be successful.” — Aimee Richardson, Adjunct Faculty, American University, Washington, DC...

Author by : James F. McKenzie
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 2022-07-18
Publisher by : Jones & Bartlett Learning

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Description : "This book is written for students who are enrolled in their first professional course in health promotion program planning. It is designed to help them understand and develop the skills necessary to carry out program planning regardless of the setting. This book is unique among the health promotion planning textbooks on the market in that it provides readers with both theoretical and practical information"--...

Author by : Marc T. Braverman
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 1989
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Author by : David Scott
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 1998
Publisher by : Nelson Thornes

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Description : The contributors provide a general overview of evaluation in intitiatives designed to promote better health. They highlight successful and unsuccesful campaigns and offer a coherent study of the theory and practice of evaluation in this discipline....