Process Evaluation for Public Health Interventions and Research [Paperback]

Process evaluation is an essential component of any program evaluation or intervention research effort. This important resource offers an overview of the history, purpose, strengths, and limitations of process evaluation and includes illustrative case material of the current state of the art in process evaluation. Process Evaluation for Public Health Interventions and Research fills an important gap in the literature for public health researchers, practitioners, scholars, trainers, and students.Foreword (Barbara A. Israel).

Preface.

The Editors.

The Contributors.

1. Process Evaluation for Public Health Interventions and Research:An Overview (Laura Linnan and Allan Steckler).

PART ONE: COMMUNITY-RELATED PROCESS EVALUATION EFFORTS.

2. Process Evaluation of an Asset-Based Teen PregnancyPrevention Project: Healthy, Empowered, and ResponsibleTeens of Oklahoma City (Michelle C. Kegler, Vicki Harris Wyatt, and Sharon Rodine).

3. Process Evaluation of Implementation and Dissemination of aSun Safety Program at Swimming Pools (Karen Glanz, May Rose L. Isnec, Allan Geller, and Kathy J. Spangler).

4. Process Evaluation of the Adolescent Social Action Programin New Mexico (Deborah L. Helitzer and Soo-Jin Yoon).

5. Process Evaluation of the Church-Based PRAISE! Project:Partnership to Reach African Americans to IncreaseSmart Eating (Alice Ammerman).

PART TWO: WORKSITE-RELATED PROCESS EVALUATION EFFORTS.

6. The Working Well Trial: Selected ProcessEvaluation Results (Laura Linnan, Beti Thompson, and Erin N. Kobetz).

7. Health Works for Women: Process Evaluation Results (Irene Tessaro, Marci Kramish Campbell, and Salli Benedict).