Evaluating Health Promotion [electronic resource] : Practice and Methods
Thorogood, Margaret.
Coombes, Yolande.
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2010.
Health Promotion is a relatively new discipline and there is little in the way of practical help for students and practitioners in choosing and implementing appropriate evaluation methods. As the demands for rigorous evaluation and evidence-based decision-making increase, health promotion cannot ignore the need for accurate, reliable and valid methods to carry out evaluation. This book provides clear descriptions (with plentiful practical examples) of such methods, and the problemsthat can arise from their implementation. Both qualitative and quantitative methods that are commonly used are des
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; --  Part I Overview; 1 Introduction -- 2 Historical and policy approaches; Part II Methods of evaluation --  3 Evaluating according to purpose and resources: strengthening the evidence base incrementally -- 4 Evaluating interventions: experimental study designs in health promotion; 5 Economic evaluation of health promotion interventions; 6 Using systematic reviews in health promotion; 7 Process evaluation: understanding how and why interventions work; Part III Evaluation in practice; 8 Social marketing interventions and evaluation
9 Evaluation of interventions to prevent intimate partner violence10 Evaluating environmental interventions through natural experiments; 11 E-health promotion; Part IV Participants in, and users of, evaluation; 12 Involving lay people in the development of NICE public health guidance; 13 Evaluating the ethics of health promotion: understanding informed participation; 14 Feeding back evaluation results to stakeholder participants; 15 Getting findings into policy; 16 Conclusions: providing appropriate evidence and influencing policy; Index
Health Promotion is a relatively new discipline and there is little in the way of practical help for students and practitioners in choosing and implementing appropriate evaluation methods. As the demands for rigorous evaluation and evidence-based decision-making increase, health promotion cannot ignore the need for accurate, reliable and valid methods to carry out evaluation. This book provides clear descriptions (with plentiful practical examples) of such methods, and the problemsthat can arise from their implementation. Both qualitative and quantitative methods that are commonly used are des
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Health promotion
Health promotion
Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care)
Program Evaluation
Health Promotion
Methods
Evaluation Studies as Topic
Investigative Techniques
Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms
Quality of Health Care
Preventive Health Services
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services
Health Services
Health Care
Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment
Health Services Administration
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation
Public Health - General
Public Health
Health & Biological Sciences