STATEWIDE EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION: A PROGRAM EVALUATION STRATEGY (PUBLIC HEALTH, NURSING).
Contributors: University of Utah.
Published: 1986
Number of pages: 351
Subjects: Education, Administration.
Description: This study was undertaken to evaluate the effectiveness of the Utah State Department of Health's Infant Development Program (IDP) in promoting infant health, infant developmental skill attainment, and family psychosocial adjustment. Data were collected statewide in the form of assessment materials from client records and interviews with client families, public health nurses and nurse directors in the local health departments. The evaluation technique was derived from Robert Stake's responsive evaluation format.

The following are the major findings of the study: (1) The early intervention provided to client families by the public health nurses through the IDP was most effective in giving families needed health information and helping them set short and long term developmental goals for their handicapped or at risk infant. (2) The IDP was least effective with families in the area of psychosocial adjustment. (3) The IDP appeared to need change or modification in the types of inservice provided to the nurses, some aspects of the nurses' training, and in the types of clients served. (4) Stake's responsive evaluation format was applicable to the evaluation of a statewide health program.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 47-07, Section: A, page: 2398.

Thesis (ED.D.)--THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, 1986.

School code: 0240.