A Guide To Family Intervention and Prevention Program Evaluation

Date of Publication: December 2000

Section 1: Conducting an Evaluability Assessment

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Key References

Pecora, P.J., Seeling, W.R., Zirps, F.A., & Davis, S.M. (1996). Quality improvement and evaluation in child and family services: Managing into the next century. Washington, DC: CWLA Press.

Rossi, P.H., & Freeman, H.E. (1993). Evaluation: A systematic approach. (5th Ed.). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.

Smith, M.F. (1989). Evaluability assessment: A practical approach. Boston: Kluwer Academic.

Smith, M.F. (1990). Evaluability assessment: Reflections on the process. Evaluation and Program Planning, 13, 359-364.

Worthen, B.R., Sanders, J.R., Fitzpatrick, J.L. (1997). Program evaluation: Alternative approaches and practical guidelines. (2nd Ed.). New York: Longman.

Other References

CSR Incorporated. (1996). Preventing child abuse and neglect: A case study of I are (Contract No. 105-92-1808). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Fink, A. (1993). Evaluation fundamentals: Guiding health programs, research, and policy. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.

Guterman, N. B. (1997). Early prevention of physical child abuse and neglect: Existing evidence and future directions. Child Maltreatment, 2(1), 12-34.

Herman, J. L., Morris, L. L., & Fitz-Gibbon, C. T. (1987). Evaluator's handbook. (2nd Ed.). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.

Holtzworth-Munroe, A., Markman, H., O'Leary, K. D., Neidig, P., Leber, D., Heyman, R. E., Hulbert, D., & Smutzler, N. (1995). The need for marital violence prevention efforts: A behavioral-cognitive secondary prevention program for engaged and newly married couples. Applied & Preventive Psychology, 4, 77-88.

Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation (1994). The program evaluation standards. (2nd Ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Kaufman Kantor, G., Landsverk, J., DeVoe, E., Finkehor, D., & Straus, M.A. (1999) Evaluability assessment report: The USAF Family Advocacy Program Family Violence Prevention Initiative. Durham, NH: University of New Hampshire Family Research Laboratory.

Markman, H., J., Renick, M. J., Floyd, F., J., Stanley, S., M., & Clements, M. (1993a). Preventing marital distress through communication and conflict management training: A 4- and 5-year follow-up. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 61(1), 70-77.

Markman, H. J., Blumberg, S. L., Stanley, S. M., Leber, D., Neidig, P. H., & Holtzworth-Munroe, A. (1993b). PREP/SAVE Consultant's Manual : PREP Educational Products, Inc. Behavioral Sciences Associates, Inc.

Olds, D. L., & Kitzman, H. (1993). Review of research on home visiting for pregnant women and parents of young children. The Future of Children, 3 (3), 54-92.

Patton, M. Q. (1987). How to use qualitative methods in evaluation. (2nd Ed.). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.

Pecora, P. J., Seelig, W. R., Zirps, F. A., & Davis, S. M. (1996). Quality improvement and evaluation in child and family services: Managing into the next century. Washington, DC: CWLA Press.

Rossi, P. H., & Freeman, H. E. (1993). Evaluation: A systematic approach. (5th Ed.). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.

Smith, M. F. (1989). Evaluability assessment: A practical approach. Boston: Kluwer Academic.

Smith, M. F. (1990). Evaluability assessment: Reflections on the process. Evaluation and Program Planning, 13, 359-364.

Stecher, B. M., & Davis, W. A. (1987). How to focus an evaluation. (2nd Ed.). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.

Weiss, H. B., & Jacobs, F. H. (Eds.). (1988). Evaluating family programs. New York: Aldine De Gruyter.

Wholey, J. S. (1979). Evaluation: Promise and performance. Washington, DC: The Urban Institute.

Wholey, J. S. (1987). Evaluability assessment: Developing program theory. New Directions for Program Evaluation, 33, 77-92.

Worthen, B. R., Sanders, J.R., Fitzpatrick, J.L. (1997). Program evaluation: Alternative approaches and practical guidelines. (2nd ed.). New York: Longman.

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