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Program evaluation for social workers : foundations of evidence-based programs /

by Grinnell, Richard M [author.]; Gabor, Peter (Sociologist) [author.]; Unrau, Yvonne A [author.]; Grinnell, Richard M.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : Oxford University Press, [2016]Edition: 7th edition.Description: xx, 531 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.ISBN: 9780190227302; 0190227303.Subject(s): Human services -- Evaluation | Human services -- Evaluation -- Case studies | Social work administration | Human services -- Evaluation | Social work administration | Case studies
Contents:
Preface -- Preparing for evaluations -- Introduction -- Approaches and types of evaluations -- The process -- Standards -- Ethics -- Cultural competence -- Designing programs -- The program -- Theory of change and program logic models -- Implementing evaluations -- Preparing for an evaluation -- Needs assessments -- Process evaluations -- Outcome evaluations -- Efficiency evaluations -- Making decisions with data -- Data-information systems -- Making decisions -- Evaluation toolkit -- Tool a. hiring an external evaluator -- Tool b. working with an external evaluator -- Tool c. reducing evaluation anxiety -- Tool d. meeting evaluation challenges -- Tool e. using common evaluation designs -- Tool f. budgeting for evaluations -- Tool g. using evaluation management strategies -- Tool h. data collection and sampling procedures -- Tool i. training and supervising data collectors -- Tool j. effective communication and reporting -- Tool k. developing an action plan -- Tool l. measuring variables -- Tool m. measuring instruments -- Glossary -- References -- Credits -- Index.
List(s) this item appears in: SWBC201 - Programme Planning, Development and Evaluation
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Revised editon of Program evaluation for social workers, 2012.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- Preparing for evaluations -- Introduction -- Approaches and types of evaluations -- The process -- Standards -- Ethics -- Cultural competence -- Designing programs -- The program -- Theory of change and program logic models -- Implementing evaluations -- Preparing for an evaluation -- Needs assessments -- Process evaluations -- Outcome evaluations -- Efficiency evaluations -- Making decisions with data -- Data-information systems -- Making decisions -- Evaluation toolkit -- Tool a. hiring an external evaluator -- Tool b. working with an external evaluator -- Tool c. reducing evaluation anxiety -- Tool d. meeting evaluation challenges -- Tool e. using common evaluation designs -- Tool f. budgeting for evaluations -- Tool g. using evaluation management strategies -- Tool h. data collection and sampling procedures -- Tool i. training and supervising data collectors -- Tool j. effective communication and reporting -- Tool k. developing an action plan -- Tool l. measuring variables -- Tool m. measuring instruments -- Glossary -- References -- Credits -- Index.

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