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

by Grinnell, Richard M.

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Title Statements

Full title :Program evaluation for social workers : foundations of evidence-based programs / Richard M. Grinnell, Jr., Peter A. Gabor, Yvonne A. Unrau.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:[2016].
Edition:7th edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:Oxford
Language:eng
Publication Date:[2016].

Notes

Édition précédente: 2012.

Première édition publiée sous le titre: Evaluation and quality improvement in the human services / Peter A. Gabor, Richard M. Grinnell, Jr., ©1994.

The Physical Object

Description:xx, 531 pages : : illustrations ; : 26 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780190227302, 0190227303
oclc:ocn945567139
LC Classification:HV40
Dewey Decimal:361.3/2

Preface -- Preparing for evaluations -- Toward accountability -- 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.

Subjects

Case studies Human services -- Case studies. -- Eval… Human services -- Evaluation Service social -- Gestion Services sociaux -- Études de cas. -- É… Services sociaux -- Évaluation Social work administration