CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT PROGRAM EVALUATION

• NCJ Number: 49472
• Author(s): S L KLAUS
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 18 pages
• Contract Number(s): HEW-105-76-1136
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Health and Human Services
• Corporate Author: US Dept of Health and Human Services
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: A REPORT FROM A SYMPOSIUM ON EVALUATION QUESTIONS AND RESEARCH ISSUES, WASHINGTON, D.C., FEBRUARY 17-18, 1977

Annotation

THE RESULTS OF A SYMPOSIUM HELD FOR THE PURPOSE OF RAISING QUESTIONS AND MAKING SUGGESTIONS ABOUT THE PROCESS OF EVALUATING CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT PREVENTION AND TREATMENT EFFORTS ARE PRESENTED.

Abstract

THE SYMPOSIUM'S PURPOSE WAS TO BRING TOGETHER KNOWLEDGEABLE PEOPLE IN THE AREA OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT AND THOSE KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT EVALUATION IN ORDER TO CONSIDER ISSUES RELATED TO PROGRAM EVALUATION AND TO SUGGEST WAYS IN WHICH FUTURE EVALUATIVE RESEARCH MIGHT CONTRIBUTE TO FURTHER PREVENTION AND TREATMENT EFFORTS. THE SYMPOSIUM WAS CONDUCTED WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF A PROTOTYPE CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT SERVICE DELIVERY MODEL. A SCHEMATIC OVERVIEW OF THE MODEL APPEARS IN THE REPORT. IT OUTLINES THE BROAD FUNCTIONS WHICH HAVE TO BE PERFORMED IN THE DELIVERY OF SERVICES TO PARENTS AND CHILDREN, REGARDLESS OF THE PERSONS OR AGENCIES WHO PROVIDE THE SERVICES. THE BROADER CONTEXT WITHIN WHICH SYMPOSIUM PARTICIPANTS CONSIDERED THIS MODEL IS DESCRIBED. CONTENT AND CONTEXT VARIABLES, AS WELL AS OUTCOME MEASURES, ARE DEFINED. A SEPARATE SECTION PRESENTS EVALUATION QUESTIONS AND RESEARCH ISSUES BROUGHT OUT BY PARTICIPANTS. THE QUESTIONS ARE CATEGORIZED INTO THE FOLLOWING AREAS OF CONCERN: IDENTIFICATION/REPORTING; INTAKE/INVESTIGATION; ASSESSMENT/PLANNING; AND TREATMENT/REFERRAL/FOLLOWUP. EACH SET OF QUESTIONS IS ACCOMPANIED BY A FLOW CHART WHICH PROVIDES MORE DETAIL ABOUT THE PARTICULAR STAGE OF THE PROCESS MODEL COVERED BY THE QUESTIONS. IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT, ALTHOUGH THE SYMPOSIUM DID NOT DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF EVALUATIVE THEORY, IT DID FIND THAT THE USE OF A PROCESS MODEL FACILITATES THE CLASSIFICATION OF RESEARCH QUESTIONS AND ISSUES. A LIST OF PARTICIPANTS IS APPENDED.