PLANNING FOR CREATIVE CHANGE IN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES USE OF PRORAM EVALUATION - INCLUDING BIBLIOGRAPHY AND ABSTRACTS

• NCJ Number: 16443
• Author(s): C WEISS; K LOUIS; J WEISS
• Date Published: 1971
• Length: 115 pages
• Contract Number(s): 42-69-82
• Corporate Author: US Dept of Health, Education, and Welfare; Columbia University
• Sale Source: Superintendent of Documents, GPO; National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

SUGGESTIONS, EXAMPLES, AND RELATED REFERENCES TO THE VARIOUS 'HIP POCKET' EVALUATIONS THAT CAN BE CARRIED OUT AT THE FRONT LINE OF ACTION WHERE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ARE DELIVERED.

Abstract

THIS REPORT IS DIVIDED INTO THREE PARTS. IN PART ONE, THE BENEFITS OF FRONT LINE EVALUATION ARE IDENTIFIED AND THE TWELVE PRINCIPLES WHICH ENSURE HIGH STANDARDS OF MEASUREMENT ARE DISCUSSED. VARIOUS APPROACHES TO PROGRAM EVALUATION ARE OUTLINED, INCLUDING THE METHOD OF ASKING CLIENTELE, THE BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION METHOD, MONITORING RESEARCH TECHNIQUES, SURVEYS, CASE STUDIES, AND COST ANALYTIC TECHNIQUES. TWO PROGRAM EVALUATION MODELS - KEY FACTOR ANALYSIS AND GOAL ATTAINMENT SCALING - ARE DISCUSSED IN DETAIL. 'KEY FACTOR ANALYSIS' IS AN APPLICATION OF GENERAL SYSTEMS THEORY TO ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT. 'GOAL ATTAINMENT SCALING' PROVIDES AN ESTIMATE OF WHETHER THE GOAL WHICH SOMEONE THOUGHT WOULD BE REACHED IS ACTUALLY REACHED. OTHER SPECIAL MODELS OF PROGRAM EVALUATION (CONTINUOUS MONITORING OF OUTCOME, DYNAMIC EVALUATION, DIFFERENTIAL EVALUATION, PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS EVALUATION) ARE ALSO HIGHLIGHTED. PART TWO IS AN ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF OVER 330 WORKS ON PROGRAM EVALUATION AND EVALUATION RESEARCH, BIBLIOGRAPHIC ENTRIES ARE SUBDIVIDED UNDER THE HEADINGS OF 'CONCEPTUAL AND METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES', 'ILLUSTRATIONS OF EVALUATION STUDIES', AND 'REFERENCES ON DESIGN, MEASUREMENT, SAMPLING, AND ANALYSIS'. PART THREE CONSISTS OF ABSTRACTS OF WORKS APPEARING IN THE BIBLIOGRAPHY AND OTHERS.