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Key issues in intervention research: A program evaluation perspective
Author(s) -
Lipsey Mark W.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
american journal of industrial medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1097-0274
pISSN - 0271-3586
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0274(199604)29:4<298::aid-ajim4>3.0.co;2-l
Subject(s) - medicine , intervention (counseling) , research program , perspective (graphical) , government (linguistics) , public health , program evaluation , key (lock) , work (physics) , field (mathematics) , engineering ethics , management science , public relations , nursing , public administration , political science , computer security , computer science , engineering , philosophy , mathematics , epistemology , artificial intelligence , pure mathematics , mechanical engineering , linguistics
Over the last two decades, theory and practice in the field of program evaluation have generated a rich array of concepts and methods for research on the effectiveness of social programs. This paper attempts to summarize the lessons from program evaluation research that might usefully inform intervention research in occupational health and safety. (This article is a US Government work and, as such, is in the public domain in the United States of America.) © 1996 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.