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Program evaluators in community mental health centers: Results of a national survey
Author(s) -
Baker Frank
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.585
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1520-6629
pISSN - 0090-4392
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6629(198204)10:2<151::aid-jcop2290100208>3.0.co;2-t
Subject(s) - mental health , continuing education , medical education , psychology , nursing , medicine , psychiatry
A national survey of CMHC directors and program evaluators yielded responses by both directors and evaluators from 323 CMHCs (60% response rate). The majority of centers reported only one full‐time equivalent evaluator or less. Evaluators generally had little or no specific formal education in program evaluation and the majority had a master's degree or less as their highest degree. However, consultants were widely used and evaluators expressed much interest in hearing about conferences, continuing education opportunities, and publications dealing with program evaluation.