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Intervention research and program evaluation: The need to move beyond monitoring
Author(s) -
Peersman Greet,
Rugg Deborah
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
new directions for evaluation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.374
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1534-875X
pISSN - 1097-6736
DOI - 10.1002/ev.128
Subject(s) - psychological intervention , intervention (counseling) , program evaluation , public health interventions , public health , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , cost effectiveness , public relations , psychology , medical education , business , computer science , risk analysis (engineering) , medicine , nursing , political science , family medicine , public administration
Ineffective public health interventions can cost substantial amounts of money that could be directed to more effective programs. The suffering associated with HIV/AIDS necessitates that we proceed with the best possible evidence in hand.