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Managing evaluation in a federal public health setting
Author(s) -
Schooley Michael W.
Publication year - 2009
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.286
Subject(s) - unit (ring theory) , public health , control (management) , program evaluation , disease control , public relations , business , political science , public administration , computer science , medicine , psychology , environmental health , nursing , mathematics education , artificial intelligence
The author, a federal manager who leads development and maintenance of evaluation for specific public health programs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, tells the story of developing an evaluation unit in the Office on Smoking and Health. Lessons about managing evaluation, including his practices and related principles, are presented. © Wiley Periodicals, Inc. *