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Considerations in the Evaluation of the Short Term Program—The Barwon Experiment
Author(s) -
Swain Phillip A.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
australian journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1839-4655
pISSN - 0157-6321
DOI - 10.1002/j.1839-4655.1978.tb01258.x
Subject(s) - term (time) , scheme (mathematics) , project commissioning , process (computing) , publishing , welfare , operations research , computer science , management science , engineering , political science , mathematics , law , programming language , mathematical analysis , physics , quantum mechanics
Evaluation of welfare projects is a difficut and demanding process. There are particular difficulties and considerations associated with an evaluation of the short term program—which for the purpose of this article is defined as one established with an initially guaranteed life of up to twelve months. The author examines some of the issues and practical considerations which emerged during the evaluation of one such program, the Barwon Regional Family Aide Scheme, and presents the model which was developed.