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Utilizing Program Evaluation as a Strategy to Promote Community Change: Evaluation of a Comprehensive, Community‐Based, Family Violence Initiative
Author(s) -
Kaufman Joy S.,
Crusto Cindy A.,
Quan Michael,
Ross Ellen,
Friedman Stacey R.,
O'Rielly Kim,
Call Stephanie
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
american journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.113
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1573-2770
pISSN - 0091-0562
DOI - 10.1007/s10464-006-9086-8
Subject(s) - health psychology , work (physics) , public health , plan (archaeology) , conceptual framework , public relations , psychology , political science , medicine , nursing , sociology , engineering , social science , mechanical engineering , archaeology , history
This paper describes the authors' work in a community that received Federal funding for an integrated system of care to reduce the impact and incidence of exposure to violence for children less than six years of age. The paper includes a review of the conceptual framework that guided the work of the authors and provides a brief overview of the issue of family violence, the impact of this violence on young children, and the Federal response to this issue. In addition, a description of the Initiative and the community in which it was based is provided along with some aspects of the evaluation plan. Finally, the authors discuss how their work with this Initiative depicts an approach to facilitating change within communities.