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Evaluation Research in Context: A Community Application for Youth and Family Programs
Author(s) -
Carter Ruth,
Betts Sherry C.,
Marczak Mary S.,
Rogers Howard E.,
Huebner Angela J.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
family and consumer sciences research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.372
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1552-3934
pISSN - 1077-727X
DOI - 10.1177/1077727x980263005
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , program evaluation , work (physics) , management science , positive youth development , computer science , public relations , psychology , political science , engineering , geography , developmental psychology , public administration , mechanical engineering , archaeology
Despite extensive literature on evaluation strategies and models, few published reports exist relative to practical applications of such strategies. This article follows one community as it mobilized around youth issues, resulting in a pregnancy prevention program. The intent of this article is to outline the application of evaluation concepts and strategies and to examine the effect of the larger program development and evaluation processes rather than to present specific results of the evaluation data collected over the course of this work. The utility and merit of evaluation concepts will be discussed as the authors follow a small southwestern rural community over nearly 2 years.