Evaluating health promotion : practice and methods / edited by Margaret Thorogood and Yolande Coombes.

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Book
Language
English
Εdition
3rd ed.
Published/​Created
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Description
viii, 220 pages ; 22 cm

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    "Health Promotion is a relatively new discipline and there is little in the way of practical help for students and practitioners in choosing and implementing appropriate evaluation methods. As the demands for rigorous evaluation and evidence-based decision-making increase, health promotion cannot ignore the need for accurate, reliable and valid methods to carry out evaluation. This book provides clear descriptions (with plentiful practical examples) of such methods, and the problems that can arise from their implementation. Both qualitative and quantitative methods that are commonly used are described and the problems and benefits that arise with their use are explained. Experiences in the practical implementation of evaluation are explained, with examples from a variety of different social, economic and cultural contexts. The third edition of this highly successful book has been fully revised and updated to reflect the ongoing developments in the field of health promotion. It will appeal to students and practitioners in health promotion and public health (including programme managers in both the government and the voluntary sector), and donors and funding agencies who commission health promotion interventions and evaluations"--Provided by publisher.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Machine generated contents note:
    • 1: Overview 1. Introduction, Begin search termYolande Coombes and Margaret ThorogoodEnd search term2. Historical and policy approaches, Begin search termVirginia BerridgeEnd search termPart 2: Methods of evaluation 3. Evaluating according to purpose and resources: Strengthening the evidence base incrementally, Begin search termYolande CoombesEnd search term4. Evaluating interventions: Experimental study designs in health promotion, Begin search termAnnie BrittonEnd search term5. Economic evaluation of health promotion interventions, Begin search termWarren StevensEnd search term6. Using systematic reviews in health promotion, Begin search termMargaret ThorogoodEnd search term7. Process evaluation: Understanding how and why interventions work, Begin search termDavid Ellard and Suzanne ParsonsEnd search termPart 3: Evaluation in practice 8. Social marketing interventions and evaluation, Begin search termSteven ChapmanEnd search term9. Evaluation of interventions to prevent intimate partner violence, Begin search termRachel JewkesEnd search term10. Evaluating environmental interventions through natural experiments, Begin search termMelvyn HillsdonEnd search term11. E-health promotion, Begin search termJohn PowellEnd search termPart 4: Participants in, and users of, evaluation 12. Involving lay people in the development of NICE public health guidance, Begin search termJane CowlEnd search term13. Evaluating the ethics of health promotion: Understanding informed participation, Begin search termDalya MarksEnd search term14. Feeding back evaluation results to stakeholder participants, Begin search termYolande CoombesEnd search term15. Getting findings into policy, Begin search termCarol TannahillEnd search term16. Conclusions: Providing appropriate evidence and influencing policy, Begin search termMargaret Thorogood and Yolande CoombesEnd search term.
    ISBN
    • 9780199569298 (alk. paper)
    • 0199569290 (alk. paper)
    LCCN
    2010010912
    OCLC
    528397507
    RCP
    C - S
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