Re: Child Abuse Prevention Program Evaluation Text

[Anne Baber Kennedy <abk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mark White wrote:

>Colleagues,
>
>I'll be teaching an advanced undergraduate research seminar next quarter on
>the evaluation of child abuse prevention programs.  I'm considering using a
>general text, in addition to research articles.  The book that I've thought
>of using as a text is the Sage 1990 publication:  "Practical program
>evaluation:Examples from child abuse  prevention" by Jeanne Pietrzak et al.
> 
>Do any of you have other recommendations?
>
>Please reply directly to me at the address below and I'll summarize for the
>group.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Mark White
>
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The Pietzrak book has the advantage of using examples from child abuse 
prevention programs; on the other hand, it can be somewhat simplistic.  
Another basic, but free, book is one available through the NCCAN 
Clearinghouse on evaluating child maltreatment programs.

For an advanced seminar (intended for graduate students) we are teaching 
this coming term, we will be using the book edited by Chelimsky and 
Shadish: Evaluation for the 21st Century.  It contains a number of  
excellent articles which we will be supplementing with readings from 
journals.  Thus, we can focus on important methodological issues and let 
the program specifics fall into place.

Good luck!




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                       Anne Baber Kennedy
                    Johns Hopkins University
               School of Hygiene and Public Health   
             Department of Maternal and Child Health
                      akennedy@jhsph.edu