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

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2000.Description: 176p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780192631695 (pbk.) :
  • 0192631691 (acidfree paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 613.068 THO
LOC classification:
  • HV97
Contents:
Pt. 1. Overview. Introduction / Yolande Coombes, Margaret Thorogood -- Historical and policy approaches to the evaluation of health promotion / Virginia Berridge -- pt. 2. Methods of evaluation. Combining quantitative and qualitative approaches to evaluation / Yolanda Coombes -- Evaluating interventions-experimental study designs in health promotion / Margaret Thorogood, Annie Britton -- The role of focus groups in evaluation / Patrick Branigan, Kirstin Mitchell -- Economic evaluation of health promotion programmes / David Wonderling, Jonathan Karnon -- Use of process evaluation during project implementation : experience from the CHAPS project for gay men / William Stewart -- Evaluating the use of public health risk factor simulation models / Bhash Naidoo -- pt. 4. Evaluation in practice. Evaluating mass media approaches / Kaye Wellings, Wendy Macdowall -- Evaluating community development initiatives in health promotion / Rachel Jewkes -- Evaluation of health promotion in clinical settings / Dominique Florin, Sarah Basham -- Evaluating the dissemination of health promotion research / Gillian Lewando-Hundt, Salah Al-Zaroo -- Conclusions-integrating methods for practice / Margaret Thorogood, Yolanda Coombes.
Summary: This practical guide for practitioners of health promotion and public health describes methods by which health promotion can be evaluated. With examples given, it should help practitioners design and implement appropriate and informative evaluations.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Short Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 613.068 THO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 119962

Includes bibliographical references.

Pt. 1. Overview. Introduction / Yolande Coombes, Margaret Thorogood -- Historical and policy approaches to the evaluation of health promotion / Virginia Berridge -- pt. 2. Methods of evaluation. Combining quantitative and qualitative approaches to evaluation / Yolanda Coombes -- Evaluating interventions-experimental study designs in health promotion / Margaret Thorogood, Annie Britton -- The role of focus groups in evaluation / Patrick Branigan, Kirstin Mitchell -- Economic evaluation of health promotion programmes / David Wonderling, Jonathan Karnon -- Use of process evaluation during project implementation : experience from the CHAPS project for gay men / William Stewart -- Evaluating the use of public health risk factor simulation models / Bhash Naidoo -- pt. 4. Evaluation in practice. Evaluating mass media approaches / Kaye Wellings, Wendy Macdowall -- Evaluating community development initiatives in health promotion / Rachel Jewkes -- Evaluation of health promotion in clinical settings / Dominique Florin, Sarah Basham -- Evaluating the dissemination of health promotion research / Gillian Lewando-Hundt, Salah Al-Zaroo -- Conclusions-integrating methods for practice / Margaret Thorogood, Yolanda Coombes.

This practical guide for practitioners of health promotion and public health describes methods by which health promotion can be evaluated. With examples given, it should help practitioners design and implement appropriate and informative evaluations.

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