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A framework for evaluating community-based heart disease prevention programs

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This paper reviews issues that arise in the evaluation of community-based heart disease prevention programs and offers suggestions for improving future evaluations of these programs. A framework encompassing the evaluation of process, impact and social relevance guides this discussion. The goal of the framework is to divide the question, "do community-based health programs work?", into more easily answered evaluation questions. in doing so, interventions that promote the health of community residents are likely to be designed and implemented successfully.

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  • Altman, David G., 1986. "A framework for evaluating community-based heart disease prevention programs," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 22(4), pages 479-487, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:22:y:1986:i:4:p:479-487
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    1. Sarah A. McGraw & Deborah E. Sellers & Carolyn C. Johnson & Elaine J. Stone & Kathryn J. Bachman & Judith Bebchuk & Russell V. Luepker & Elizabeth W. Edmundson, 1996. "Using Process Data To Explain Outcomes," Evaluation Review, , vol. 20(3), pages 291-312, June.
    2. Brooke S. Harrow & Thomas M. Lasater & Kim M. Gans, 1996. "A Strategy for Accurate Collection of Incremental Cost Data for Cost-Effectiveness Analyses in Field Trials," Evaluation Review, , vol. 20(3), pages 275-290, June.
    3. Schmidt, Christoph M. & Baltussen, Rob & Sauerborn, Rainer, 2000. "The Evaluation of Community-Based Interventions: Group Randomization, Limits and Alternatives," IZA Discussion Papers 206, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    4. Viadro, Claire I. & Earp, Jo Anne L. & Altpeter, Mary, 1997. "Designing a process evaluation for a comprehensive breast cancer screening intervention: Challenges and opportunities," Evaluation and Program Planning, Elsevier, vol. 20(3), pages 237-249, August.
    5. Mary-Anne Dehar & Sally Casswell & Paul Duignan, 1993. "Formative and Process Evaluation of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Programs," Evaluation Review, , vol. 17(2), pages 204-220, April.
    6. Veikko Tähkä & Heimo Viinamäki & Kaj Koskela, 1990. "Interaction in Health Education," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 36(2), pages 99-110, June.
    7. Feinberg, Mark E. & Greenberg, Mark T. & Osgood, D. Wayne & Anderson, Amy & Babinski, Leslie, 2002. "The effects of training community leaders in prevention science: Communities That Care in Pennsylvania," Evaluation and Program Planning, Elsevier, vol. 25(3), pages 245-259, August.

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