Public Health Program Evaluation

The leaders of LA County's Department of Public Health compile the lessons and best practices of working in a complex and evolving public health setting. Through stories of success (and challenges) from practice, this book offers a practical guide to effective health policy and program interventions..

PDF Handbook offers comprehensive information and practical guidance on how to prepare for and conduct evaluations in WHO, and gives guidance on the utilization and follow-up of evaluation results and recommendations.

A comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of evaluation, with a participatory model that brings stakeholders together for the good of the program. Linking community assessment, program implementation, and program evaluation, this book emphasizes practical, ongoing evaluation strategies that connect theory with application.

A practical and useful introduction to the management of health programs. While providing an overview of the current best practices in management, the textbook goes beyond simple management techniques, teaching students how to develop, lead, and evaluate their programs to ensure quality outcomes.

The opioid epidemic, now several decades in the making, continues to cause pain and suffering for millions of Americans. Each year, thousands of individuals die from overdose, and thousands more grieve from these losses. Opioid use disorder (OUD) can lead to a complete interruption of day-to-day activities, including caring for one’s family, maintaining a job or career, or keeping track of basic necessities, such as health care and finances.

This publication briefly summarizes the presentations and discussions from the 1-day workshop featuring two panel sessions on evidence synthesis and grading. The purpose of this workshop was to gather and evaluate existing public health emergency preparedness and response research and to provide recommendations about future research possibilities and actions that could improve preparedness and response practices.

Chronic homelessness is a highly complex social problem of national importance. The problem has elicited a variety of societal and public policy responses over the years, concomitant with fluctuations in the economy and changes in the demographics of and attitudes toward poor and disenfranchised citizens.

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It examines the ethical and practical dimensions of new and current policy models and their effect on the future development of global health and policy.

This four-volume online reference examines the anthropological, sociological, historical, economic, and scientific theories of race and racism in the modem era.

A comprehensive, two-volume encyclopedia covering the major theories, research, people and issues in contemporary gender studies. The work will be distinguished by a cross-nationaloss-cultural perspective providing comparative analyses of life experiences of men and women around the world.