The Practice of Evaluation: Partnership Approaches for Community Change provides foundational content on evaluation concepts, approaches, and methods, with an emphasis on the use of evaluation and partnership approaches to effect change. Real examples in every chapter illustrate key ideas and concepts ‘in action’ on topics such as organizational development, capacity building, program improvement, and advocacy. Editors Ryan P. Kilmer and James R. Cook, and the chapter authors, highlight pragmatic approaches to evaluation that balance the needs of stakeholders in an ethical way, to provide useful, usable, and actionable guidance for program improvement.
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Tabella dei contenuti
Part I. Evaluation to Support Change: Guiding Notions and Principles
Chapter 1. Evaluative Research: Key Concepts and Applications in Facilitating Change – James R. Cook and Ryan P. Kilmer
Chapter 2. Program Evaluation: Promises and Pitfalls – Ryan P. Kilmer and James R. Cook
Chapter 3. Setting the Stage: A Partnership Approach to Evaluation – Ryan P. Kilmer, James R. Cook, and Laura Marie Armstrong
Chapter 4. Cultural Sensitivity and Responsiveness in Evaluation – Cindy A. Crusto, Diane Purvin, Steven Hoffler, Michael Awad, and Osman Özturgut
Chapter 5. Ethical Considerations – Michael Morris
Chapter 6. Evaluating Program Effectiveness: Connecting Process and Outcomes – James R. Cook and Ryan P. Kilmer
Part II. Evaluation in Practice: Selected Strategies, Methods, and Applications
Chapter 7. Evaluation Capacity Building: A Partnership Approach for Program Improvement and Social Change – Yolanda Suarez-Balcazar and Tina Taylor-Ritzler
Chapter 8. Empowerment Evaluation – Pamela S. Imm, Mary Brolin, Janice B. Yost, and Opal R. Stone
Chapter 9. Surveying the Landscape: Using Geographic Information Systems to Evaluate Community Programs and Facilitate Change – Greg Townley
Chapter 10. Qualitative Evaluation in Community Partnership – Andrew D. Case and Joy S. Kaufman
Chapter 11. Network Analysis in Evaluation Research – Jennifer Watling Neal and Zachary P. Neal
Chapter 12. Using Cost-Benefit and Cost-Effectiveness Analyses in the Community Context – Sarah L. Pettijohn and Joanne G. Carman
Part III. Evaluation in Action: Special Topics and Contexts
Chapter 13. Investing in Nonprofit Development Through Evaluation Capacity and Strategic Partnerships: A Four-Tiered Model – Katherine Strater Hogan, Virginia Covill, and Ryan P. Kilmer
Chapter 14. Community-University Partnerships to Promote Change – Lindsay G. Messinger, Ryan P. Kilmer, and James R. Cook
Chapter 15. Data-Driven Advocacy and Advocacy Evaluation – Melissa Strompolis, Megan Branham, and Whitney Tucker
Chapter 16. Using Evaluation to Promote Improvements in Health Service Settings – Victoria C. Scott, Jonathan P. Scaccia, and Kassy Alia Ray
Chapter 17. Creating Collaborative Partnerships Through Participatory Evaluation to Shape Public Policy – Rebecca Campbell, Jessica Shaw, Hannah Feeney, and Debi Cain
Chapter 18. Epilogue – Ryan P. Kilmer and James R. Cook
Circa l’autore
James R. (Jim) Cook, Professor of Psychology, has been on the faculty at UNC Charlotte since 1980, after receiving his Ph D from Indiana University. Consistent with his identity as a community psychologist, he has worked to foster community change that improves the lives of people who (1) are economically and socially disadvantaged; and (2) have disabilities, with special emphasis on the needs of children and families. With faculty and students, he works in partnership with community programs, to help them collect, manage, and use data to improve their ability to address peoples’ needs. Dr. Cook has led government- and foundation-funded community–university partnerships that foster and sustain change efforts. He headed a HUD-funded Community Outreach Partnership Center and has co-led (with Ryan Kilmer) efforts to evaluate and support early childhood education, mental health, and neighborhood improvement programs. In addition, he led the effort to create the UNC Charlotte Institute for Social Capital, which brings together university researchers and community agencies to use data to inform and guide services. In recognition of his efforts, Dr. Cook has received awards from local nonprofit organizations. He has also been honored with the UNC Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Public Service, for demonstrating “sustained, distinguished, and superb achievement in university public service and outreach … improving the quality of life of the citizens of North Carolina”; the inaugural UNC Charlotte Provost’s Faculty Award for Community Engagement, for work that embodies “the University’s commitment to civic involvement”; and the Outstanding Educator Award from the Society of Community Research and Action, in recognition of “exemplary and innovative contributions to the education of students about community psychology and community research and action.”
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