Evaluating Family Programs : Current Issues in Theory and Policy.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jacobs, Francine H.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Somerset : Taylor and Francis, 2008.
Temas:
Family social work > United States.
Service social familial > États-Unis.
Family social work
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Table of Contents
  • Foreword
  • Series Editor's Preface
  • Preface
  • Introduction: Family Support and Education Programsâ#x80;#x94;Challenges and Opportunities
  • Part I. The State of Our Knowledge about Program Effectiveness
  • Chapter 1. Family Support and Education Programs: Working Through Ecological Theories of Human Development
  • Chapter 2. The Five-Tiered Approach to Evaluation: Context and Implementation
  • Part II. Measuring Child, Parent, and Family Outcomes
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 3. Rethinking the Assessment of Child-Focused OutcomesChapter 4. Evaluating Parent-Child Interaction Outcomes of Family Support and Education Programs
  • Chapter 5. Measuring Parent Outcomes in Family Program Evaluation
  • Chapter 6. Measuring Family Systems Outcomes
  • Chapter 7. Measures of Stress and Coping in Families
  • Chapter 8. Social Support: Conceptualization and Measurement
  • Part III. Evaluation Experiences: Case Studies from the Field
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 9. Lessons from the Evaluation of the Brookline Early Education Project
  • Chapter 10. Common Design and Methodological Problems Encountered in Evaluating Family Support Services: Illustrations from the Prenatal/Early Infancy ProjectChapter 11. Toward an Understanding of the Program Variable in Comprehensive Parent Support Programs
  • Chapter 12. The Evaluation Experience of the AVANCE Parent-Child Education Program
  • Chapter 13. Prove to Me that MELD Makes a Difference
  • Chapter 14. Toward Experimental Evaluation of the Family, Infant and Preschool Program
  • Chapter 15. The Cross-Project Evaluation of the Child Survival/Fair Start Initiative: A Case Study of Action ResearchChapter 16. The Child Welfare League of America's Adolescent Parents Projects
  • Chapter 17. Studying Complexity: The Case of the Child and Family Resource Program
  • Chapter 18. Using an Impact Evaluation Model with Too-Early-Childbearing Programs
  • Part IV. Current Issues in Theory and Policy
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 19. Cost Analyses in Family Support Programs
  • Chapter 20. The Possibilities and Limitations of Meta-Analysis in Understanding Family Program ImpactChapter 21. Programs for Racially and Ethnically Diverse American Families: Some Critical Issues
  • Chapter 22. Ecological Perspectives on Change in Families
  • Lessons in Context
  • Appendix A. Research Instruments and Their Sources
  • Appendix B. Glossary of Research and Program Evaluation Terms

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