Title |
Supporting health promotion practitioners to undertake evaluation for program development
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Published in |
BMC Public Health, December 2014
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-14-1315 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Roanna Lobo, Mark Petrich, Sharyn K Burns |
Abstract |
The vital role of evaluation as integral to program planning and program development is well supported in the literature, yet we find little evidence of this in health promotion practice. Evaluation is often a requirement for organisations supported by public funds, and is duly undertaken, however the quality, comprehensiveness and use of evaluation findings are lacking. Practitioner peer-reviewed publications presenting evaluation work are also limited. There are few published examples where evaluation is conducted as part of a comprehensive program planning process or where evaluation findings are used for program development in order to improve health promotion practice. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United Kingdom | 4 | 33% |
Australia | 3 | 25% |
Canada | 1 | 8% |
Myanmar | 1 | 8% |
United States | 1 | 8% |
Unknown | 2 | 17% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 6 | 50% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 5 | 42% |
Scientists | 1 | 8% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Unknown | 122 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Master | 26 | 21% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 14 | 11% |
Researcher | 10 | 8% |
Student > Postgraduate | 10 | 8% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 8 | 7% |
Other | 27 | 22% |
Unknown | 27 | 22% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 29 | 24% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 25 | 20% |
Social Sciences | 13 | 11% |
Business, Management and Accounting | 4 | 3% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 2% |
Other | 17 | 14% |
Unknown | 31 | 25% |