Process Evaluation: Assessing Re-Invention of Community-Based Interventions.

Brunk, Susan E.; Goeppinger, Jean

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Publication Date: 1990

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Process Evaluation: Assessing Re-Invention of Community-Based Interventions.

Brunk, Susan E.; Goeppinger, Jean

Evaluation and the Health Professions, v13 n2 p186-203 Jun 1990

A case study of the Arthritis Self-Care Project, a rural community intervention in Virginia, demonstrates the importance of process evaluation in determining the actual independent variable. Instances of reinvention uncovered by the study are explored, and suggestions are provided for dealing with the reinvention inevitable in field research. (TJH)

Descriptors: Community Programs, Field Tests, Formative Evaluation, Health Education, Intervention, Predictor Variables, Program Evaluation, Rural Areas, Self Care Skills

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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