Evaluating theory-based evaluation: information, norms, and adherence
| Autor: | Aurelio José Figueredo, Frederic Malter, W. Jake Jacobs, Melissa M. Sisco, Dawn Hill |
|---|---|
| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
| Předmět: |
Program evaluation
Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Social Psychology Strategy and Management Geography Planning and Development Applied psychology Health Behavior Psychological intervention Poison control Smoking Prevention Health Promotion Suicide prevention Outcome (game theory) Psychological Theory Preventive Health Services Humans Business and International Management Social Behavior Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Human factors and ergonomics Principles of learning Rape Smoking Cessation Psychology Social psychology Program Evaluation |
| Zdroj: | Evaluation and program planning. 35(3) |
| ISSN: | 1873-7870 |
| Popis: | Programmatic social interventions attempt to produce appropriate social-norm-guided behavior in an open environment. A marriage of applicable psychological theory, appropriate program evaluation theory, and outcome of evaluations of specific social interventions assures the acquisition of cumulative theory and the production of successful social interventions – the marriage permits us to advance knowledge by making use of both success and failures. We briefly review well-established principles within the field of program evaluation, well-established processes involved in changing social norms and social-norm adherence, the outcome of several program evaluations focusing on smoking prevention, pro-environmental behavior, and rape prevention and, using the principle of learning from our failures, examine why these programs often do not perform as expected. Finally, we discuss the promise of learning from our collective experiences to develop a cumulative science of program evaluation and to improve the performance of extant and future interventions. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
| Externí odkaz: |
|
Full Text from ScienceDirect