TY  - BOOK
AU  - Grinnell,Richard M.
AU  - Gabor,Peter
AU  - Unrau,Yvonne A.
AU  - Grinnell,Richard M.
TI  - Program evaluation for social workers: foundations of evidence-based programs 
SN  - 9780190227302
AV  - HV40 .P716 2016
U1  - 361.3/2 23
PY  - 2016///]
CY  - Oxford, New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Human services
KW  - Evaluation
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Social work administration
N1  - Revised editon of Program evaluation for social workers, 2012; Includes bibliographical references (pages 507-508) and index; Preface -- Preparing for evaluations -- Introduction -- Approaches and types of evaluations -- The process -- Standards -- Ethics -- Cultural competence -- Designing programs -- The program -- Theory of change and program logic models -- Implementing evaluations -- Preparing for an evaluation -- Needs assessments -- Process evaluations -- Outcome evaluations -- Efficiency evaluations -- Making decisions with data -- Data-information systems -- Making decisions -- Evaluation toolkit -- Tool a. hiring an external evaluator -- Tool b. working with an external evaluator -- Tool c. reducing evaluation anxiety -- Tool d. meeting evaluation challenges -- Tool e. using common evaluation designs -- Tool f. budgeting for evaluations -- Tool g. using evaluation management strategies -- Tool h. data collection and sampling procedures -- Tool i. training and supervising data collectors -- Tool j. effective communication and reporting -- Tool k. developing an action plan -- Tool l. measuring variables -- Tool m. measuring instruments -- Glossary -- References -- Credits -- Index
ER  -