Case Study: Healthy Food/Healthy Students (HFHS); Goal Statement; Objectives; Case Study Discussion Questions; Student Activities; References; Chapter 2 Ethics; Chapter Objectives; Key Terms; Introduction; Historical Background of Ethical Principles; Basic Ethical Principles; Ethical Links between Research and Evaluation; Institutional Review Board; Informed Consent; Risk-Benefit Assessment; Selection of Individuals and Special Populations; Ethical Guidelines for Evaluators; Challenges Faced by Evaluators; Confidentiality of Personal Information; Summary.

Filled with cases and examples from across the spectrum of Public Health specialties, Essentials of Planning and Evaluation for Public Health provides a basic understanding of the importance of and the key approaches used to conduct and evaluate effective public health programs. Organized in a step-by-step process, the chapters provide an accessible and engaging overview of topics needed to review published literature, collect primary data, analyze data using basic statistics, and present results in written or verbal formats for their intended audiences. Examples and case studies are woven throughout, from a broad array of public health applications such as global health, environmental health, community health, and social science. Key Features: - Offers a clear, easy-to-read foundational overview of the process of Public Health program evaluation - Includes an easy explication of basic statistics using Microsoft Excel - Uses many examples and cases specific to the field of Public Health - Authored by an award-winning Professor in undergraduate public health studies Instructor Resources: Instructor's Manual, PowerPoint slides, TestBank

Filled with cases and examples from across the spectrum of Public Health specialties, Essentials of Planning and Evaluation for Public Health provides a basic understanding of the importance of and the key approaches used to conduct and evaluate effective public health programs. Organized in a step-by-step process, the chapters provide an accessible and engaging overview of topics needed to review published literature, collect primary data, analyze data using basic statistics, and present results in written or verbal formats for their intended audiences. Examples and case studies are woven throughout, from a broad array of public health applications such as global health, environmental health, community health, and social science. Key Features: - Offers a clear, easy-to-read foundational overview of the process of Public Health program evaluation - Includes an easy explication of basic statistics using Microsoft Excel - Uses many examples and cases specific to the field of Public Health - Authored by an award-winning Professor in undergraduate public health studies Instructor Resources: Instructor's Manual, PowerPoint slides, TestBank

The Second Edition of Health Program Planning and Evaluation will help you to systematically develop, thoughtfully implement, and rigorously evaluate health programs across a variety of health disciplines. This thorough revision includes updated examples and references throughout, reflecting the major changes within the field. This outstanding resource prepares students and professionals to become savvy consumers of evaluation reports and prudent users of evaluation consultants. It presents practical tools and concepts in language suitable for both the practicing and novice health program planner and evaluator.

This book covers the full spectrum of essential competencies required to manage public health organizations, from communication and cultural proficieny to leadership, relationship building, ethics, and program planning. --Book Jacket.

In the wake of 9/11, effective management of public health departments has become vitally important, as these organizations and agencies will be in the front line of any bioterror or chemical attack. Written by practitioners for other practitioners and students who want to pursue public health careers, this book provides a practical, non-theoretical approach useful for the hands-on management of these complex organizations and their daily operations. With accessible writing and many real life applications, this concise new volume serves departments at all levels--federal, state, city and county.

Written to provide students with the essential program planning skills that they'll need in public health practice, Introduction to Public Health Program Planning offers an accessible and engaging approach to the program planning process. Divided into 3 parts, Introduction to Public Health Program Planning begins with an introduction to the basics of planning, health determinants, and behaviors. It then offers in-depth discussion of the generic planning phases - from assessing needs and planning to implementing and evaluation. The third section explores the four most commonly used planning frameworks, along with three additional planning frameworks that address specific health issues. A final chapter offers guidance on choosing a planning framework.

Assessing individual and community needs for health education, planning effective health education programs, and evaluating their effectiveness, are at the core of health education and promotion. Assessment and Planning in Health Programs, Second Edition provides a grounding in assessment and evaluation. Written in an accessible manner, this comprehensive text addresses the importance and use of theories, data collection strategies, and key terminology in the field of health education and health promotion. It provides an overview of needs assessment, program planning, and program evaluation, and explains several goals and strategies for each.

In today’s turbulent and financially stressful times, public health managers need business planning skills. They need to become “civic entrepreneurs,” who can creatively finance and manage needed programs using business school savvy. Public Health Business Planning: A Practical Guide is based on the curriculum of the highly successful Management Academy for Public Health, offered by the Kenan-Flagler Business School and the School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. A Lewin Group evaluation showed that teams of Management Academy graduates have generated millions of dollars in revenue for local agencies through implementing business plans. This book teaches what it means to use entrepreneurial strategies for social good, and key business planning skills such as: Assessment and strategic planning Program planning, implementation, and evaluation Financial planning and budgeting Market research and social marketing Strategies for getting funded including business writing and speaking Project management and business plan execution strategies

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