Health Care Program Evaluation

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Evaluation of the Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Program: Progress During 2008 and 2009 — Jun 17, 2010

Updates RAND's evaluation of the antismoking and health programs established by the state of Arkansas with its share of the tobacco Master Settlement Agreement funds.

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Changing the translational research landscape: A review of the impacts of Biomedical Research Units in England — Dec 23, 2009

Describes a review of the NIHR Biomedical Research Units scheme. This review was a perceptions audit of senior executives involved in the scheme, and explored what impact they felt the scheme is having on the translational research landscape.

Journal Article

Strengthening Prevention Performance Using Technology: A Formative Evaluation of Interactive Getting to Outcomes — Oct 1, 2009

This article reports on a formative evaluation of efforts to build community-based prevention capacity in two states (Tennessee and Missouri) using an Internet-based system known as interactive Getting To Outcomes® (iGTO).

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An Ethnographic Study of Classifying and Accounting for Risk at the Sharp End of Medical Wards — Aug 1, 2009

An understanding of how staff identify, classify, narrativise and orient to patient safety risks is important in understanding responses to efforts to effect change.

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Evaluation of the Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Program: Progress During 2006 and 2007 — Dec 21, 2008

Updates RAND's evaluation of the antismoking and health programs established by the state of Arkansas with its share of the tobacco Master Settlement Agreement funds.

Journal Article

Early Experiences of Employing Consumer-Providers in the VA — Nov 1, 2008

In 2005, the VA created consumer-providers (CPs)--individuals with experience of serious mental illness who support others with similar conditions. Data from the groups suggest that hiring and employing CPs within VA has been feasible, beneficial, and acceptable to most members of clinical teams.

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Health Research Evaluation Frameworks: An International Comparison — Oct 3, 2008

Provides an overview and comparison of international health research evaluation frameworks to consider what modifications might be needed to adapt such a framework for the Canadian context.

Journal Article

Effect of Disease Management on Prescription Drug Treatment: What Is the Right Quality Measure? — Apr 1, 2007

The authors hypothesize that DM improves adherence to prescriptions more than the rate with which prescriptions are being filled.

Report

Evaluation of the Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Program: Progress During 2004 and 2005 — Mar 26, 2007

Evaluates the progress of Arkansas' seven health related programs funded by the tobacco Master Settlement Agreement.

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An Evaluation Framework for “Foundations for Living”: Supporting Disabled People to Live Independently in the Community — Aug 11, 2006

RAND Europe has created an evaluation framework for the Papworth Trust's new independent living project,

Journal Article

Assessing Organizational Readiness and Change in Community Intervention Research: Framework for Participatory Evaluation — Jan 1, 2006

This paper describes a study currently underway that uses a collaborative approach to assess organizational capacity to form partnerships around mental health and substance abuse care.

Journal Article

The PedsQL as a Pediatric Patient-Reported Outcome: Reliability and Validity of the PedsQL Measurement Model in 25,000 Children — Jan 1, 2005

Describes the PedsQL(TM) Measurement Model, designed as a modular approach to measuring pediatric health-related quality of life and developed to integrate the relative merits of generic and disease-specific approaches.

Report

Evaluation of the Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Program: Progress from Program Inception to 2004 — Dec 11, 2004

Evaluates the progress and implementation of the Arkansas tobacco settlement program.

Journal Article

PIE à La Mode: Mainstreaming Evaluation and Accountability in Each Program in Every County of a Statewide School Readiness Initiative — Sep 1, 2003

This chapter describes a program accountability system developed to support evaluation of all school programs in each county across South Carolina

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Chronicity Reconsidered: Improving Person-Environment Fit Through a Consumer-Run Service — Jun 1, 2001

Journal Article

Innovative Strategies for Increasing Active Parental Consent in School-Based Drug Education Research — Jan 1, 2001

Authors achieved parental response rate of 77% under active consent requirements in 12 large, inner-city schools with substantial minority populations

Journal Article

Client-case Manager Racial Matching in a Program for Homeless Persons with Serious Mental Illness — Jan 1, 2000

This study evaluated the effect of client-case manager racial matching in a case management program for homeless people with serious mental illness and found virtually no evidence of a relationship between client-case manager racial matching on either outcomes or service use.

Journal Article

New Approach to Assessing Clinical Quality of Care for Women: The QA Tool System — Jan 1, 1999

This article describes some of the attributes of a new system for assessing the quality of care for women.

Journal Article

Do the Pictures Influence Scores on the Dartmouth COOP Charts? — Aug 1, 1992

Examines the effect of illustrations on COOP Chart responses.

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Nono Ayivi-Guedehoussou

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Ph.D. candidate in policy analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School; M.S. in global health and population, Harvard University School of Public Health; B.S. in biochemistry, Suffolk University

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