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Peer reviewedMacKinnon, David P.; Dwyer, James H. – Evaluation Review, 1993
Statistical approaches to assess how prevention and intervention programs achieve their effects are described and illustrated through the evaluation of a health promotion program to reduce dietary cholesterol and a school-based drug prevention program. Analyses require the measurement of intervening or mediating variables to represent the…
Descriptors: Causal Models, Disease Control, Drug Use, Equations (Mathematics)
Development of a Rating Form to Evaluate Grant Applications to the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health
Direct linkWhaley, Arthur L.; Rodriguez, Reymundo; Alexander, Laurel A. – Evaluation Review, 2006
Reliance on subjective grant proposal review methods leads private philanthropies to underfund mental health programs, even when foundations have mental health focuses. This article describes a private mental health foundation's efforts to increase the objectivity of its proposal review process by developing a reliable, valid proposal rating form.…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Grants, Predictive Validity, Mental Health Programs
