In the past three decades, program evaluation has sought to more fully engage stakeholders in the evaluative process. But little information has been gathered from stakeholders about how they share in evaluation tasks and whether role sharing leads to confusion or tensions between the evaluator and the stakeholders. This article reports findings…

Objective and Participants: To investigate ethnic differences related to weight, the authors assessed body mass index, dysfunctional eating, receipt of health information, and perceived obstacles to healthy lifestyles of 210 ethnically diverse college women. Methods: The authors used the Eating Attitudes Test to assess dieting, food preoccupation,…

Thirty-five studies were originally selected to be analyzed as to behavior modification techniques used in successful weight-loss programs. From these, 14 studies were chosen that provided sufficient data, including follow-up data, and 4 studies that had no follow-up data but that did report data from the treatment time period. As a result of rank…

Although there is a national emphasis on health promotion and preventive practices, questions remain regarding the equity of access to these services by low income and minority groups, and the implications of inequities for elder health. Data from a systematic survey of 500 public and private providers of health promotion services in northern…

This handbook provides a resource of assessment tools for systematic evaluation of health education programs in the field of smoking. Key fundamentals of systematic evaluation as applied to health education programs are reviewed. Explanations of the handbook's measures, their relationships, rationale, and procedures are given. Included are…

The purpose of this study was to compare "expert" and "practitioner" evaluations of research questions in health education. The "expert" respondents consisted of 21 health educators identified by a panel of experts as significant contributors to the field of health education. The "practitioners" consisted of 722 health educators. The respondents…

The role of tutors is becoming increasingly important in preventive medicing correspondence courses in China's health program. (JR)

The paper demonstrates that fee schedules have quite large cost-reducing effects, that utilization rates are responsive to the availability of physicians, and that non-whites use fewer Medicaid-financed services than whites. (Author)

This article, the second taken from a workshop on "Campus Health Care Services," surveys the types of treatment and programs required on campuses and emphasizes the advantages of integrating the entire health care system into the basic structure of the institution. (Author)

Paper delivered to the Council of Teaching Hospitals at the 79th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Medical Colleges (Houston, Texas, November 1, 1969).

In this position paper of the American Public Health Association (APHA), emphasis is placed on the magnitude of the K-12 school community in both size and the duration of time individuals spend there and the subsequent need of good health education. The APHA states that it is concerned about the traditional crisis approach to health care, where…

With the proliferation of new health programs, such as Health Maintenance Organizations (HMO's) and Professional Service Review Organizations (PSRO's), the task of evaluating the impact of such programs on the health delivery systems and on the health of the American people becomes more urgent. Thus far no experimental or quasi-experimental…

The Kilander Health Knowledge Test is analyzed, based on responses of four independent groups, to determine if response tendencies to test items were peculiar to groups studied and if test items retained independence regardless of the population group. The 1969 edition of the Kilander Health Knowledge Test was administered to all ninth- and…

The 1971-74 survey of the health needs and services provided to 668 New York City children in foster care indicated that the Medicaid program failed to ensure adequate routine care and treatment. Recommendations are made for the implementation of effective services. (Author/SE)