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Comprehensive Behavioral Medicine in Community Mental Health: A Needs Assessment that Needs Assessment.
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Dush, David M.; Spoth, Richard L. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1988
It is suggested that Community Mental Health (CMH) should be more involved in the development of comprehensive behavioral services, which is now taking place outside the traditional mental health environment. Implications for CMH planning and financing are discussed, drawing upon a selective literature review and clinical illustrations. (SLD)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Community Health Services, Mental Health Programs, Needs Assessment
A Welfare Reform Evaluation Agenda.
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Rolston, H. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 2001
Discusses the conditions that promote evaluation and their applicability to the current welfare situation. Outlines a welfare reform evaluation agenda, focusing on core activities and investments in evaluation. The major focus should be finding out what is effective for which individuals. (SLD)
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Needs Assessment, Program Development, Program Evaluation
Priority Setting in Government: Beyond the Magic Bullet.
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Bosin, Morris Robert – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1992
Priority setting is examined from the perspective of planning practitioners operating in a major federal regulatory agency. Causes of ambivalence in setting priorities are considered, and ways to reduce ambivalence are suggested. Three models are proposed for setting priorities in the public sector. (SLD)
Descriptors: Federal Government, Government Role, Models, Needs Assessment
A National AIDS Organization--An Executive Survey.
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Starley, Richard O. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1994
Selected executive directors of local and national Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) service organizations were asked about their need and desire for a national organization. Replies of 12 local and 8 national directors confirmed the desire for such an organization and suggested various models for its organization. (SLD)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Administration, Administrators, Delivery Systems
Indirect Needs Assessment for Mental Health Services Planning: Introduction to This Special Issue.
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Goldsmith, Harold F.; And Others – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1992
Articles in this special issue use survey data to provide policymakers with validated indirect needs assessment models that will help them obtain information about populations requiring different levels and types of mental health services. The articles provide the basis for predictive needs assessment and explanatory models of resource allocation.…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Evaluation Methods, Health Needs, Mental Health Programs
Evaluation in South Africa.
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Evaluation and Program Planning, 1995
The seven articles of this special section explore evaluation in South Africa. Particular emphasis is placed on policy development in the areas of health, education, and housing and on efforts to alleviate the legacy of apartheid. Participative and quantitative efforts are described. (SLD)
Descriptors: Apartheid, Community Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Mental Health Needs of Children and Youth with Learning Disabilities: Overview of a Community Needs Assessment.
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Brazil, Kevin; And Others – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1993
The mental health needs of children and youth with learning disabilities and their families were studied in a survey of 79 human services directors in the Toronto (Canada) area. The study illustrates the importance of involving relevant communities in planning for community needs assessment and program implementation. (SLD)
Descriptors: Administrators, Adolescents, Childhood Needs, Children