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Use of Propensity Score Matching to Evaluate a National Smoking Cessation Media Campaign
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Villanti, Andrea C.; Cullen, Jennifer; Vallone, Donna M.; Stuart, Elizabeth A. – Evaluation Review, 2011
Sustained mass media campaigns have been recommended to stem the tobacco epidemic in the United States. Propensity score matching (PSM) was used to estimate the effect of awareness of a national smoking cessation media campaign (EX[R]) on quit attempts and cessation-related cognition. Participants were 4,067 smokers and recent quitters aged 18-49…
Descriptors: Smoking, Mass Media, Prevention, Health Promotion
Finding Needles in a Haystack: A Methodology for Identifying and Sampling Community-Based Youth Smoking Cessation Programs
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Emery, Sherry; Lee, Jungwha; Curry, Susan J.; Johnson, Tim; Sporer, Amy K.; Mermelstein, Robin; Flay, Brian; Warnecke, Richard – Evaluation Review, 2010
Background: Surveys of community-based programs are difficult to conduct when there is virtually no information about the number or locations of the programs of interest. This article describes the methodology used by the Helping Young Smokers Quit (HYSQ) initiative to identify and profile community-based youth smoking cessation programs in the…
Descriptors: Smoking, Research Methodology, Community Programs, Community Surveys
A National Evaluation of Community-Based Youth Cessation Programs: Design and Implementation
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Curry, Susan J.; Mermelstein, Robin J.; Sporer, Amy K.; Emery, Sherry L.; Berbaum, Michael L.; Campbell, Richard T.; Carusi, Charles; Flay, Brian; Taylor, Kristie; Warnecke, Richard B. – Evaluation Review, 2010
Although widely available, little is known about the effectiveness of youth cessation treatments delivered in real-world settings. The authors recruited a nonprobability sample of 41 community-based group-format programs that treated at least 15 youth per year and included evidence-based treatment components. Data collection included longitudinal…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Smoking, Program Evaluation, Youth Programs
Formative and Process Evaluation of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Programs.
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Dehar, Mary-Anne; And Others – Evaluation Review, 1993
Concepts of formative and process evaluation are discussed, and their applications in health promotion and disease prevention are reviewed. Process evaluation fulfills the need for information on program implementation, whereas formative evaluation aims to help develop and improve programs from an early stage. Both evaluations can increase program…
Descriptors: Disease Control, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Research, Formative Evaluation
Formative Evaluation of a Nutritional Marketing Project in City-Center Restaurants.
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Demers, Andree; Renaud, Lise – Evaluation Review, 1992
Formative evaluation of a community health project providing and promoting low-fat foods in five restaurants in Montreal (Canada) shows that restaurateurs are willing to collaborate in project implementation but not in training waiters and that the project did not cause an increase in market demand for low-fat menu offerings. (SLD)
Descriptors: Community Programs, Dining Facilities, Eating Habits, Evaluation Methods
Estimating Mediated Effects in Prevention Studies.
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MacKinnon, 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)
When Total Randomization Is Impossible: Nested Randomized Assignment.
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Moberg, D. Paul; And Others – Evaluation Review, 1993
Difficulties experienced in implementing a randomized design in a school-based adolescent health promotion program are explained, and a solution using a randomized control group design nested within two treatment options is proposed. The Health for Life project involved 21 middle schools in Wisconsin. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Control Groups, Experimental Groups, Health Promotion
Health Promotion, Medical Care Use, and Costs in a Sample of Worksite Employees.
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Shi, Leiyu – Evaluation Review, 1993
The relationship between a 4-group (control and low- through high-intensity intervention) health promotion intervention program and subsequent medical costs was analyzed for 1,188 employees in a California utility company. Results suggest strong associations between health promotion interventions and subsequent reduction in medical care costs,…
Descriptors: Adults, Cost Effectiveness, Cost Estimates, Employees