Background Performance evaluation is essential to quality improvement in healthcare. The current study has identified the potential pros and cons of external healthcare evaluation programs, utilizing them subsequently to look into the merits of a similar case in a developing country.   Methods A mixed method study employing both qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis techniqu...

In this article we review marital enrichment programs for the quality and research basis of material presented, adequacy of the leaders guide, processing of exercises, user friendliness for teaching and application, view of gender roles, and degree to which the program is integrated into a biblical/theological perspective. After considering the relative strengths and limitations of available pr...

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Program evaluation in preparation for accreditation provides opportunities for the identification of program strengths, weaknesses, and improvement potential. In the present study, naturalistic inquiry, an evaluation methodology responsive to the concerns of persons with a stake in the program, was successfully used in preparation for the accreditation of an occupational therapy program. The ex...

Background The importance of evaluating policy processes to achieve health equity is well recognised but such evaluation encounters methodological, theoretical and political challenges. This paper describes how a program theorybased evaluation framework can be developed and tested, using the example of an evaluation of the South Australian Health in All Policies (HiAP) initiative.   Methods A f...

introduction. the present study was designed to assess the effect of continuous evaluation and education in usage of standard rules in midwifery office in shiraz. methods. this was an interventional (quasi experimental) study. all midwifery offices (50 units) in shiraz were evaluated by technicians from control and evaluation health office of vice chancellor for clinical and drug affairs. in th...

The concepts of efficacy and effectiveness are examined from the viewpoints of the traditions and philosophies of health-care research and social program evaluation. Consideration of the status of the program being assessed, its availability to, and its acceptance by the target audience leads to the derivation of four levels of health promotion program testing: efficacy trials, under optimum co...