Evaluation in health promotion : principles and perspectives / edited by Irving Rootman [and six others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rootman, I., editor.

World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe.

Series:

WHO regional publications. European series ; Number 92.

WHO Regional Publications, European Series, 0378-2255 ; Number 92

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Health promotion.

Health education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (561 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Copenhagen, Denmark : World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Policy-makers, professionals of all kinds and the general public increasingly recognize social and economic factors as important determinants of health. Because health promotion approaches address these factors, they can play an increasingly valuable role in protecting and improving health. At the same time, funding sources increasingly demand evidence that initiatives need effective evaluation to realize their potential; both to prove their value as investments and to increase their effectiveness in achieving their aims.; To help meet this need, the WHO European Working Group on Health Promotion Evaluation examined the current range of qualitative and quantitative evaluation methods to provide guidance to policy-makers and practitioners.; This book is the result. It comprises an extensive compilation and discussion of the theory, methodologies and practice of evaluating health promotion initiatives in Europe and the Americas. The book takes three perspectives in examining the issues. It includes a retrospect

Contents:

Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Foreword; WHO European Working Group on Health Promotion Evaluation; Contributors; Contents; Part 1 Introduction and framework; Introduction to the book; 1 A framework for health promotion evaluation; Part 2 Perspectives; Introduction; 2 Beyond process and outcome evaluation: a comprehensive approach for evaluating health promotion programmes; 3 What counts as evidence: issues and debates; 4 Participatory approaches to evaluation in health promotion; 5 Transformative alliance between qualitative and quantitative approaches in health promotion research

6 Evaluation of quality- of- life initiatives in health promotion 7 Economic evaluation of health promotion; 8 Health promotion: towards a quality assurance framework; 9 Investigating policy networks for health: theory and method in a larger organizational perspective; Part 3 Settings; Introduction; 10 Evaluating community health promotion programmes; 11 Evaluating community initiatives for health and development; 12 Evaluating health promotion in schools: reflections; 13 Evaluating health promotion programmes in the workplace; 14 Evaluation in urban settings: the challenge of Healthy Cities

Part 4 Policies and systems Introduction; 15 Evaluating healthy public policies in community and regional contexts; 16 Evaluation of health promotion policies: tracking a moving target; 17 Evaluation of countrywide health promotion policies: the Canadian experience; 18 Health impact assessment as a tool for health promotion and population health; 19 Social capital: evaluation implications for community health promotion; 20 Case study: the Canadian Heart Health Initiative; 21 Issues in evaluating mass- media health communication campaigns

22 Investment for health: developing a multifaceted appraisal approach Part 5 Synthesis and conclusion; 23 Evaluation in health promotion: synthesis and recommendations

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-280-06082-4

9786610060825

0-585-47375-7

OCLC:

939262092