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Chapter 1: Fundamentals for Program Evaluation 

Article 1: Huey-Tsyh Chen. A Comprehensive Typology for Program Evaluation American Journal of Evaluation June 1996 17: 121-130, doi:10.1177/109821409601700204

Article 2: Tineke A. Abma. The Practice and Politics of Responsive Evaluation American Journal of Evaluation March 2006 27: 31-43, doi:10.1177/1098214005283189

Article 3: Lois-ellin Datta. Politics and Evaluation: More Than Methodology American Journal of Evaluation. June 2011 32: 273-294, first published on March 10, 2011 doi:10.1177/1098214011400060

Article 4:  Margaret B. Hargreaves and Donna Podems. Advancing Systems Thinking in Evaluation: A Review of Four Publications American Journal of Evaluation. September 2012 33: 462-470, first published on February 1, 2012 doi:10.1177/1098214011435409

Article 5:  Richard Hummelbrunner. Systems thinking and evaluation. Evaluation. October 2011 17: 395-403, doi:10.1177/1356389011421935

Article 6: Rhonda BeLue, Chakema Carmack, Kyle R. Myers, Laurie Weinreb-Welch, and Eugene J. Lengerich. Systems Thinking Tools as Applied to Community-Based Participatory Research: A Case Study Health Educ Behav December 2012 39: 745-751, first published on March 30, 2012 doi:10.1177/1090198111430708

Chapter 2: Understand Approaches to Evaluation and Select Ones That Work: The Comprehensive Evaluation Typology

Article 1: Lisa H. Jaycox, Daniel F. McCaffrey, Beverly Weidmer Ocampo, Gene A. Shelley, Susan M. Blake, Donna J. Peterson, Lucinda S. Richmond, and Joan E. Kub. Challenges in the Evaluation and Implementation of School-Based Prevention and Intervention Programs on Sensitive Topics American Journal of Evaluation September 2006 27: 320-336, doi:10.1177/1098214006291010

Article 2: Mary Ann Scheirer, Mary Ann Scheirer, Melvin M. Mark, Ariana Brooks, George F. Grob, Thomas J. Chapel, Mary Geisz, Molly McKaughan, and Laura Leviton. Planning Evaluation Through the Program Life Cycle / Expanding Evaluative Thinking: Evaluation Through the Program Life Cycle / Program Life Cycle Stage as a Guide to Evaluation Decision Making: Benefits, Limits, Alternatives, and Future Directions / Commentary on “Expanding Evaluative Thinking: Evaluation Through the Program Life Cycle” / A Lifer’s Perspective on Life Cycle Evaluations / Evaluation Purpose and Use: The Core of the CDC Program Evaluation Framework / Lessons on the Program/Evaluation Life Cycle American Journal of Evaluation June 2012 33: 263-294, first published on February 14, 2012 doi:10.1177/1098214011434609

Article 3: Hanne Foss HanseN. Choosing Evaluation Models: A Discussion on Evaluation Design Evaluation October 2005 11: 447-462, doi:10.1177/1356389005060265

Chapter 3: Logic Models and the Action Model/Change Model Schema (Program Theory)

Article 1: Hanne Foss HanseN. Choosing Evaluation Models: A Discussion on Evaluation Design Evaluation October 2005 11: 447-462, doi:10.1177/1356389005060265

Article 2: Ralph Renger and Allison Titcomb. A Three-Step Approach to Teaching Logic Models American Journal of Evaluation December 2002 23: 493-503, doi:10.1177/109821400202300409

Article 3: Morten Balle Hansen and Evert Vedung. Theory-Based Stakeholder Evaluation American Journal of Evaluation September 2010 31: 295-313, doi:10.1177/1098214010366174

Article 4: Lori Letts and Lynda Dunal. Tackling Evaluation: Applying a Programme Logic Model to Community Rehabilitation for Adults with Brain Injury Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy December 1995 62: 268-277, doi:10.1177/000841749506200506

Article 5: Vitalis Nakrošis. Theory-based evaluation of capacity-building interventions Evaluation January 2014 20: 134-150, doi:10.1177/1356389013517763

Article 6: Allen Cheadle, William L. Beery, Howard P. Greenwald, Gary D. Nelson, David Pearson, and Sandra Senter. Evaluating the California Wellness Foundation’s Health Improvement Initiative: A Logic Model Approach Health Promot Pract April 2003 4: 146-156, doi:10.1177/1524839902250767

Article 7: Ariela M. Freedman, Sheena Simmons, Laura M. Lloyd, Tara R. Redd, Melissa (Moose) Alperin, Sahar S. Salek, Lori Swier, and Kathleen R. Mine. Public Health Training Center Evaluation: A Framework for Using Logic Models to Improve Practice and Educate the Public Health Workforce Health Promot Pract March 2014 15: 80S-88S, doi:10.1177/1524839913509271

Article 8: Julia A. Bucher. Using the Logic Model for Planning and Evaluation: Examples for New Users Home Health Care Management & Practice August 2010 22: 325-333, first published on December 30, 2009 doi:10.1177/1084822309353154

Article 9: E Burnett, E Curran, HP Loveday, MA Kiernan, and M Tannahill. The outcome competency framework for practitioners in infection prevention and control: use of the outcome logic model for evaluation Journal of Infection Prevention January 2014 15: 14-21, first published on November 18, 2013 doi:10.1177/1757177413512387

Article 10: Scott Bellini, Daniel Henry, and Cathy Pratt. From Intuition to Data: Using Logic Models to Measure Professional Development Outcomes for Educators Working With Students on the Autism Spectrum Teacher Education and Special Education: The Journal of the Teacher Education Division of the Council for Exceptional Children February 2011 34: 37-51, first published on October 5, 2010 doi:10.1177/0888406410384153

Article 11: Linda J. Hulton. An Evaluation of a School-Based Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Program Using a Logic Model Framework The Journal of School Nursing April 2007 23: 104-110, doi:10.1177/10598405070230020801

Chapter 4: Helping Stakeholders Clarify a Program Plan: Program Scope

Article 1: Victor J. Friedman, Jay Rothman, and Bill Withers. The Power of Why: Engaging the Goal Paradox in Program Evaluation American Journal of Evaluation June 2006 27: 201-218, doi:10.1177/1098214006288284

Article 2: S. Mark Pancer and Anne Westhues. A Developmental Stage Approach To Program Planning and Evaluation Eval Rev February 1989 13: 56-77, doi:10.1177/0193841X8901300105

Article 3: David Lounsbury, Bruce Rapkin, Lisa Marini, Elizabeth Jansky, and Mary Jane Massie. Perspective: The Community Barometer: A Breast Health Needs Assessment Tool for Community-Based Organizations Health Educ Behav October 2006 33: 558-573, first published on July 21, 2006 doi:10.1177/1090198106288509

Article 4: Deborah Rohm Young, Carolyn C. Johnson, Allan Steckler, Joel Gittelsohn, Ruth P. Saunders, Brit I. Saksvig, Kurt M. Ribisl, Leslie A. Lytle, and Thomas L. McKenzie. Data to Action: Using Formative Research to Develop Intervention Programs to Increase Physical Activity in Adolescent Girls Health Educ Behav February 2006 33: 97-111, doi:10.1177/1090198105282444

Article 5: Deborah Parra-Medina, Doug Taylor, Robert F. Valois, Michelle Rousseau, Murray L. Vincent, and Belinda M. Reininger. The Program Plan Index: An Evaluation Tool for Assessing the Quality of Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program Plans Health Promot Pract October 2003 4: 375-384, doi:10.1177/1524839903255414

Article 6: Theresa Wiehagen, Nicole M. Caito, Vetta Sanders Thompson, Christopher M. Casey, Nancy L. Weaver, Keri Jupka, and Matthew W. Kreuter. Applying Projective Techniques to Formative Research in Health Communication Development Health Promot Pract April 2007 8: 164-172, first published on September 26, 2006 doi:10.1177/1524839906289818

Article 7: Melissa Page, Sheila H. Parker, and Ralph Renger. How Using a Logic Model Refined Our Program to Ensure Success Health Promot Pract January 2009 10: 76-82, first published on August 28, 2007 doi:10.1177/1524839906296012

Article 8: Dwight D. Frink and Gerald R. Ferris. Accountability, Impression Management, and Goal Setting in the Performance Evaluation Process Human Relations October 1998 51: 1259-1283, doi:10.1177/001872679805101003

Article 9: Lawrence W. Marrs and Doris I. Helge. The Role of Needs Assessment in Program Planning and Evaluation J Spec Educ July 1978 12: 143-151, doi:10.1177/002246697801200207

Chapter 5: Helping Stakeholders Clarify a Program Plan: Action Plan

Article 1: Carolyn Doughty, Samson Tse, Natasha Duncan, and Leo McIntyre. The Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP): Workshop Evaluation Australas Psychiatry December 2008 16: 450-456, doi:10.1080/10398560802043705

Article 2: Mary Law, Helene Polatajko, Nancy Pollock, Mary Ann Mccoll, Anne Carswell, and Sue Baptiste. Pilot Testing of the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure: Clinical and Measurement Issues Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy October 1994 61: 191-197, doi:10.1177/000841749406100403

Article 3: David M. DeJoy, Heather M. Padilla, Mark G. Wilson, Robert J. Vandenberg, and Marsha A. Davis. Worksite Translation of the Diabetes Prevention Program: Formative Research and Pilot Study Results From FUEL Your Life Health Promot Pract July 2013 14: 506-513, first published on October 22, 2012 doi:10.1177/1524839912461014

Article 4: Matthew Owen Howard and Jeffrey M. Jenson. Barriers to Development, Utilization, and Evaluation of Social Work Practice Guidelines: Toward an Action Plan for Social Work Research on Social Work Practice May 1999 9: 347-364, doi:10.1177/104973159900900309

Article 5: Jennifer Uhrig, Doğan Eroğlu, Carla Bann, Jill L Wasserman, and Carolyn Guenther-Grey. Systematic Formative Research to Develop HIV Prevention Messages for People Living with HIV Social Marketing Quarterly September 2010 16: 23-59, doi:10.1080/15245004.2010.500442

Chapter 6: Constructive Process Evaluation Tailored for the Initial Implementation

Article 1: Tim Weston. Formative Evaluation for Implementation: Evaluating Educational Technology Applications and Lessons American Journal of Evaluation March 2004 25: 51-64, doi:10.1177/109821400402500104

Article 2: Gary T. Henry, Adrienne A. Smith, David C. Kershaw, and Rebecca A. Zulli. Formative Evaluation: Estimating Preliminary Outcomes and Testing Rival Explanations American Journal of Evaluation December 2013 34: 465-485, doi:10.1177/1098214013502577

Article 3: Jori N. Hall and Melissa Freeman.Shadowing in Formative Evaluation: Making Capacity Building Visible in a Professional Development School American Journal of Evaluation 1098214014537397, first published on July 2, 2014 doi:10.1177/1098214014537397

Article 4: Stuart S. Yeh. Can Rapid Assessment Moderate the Consequences of High-Stakes Testing? Education and Urban Society November 2006 39: 91-112, doi:10.1177/0013124506291791

Article 5: Benedetto Lepori and Emanuela Reale. S&T indicators as a tool for formative evaluation of research programs Evaluation October 2012 18: 451-465, doi:10.1177/1356389012460961

Article 6: Robert T. Trotter II, Richard H. Needle, Eric Goosby, Christopher Bates, and Merrill Singer. A Methodological Model for Rapid Assessment, Response, and Evaluation: The RARE Program in Public Health Field Methods May 2001 13: 137-159, doi:10.1177/1525822X0101300202

Article 7: Martin C. Mahoney, Deborah O. Erwin, Christy Widman, Annamaria Masucci Twarozek, Frances G. Saad-Harfouche, Willie Underwood III, and Chester H. Fox. Formative Evaluation of a Practice-Based Smoking Cessation Program for Diverse Populations Health Educ Behav April 2014 41: 186-196, first published on November 26, 2013 doi:10.1177/1090198113504415

Article 8: Andrew M. Fourney and Mark L. Williams. Formative Evaluation of an Intervention to Increase Compliance to HIV Therapies: The ALP Project Health Promot Pract April 2003 4: 165-170, doi:10.1177/1524839902250771

Article 9: Hyunyi Cho and Kim Witte. Managing Fear in Public Health Campaigns: A Theory-Based Formative Evaluation Process Health Promot Pract October 2005 6: 482-490, doi:10.1177/1524839904263912

Article 10: Elizabeth Jarpe-Ratner, Michael Fagen, Joseph Day, Kelsey Gilmet, Joshua Prudowsky, Brad L. Neiger, David L. DuBois, and Brian R. Flay. Using the Community Readiness Model as an Approach to Formative Evaluation Health Promot Pract September 2013 14: 649-655, first published on May 23, 2013 doi:10.1177/152483991348753

Article 11: Sarah Parvanta, Laura Gibson, Heather Forquer, Dina Shapiro-Luft, Lorraine Dean, Derek Freres, Caryn Lerman, Giridhar Mallya, Mihaela Moldovan-Johnson, Andy Tan, Joseph Cappella, and Robert Hornik. Applying Quantitative Approaches to the Formative Evaluation of Antismoking Campaign Messages Social Marketing Quarterly December 2013 19: 242-264, first published on September 30, 2013 doi:10.1177/1524500413506004

Chapter 7: Assessing Implementation in the Mature Implementation Stage

Article 1: Sarah Parvanta, Laura Gibson, Heather Forquer, Dina Shapiro-Luft, Lorraine Dean, Derek Freres, Caryn Lerman, Giridhar Mallya, Mihaela Moldovan-Johnson, Andy Tan, Joseph Cappella, and Robert Hornik. Applying Quantitative Approaches to the Formative Evaluation of Antismoking Campaign Messages Social Marketing Quarterly December 2013 19: 242-264, first published on September 30, 2013 doi:10.1177/1524500413506004

Article 2: Ralph Renger. Consequences to Federal Programs When the Logic-Modeling Process Is Not Followed With Fidelity American Journal of Evaluation December 2006 27: 452-463, doi:10.1177/1098214006293666

Article 3: David M. DeJoy, Mark G. Wilson, Heather M. Padilla, Ron Z. Goetzel, Kristin B. Parker, Lindsay J. Della, and Enid C. Roemer. Process Evaluation Results From an Environmentally Focused Worksite Weight Management Study Health Educ Behav August 2012 39: 405-418, first published on October 14, 2011 doi:10.1177/1090198111418109

Article 4: Shelley D. Golden, Kathryn E. Moracco, Ashley L. Feld, Kea L. Turner, Jessica T. DeFrank, and Noel T. Brewer. Process Evaluation of an Intervention to Increase Provision of Adolescent Vaccines at School Health Centers Health Educ Behav 1090198114531773, first published on April 30, 2014 doi:10.1177/1090198114531773

Article 5: Ruth P. Saunders, Martin H. Evans, and Praphul Joshi. Developing a Process-Evaluation Plan for Assessing Health Promotion Program Implementation: A How-To Guide Health Promot Pract April 2005 6: 134-147, doi:10.1177/1524839904273387

Article 6: Eleni L. Tolma, Marshall K. Cheney, Pam Troup, and Neil Hann. Designing the Process Evaluation for the Collaborative Planning of a Local Turning Point Partnership Health Promot Pract October 2009 10: 537-548, first published on June 5, 2008 doi:10.1177/1524839907311574

Article 7: Paul Branscum, Manoj Sharma, Lihshing Leigh Wang, Bradley Wilson, and Liliana Rojas-Guyler. A Process Evaluation of a Social Cognitive Theory–Based Childhood Obesity Prevention Intervention: The Comics for Health Program Health Promot Pract March 2013 14: 189-198, first published on July 5, 2012 doi:10.1177/1524839912437790

Article 8: Judith S. B. de Meij, Marcel F. van der Wal, Willem van Mechelen, and Mai J. M. Chinapaw. A Mixed Methods Process Evaluation of the Implementation of JUMP-in, a Multilevel School-Based Intervention Aimed at Physical Activity Promotion Health Promot Pract September 2013 14: 777-790, first published on November 27, 2012 doi:10.1177/1524839912465750

Article 9: Articles - Obesity Prevention in Children: Adam P. Knowlden and Manoj Sharma. Process Evaluation of the Enabling Mothers to Prevent Pediatric Obesity Through Web-Based Learning and Reciprocal Determinism (EMPOWER) Randomized Control Trial Health Promot Pract September 2014 15: 685-694, first published on March 19, 2014 doi:10.1177/1524839914523431

Article 10: Alison Munro and Michael Bloor. Process evaluation: the new miracle ingredient in public health research? Qualitative Research December 2010 10: 699-713, doi:10.1177/1468794110380522

Article 11: Wanjirũ Mukoma, Alan J. Flisher, Nazeema Ahmed, Shahieda Jansen, Catherine Mathews, Knut-Inge Klepp, and Herman SchaalmaProcess evaluation of a school-based HIV/AIDS intervention in South Africa Scand J Public Health June 2009 37: 37-47, doi:10.1177/1403494808090631

Chapter 8: Program Monitoring and the Development of a Monitoring System

Article 1: Shelley Norman, Sarah Dean, Lorraine Hansford, and Tamsin Ford. Clinical practitioner’s attitudes towards the use of Routine Outcome Monitoring within Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: A qualitative study of two Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Clin Child Psychol Psychiatry October 2014 19: 576-595, first published on June 23, 2013 doi:10.1177/1359104513492348

Article 2: Theodore H. Poister. Performance Monitoring in the Evaluation Process Eval Rev October 1982 6: 601-623, doi:10.1177/0193841X8200600502

Article 3: Michael Bamberger. The Monitoring and Evaluation of Public Sector Programs in Asia: Why are Development Programs Monitored but not Evaluated? Eval Rev June 1989 13: 223-242, doi:10.1177/0193841X8901300303

Article 4: Santosh Mehrotra. Monitoring, evaluation and performance management in South Asia: The challenge of building capacity Evaluation January 2013 19: 74-84, doi:10.1177/1356389012471257

Article 5: Cheryl Teruya, Mary Hardy, Yih-Ing Hser, and Elizabeth Evans. Implementation of a Statewide Outcome Monitoring System: Lessons Learned From Substance Abuse Treatment Provider Staff Qual Health Res March 2006 16: 337-352, doi:10.1177/1049732305279137

Chapter 9: Constructive Outcome Evaluations

Article 1: Diana Epstein and Jacob Alex Klerman. When is a Program Ready for Rigorous Impact Evaluation? The Role of a Falsifiable Logic Model Eval Rev October 2012 36: 375-401, doi:10.1177/0193841X12474275

Article 2: Hélène Laperrière, Louise Potvin, and Ricardo Zúñiga. A socio-political framework for evaluability assessment of participatory evaluations of partnerships: Making sense of the power differentials in programs that involve the state and civil society Evaluation April 2012 18: 246-259, doi:10.1177/1356389012442445

Chapter 10: The Experimentation Evaluation Approach to Outcome Evaluation

Article 1: Xiaoxia A. Newton and Lorena Llosa. Toward a More Nuanced Approach to Program Effectiveness Assessment: Hierarchical Linear Models in K–12 Program Evaluation American Journal of Evaluation June 2010 31: 162-179, doi:10.1177/1098214010363022

Article 2: Travis St.Clair, Thomas D. Cook, and Kelly Hallberg. Examining the Internal Validity and Statistical Precision of the Comparative Interrupted Time Series Design by Comparison With a Randomized Experiment American Journal of Evaluation September 2014 35: 311-327, first published on March 12, 2014 doi:10.1177/1098214014527337

Article 3: Lloyd K Matowe, Cathie A Leister, Concetta Crivera, and Joan M Korth-Bradley. Interrupted Time Series Analysis in Clinical Research Ann Pharmacother July/August 2003 37: 1110-1116, doi:10.1345/aph.1A109

Article 4: Michael Lee Powell and Rebecca A. Newgent. Improving the Empirical Credibility of Cinematherapy: A Single-Subject Interrupted Time-Series Design Counseling Outcome Research and Evaluation December 2010 1: 40-49, first published on September 10, 2010 doi:10.1177/2150137810373920

Article 5: Christina Kelz, Gary William Evans, and Kathrin Röderer. The Restorative Effects of Redesigning the Schoolyard: A Multi-Methodological, Quasi-Experimental Study in Rural Austrian Middle Schools Environment and Behavior 0013916513510528, first published on December 1, 2013 doi:10.1177/0013916513510528

Article 6: Gerald F. Whittaker. The Evaluation of a Merged Hospital System: Application of the Interrupted Time Series Design Eval Rev February 1981 5: 68-89, doi:10.1177/0193841X8100500104

Article 7: Paul J. Gruenewald. Analysis Approaches To Community Evaluation Eval Rev April 1997 21: 209-230, doi:10.1177/0193841X9702100205

Article 8: Michael Woolcock. Using case studies to explore the external validity of ‘complex’ development interventions Evaluation July 2013 19: 229-248, doi:10.1177/1356389013495210

 

Chapter 11: The Holistic Effectuality Evaluation Approach to Outcome Evaluation

Article 1: Daniel J. Cohn, Rachel Pickering, and Nancy P. Chin. Is Lunch Still Gross? A Qualitative Evaluation of a New School Lunch Program ICAN: Infant, Child, & Adolescent Nutrition December 2013 5: 383-392, first published on August 28, 2013 doi:10.1177/1941406413502525

Article 2: Jill Anne Chouinard. The Case for Participatory Evaluation in an Era of Accountability American Journal of Evaluation June 2013 34: 237-253, doi:10.1177/1098214013478142

Article 3: William M.K. Trochim. Pattern Matching, Validity, and Conceptualization in Program Evaluation Eval Rev October 1985 9: 575-604, doi:10.1177/0193841X8500900503

Article 4: Jennifer G. Greene. Stakeholder Participation and Utilization in Program Evaluation Eval Rev April 1988 12: 91-116, doi:10.1177/0193841X8801200201

Article 5: Shane T. Diekman, Tamara A. Stewart, S. Leesia Teh, and Michael F. Ballesteros.A Qualitative Evaluation of Fire Safety Education Programs for Older Adults Health Promot Pract March 2010 11: 216-225, first published on May 19, 2008 doi:10.1177/1524839908318169

Article 6: Mark C. Edberg, Kristen Corey, and Marcia Cohen. Using a Qualitative Approach to Develop an Evaluation Data Set for Community-Based Health Promotion Programs Addressing Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities Health Promot Pract November 2011 12: 912-922, first published on June 15, 2011 doi:10.1177/1524839910362035

Article 7: Ronald L. Braithwaite, Robetta D. McKenzie, Vikki Pruitt, Kisha B. Holden, Katrina Aaron, and Chavone Hollimon. Community-Based Participatory Evaluation: The Healthy Start Approach Health Promot Pract March 2013 14: 213-219, first published on March 29, 2012 doi:10.1177/1524839912443241

Article 8: Marilyn Rice and Maria Cristina Franceschini. Lessons learned from the application of a participatory evaluation methodology to Healthy Municipalities, Cities and Communities initiatives in selected countries of the Americas Promotion & Education June 2007 14: 68-73, doi:10.1177/10253823070140021501

Article 9: Barbra Ann Teater. A Qualitative Evaluation of the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program: The Recipients’ Perspectives Qualitative Social Work December 2011 10: 503-519, first published on October 20, 2010 doi:10.1177/1473325010371242

Chapter 12: The Theory-Driven Approach to Outcome Evaluation

Article 1: Sanjeev Sridharan, Bernadette Campbell, and Heidi Zinzow. Developing a Stakeholder-Driven Anticipated Timeline of Impact for Evaluation of Social Programs American Journal of Evaluation June 2006 27: 148-162, doi:10.1177/1098214006287990

Article 2: Pernelle A. Smits and Francois Champagne. An Assessment of the Theoretical Underpinnings of Practical Participatory Evaluation American Journal of Evaluation December 2008 29: 427-442, doi:10.1177/1098214008325023

Article 3: Morten Balle Hansen and Evert Vedung. Theory-Based Stakeholder Evaluation American Journal of Evaluation September 2010 31: 295-313, doi:10.1177/1098214010366174

Article 4: Chris L. S. Coryn, Lindsay A. Noakes, Carl D. Westine, and Daniela C. Schröter. A Systematic Review of Theory-Driven Evaluation Practice From 1990 to 2009 American Journal of Evaluation June 2011 32: 199-226, first published on November 12, 2010 doi:10.1177/1098214010389321

Article 5: Nick Tilley. Applying theory-driven evaluation to the British Crime Reduction Programme: The theories of the programme and of its evaluations Criminal Justice August 2004 4: 255-276, doi:10.1177/1466802504048465

Article 6: Carol H. Weiss. How Can Theory-Based Evaluation Make Greater Headway? Eval Rev August 1997 21: 501-524, doi:10.1177/0193841X9702100405

Article 7: Céline Mercier, Myra Piat, Normand Peladeau, and Christian Dagenais. An Application of Theory-Driven Evaluation to a Drop-In Youth Center Eval Rev February 2000 24: 73-91, doi:10.1177/0193841X0002400103

Article 8: Patricia Grocott, Sarah Cowley, and Alison Richardson. Solving Methodological Challenges Using a Theory-driven Evaluation in the Study of Complex Patient Care Evaluation July 2002 8: 306-321, doi:10.1177/135638902401462457

Article 9: Nicoletta Stame. Theory-Based Evaluation and Types of Complexity Evaluation January 2004 10: 58-76, doi:10.1177/1356389004043135

Article 10: Peter van der Knaap. Theory-Based Evaluation and Learning: Possibilities and Challenges Evaluation January 2004 10: 16-34, doi:10.1177/1356389004042328

Article 11: Susan Nayiga, Deborah DiLiberto, Lilian Taaka, Christine Nabirye, Ane Haaland, Sarah G. Staedke, and Clare I. R. Chandler. Strengthening patient-centred communication in rural Ugandan health centres: A theory-driven evaluation within a cluster randomized trial Evaluation October 2014 20: 471-491, doi:10.1177/1356389014551484

Article 12: Allen Cheadle, William L. Beery, Howard P. Greenwald, Gary D. Nelson, David Pearson, and Sandra Senter. Evaluating the California Wellness Foundation’s Health Improvement Initiative: A Logic Model Approach Health Promot Pract April 2003 4: 146-156, doi:10.1177/1524839902250767

Article 13: Linda J. Hulton. An Evaluation of a School-Based Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Program Using a Logic Model Framework The Journal of School Nursing April 2007 23: 104-110, doi:10.1177/10598405070230020801

Chapter 13: What to Do if Your Logic Model Does Not Work as Well as Expected

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Chapter 14: Formal Theories Versus Stakeholder Theories in Interventions: Relative Strengths and Limitations

Article 1:  Stephen Brookfield. Developing Criteria for Formal Theory Building in Adult Education Adult Education Quarterly WINTER 1992 42: 79-93, doi:10.1177/0001848192042002002

Article 2: Huey T. Chen and Nannette C. Turner. Formal Theory Versus Stakeholder Theory: New Insights From a Tobacco-Focused Prevention Program Evaluation American Journal of Evaluation September 2012 33: 395-413, first published on April 18, 2012 doi:10.1177/1098214012442802

Article 3: Monika I. Winn. Building Stakeholder Theory with a Decision Modeling Methodology Business & Society June 2001 40: 133-166, doi:10.1177/000765030104000202

Article 4: Darryl Reed. Employing Normative Stakeholder Theory in Developing Countries: A Critical Theory Perspective Business & Society June 2002 41: 166-207, doi:10.1177/0007650302041002003

Article 5: André O. Laplume, Karan Sonpar, and Reginald A. Litz. Stakeholder Theory: Reviewing a Theory That Moves Us Journal of Management December 2008 34: 1152-1189, doi:10.1177/0149206308324322

Chapter 15: Evaluation and Dissemination: Top-Down Approach Versus Bottom-Up Approach

Article 1:  Laura R. Peck, Yushim Kim, and Joanna Lucio. An Empirical Examination of Validity in Evaluation American Journal of Evaluation September 2012 33: 350-365, first published on March 16, 2012 doi:10.1177/1098214012439929

Article 2: Erik Flygare, Peter Edward Gill, and Björn Johansson. Lessons From a Concurrent Evaluation of Eight Antibullying Programs Used in Sweden American Journal of Evaluation June 2013 34: 170-189, doi:10.1177/1098214012471886

Article 3: Mary Hawk. The Girlfriends Project: Evaluating a Promising Community-Based Intervention From a Bottom-Up Perspective American Journal of Evaluation 1098214014540789, first published on June 27, 2014 doi:10.1177/1098214014540789

Article 4: Helen E. D. Burchett, Mark J. Dobrow, John N. Lavis, and Susannah H. Mayhew. The applicability and transferability of public health research from one setting to another: a survey of maternal health researchers Global Health Promotion March 2013 20: 16-24, doi:10.1177/1757975913476904

Article 5: Uday Desai and Keith Snavely. Technical assistance for institutional capacity building: the transferability of administrative structures and practices International Review of Administrative Sciences March 2007 73: 133-146, doi:10.1177/0020852307075694

General Topics

Chen, H., & Turner, N. (2012). Formal theory vs. stakeholder theory: New insights from a tobacco-focus prevention program evaluation. American Journal of Evaluation, 33(3): 395-413.  

Chen, H. (2007). An intimate portrait of evaluation mentorship under Peter H. Rossi. American Journal of Evaluation, 28(2): 207-210.

Chen, H., Wang, J., Lin, L. (1997), Evaluating the process and outcome of a garbage reduction program in Taiwan. Evaluation Review, 12(1):27-42.  

Chen, H. (1996). A comprehensive typology for program  evaluation. Evaluation Practice, 17(2): 121-130.

Chen, H. (1994). Theory-driven evaluations: Need, difficulties, and options. Evaluation Practice15(1): 79-82.

Chen, H., Quane, J., Garland, N., & Marcin, P. (1988). Evaluating an anti-smoking program:  Diagnostics of underlying causal mechanisms.  Evaluation and the Health Professions11(4): 441-464.

Chen, H., & Rossi, P. (1983). Evaluating with sense: The theory-driven approach. Evaluation Review, 7(3):283-302.