Utilizing Program Evaluation as a Strategy to Promote Community Change: Evaluation of a Comprehensive, Community-Based, Family Violence Initiative

Authors: Kaufman, Joy; Crusto, Cindy; Quan, Michael; Ross, Ellen; Friedman, Stacey; O'Rielly, Kim; Call, Stephanie

Source: American Journal of Community Psychology, Volume 38, Numbers 3-4, December 2006 , pp. 191-200(10)

Publisher: Springer

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Abstract:

This paper describes the authors' work in a community that received Federal funding for an integrated system of care to reduce the impact and incidence of exposure to violence for children less than six years of age. The paper includes a review of the conceptual framework that guided the work of the authors and provides a brief overview of the issue of family violence, the impact of this violence on young children, and the Federal response to this issue. In addition, a description of the Initiative and the community in which it was based is provided along with some aspects of the evaluation plan. Finally, the authors discuss how their work with this Initiative depicts an approach to facilitating change within communities.

Keywords: Program evaluation; Community-based; Participatory evaluation

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10464-006-9086-8

Affiliations: 1: Email: joy.kaufman@yale.edu

Publication date: 2006-12-01