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PubMed1985

The day hospital as entry point to a network of long-term services: a program evaluation.

One hundred twenty-six admissions to a time-limited day hospital program were studied to obtain evaluative and descriptive information about the program and its patients. Patients most likely to complete the program were older, lived with their families, had intermediate amounts of prior inpatient admissions, and had no arrest record. Among all study patients admitted to the day hospital (dropouts as well as graduates), 62 percent were still participating in at least one long-term treatment and rehabilitation program of the parent community mental health service six months after they left the day hospital. This high retention rate appears to result from the day hospital's focus as the entry point to a large and flexible network of long-term services in the same location and with familiar staff.

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Occupational health-promotion programs: evaluation efforts and measured cost savings.

The purpose of this study was to determine the extent of corporate health-promotion program proliferation and propose a methodology to determine the effectiveness of these programs from a benefit to cost perspective. A national survey of firms sponsoring health-promotion activities was conducted. The specific goal of this study was to determine the extent to which firms were actually conducting financial analyses in order to determine whether their health-promotion programs were generating benefits that justified continued program funding. The results showed that although the concept of corporate health-promotion programs is popular, there is very little concern on the part of the sponsoring firms for measuring the effectiveness of their programs, particularly from a financial perspective. This suggests a vulnerability, as far as those programs are concerned. If such program costs cannot be justified on some quantifiable basis, the possibility of their cancellation seems rather likely if it becomes necessary to reduce expenditures.

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PubMed1995

Physical activity within a community-based weight control program: program evaluation and predictors of success.

OBJECTIVES: To assess the feasibility and effectiveness of adding physical activity sessions to a weight control program in a community health center and to identify individuals suitable for outpatient group treatment with and without physical activity. METHODS: The study population included 42 overweight women who were randomly divided into treatment groups. Both treatment groups received guidance in nutrition and behavior modification and the exercise group also participated in physical activity sessions. Both treatments included 20 sessions and participants were followed up for eight months. RESULTS: In both treatments, significant improvements were seen in physical fitness, anthropometric measurements, nutritional knowledge, food consumption, and eating behaviors. Weight loss following three months of weekly sessions did not differ by treatment group. At follow-up there was a trend towards increased maintenance of weight loss in the exercise group, however differences were not statistically significant. Attrition rates were low in both treatments and participant satisfaction was high. Lower baseline BMI predicted larger weight losses, in particular in the exercise group. Other predictors of weight loss included poorer baseline eating behaviors and employment outside of the home. Perceived spouse support predicted continual participation.

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Hospital-based schizophrenia program evaluates its supported housing project.

The Hamilton Psychiatric Hospital schizophrenia psychosocial rehabilitation program developed a supported housing project to meet the goals of patients severely disabled with schizophrenia. An evaluation was conducted to assess whether the project had been implemented according to the original proposal. The assessment allowed adjustments to be made to the project, provided lessons for future undertakings, and demonstrated the value of clearly specifying the elements underlying any pilot project.

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PubMed1994

Condom availability in schools: the need for improved program evaluations.

OBJECTIVES: This article examines the impact of contentious local debates on the design and implementation of school-based condom availability programs. METHODS: Information about condom availability in schools was reviewed by 50 leading educators and health officials at a 1992 forum held in Menlo Park, Calif. RESULTS: Few existing condom availability programs were designed to yield definitive data on sexual risk-taking behavior or other measures of program effectiveness. CONCLUSIONS: In the debate over school-based condom availability programs, as in many aspects of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention programs, scientific, moral, and political concerns overlap. Behavioral research into the potential effectiveness of such programs can help inform debates about fundamental values concerning sexual decision making and privacy, family integrity and parental autonomy, and public health.

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PubMed2001

CASIG: a consumer-centered assessment for planning individualized treatment and evaluating program outcomes.

This paper reports the psychometric characteristics of a measure that assesses the treatment outcomes of individuals with serious and persistent mental illness. Unlike other outcome measures, this one is designed to be embedded in the clinical process of planning and evaluating treatment. It collects individualized data, structures how the data are used to plan and evaluate a client's treatment, and produces aggregate information relevant for research and program purposes. Two parallel versions were developed: one for the client's self-report, and one for an informant's report. The self-report measure was administered by peer-interviewers to 244 community interviewees, and by inpatient peer-interviewers to 93 inpatient interviewees. The community interviewees also completed the BASIS-32 and SF-36. Informants for 103 of the community interviewees completed the informant version of the measure, and the CCAR. Inpatient staff completed the informant version for 161 inpatient residents without regard for matching the 93 inpatient interviewees. The two versions had acceptable internal consistency, test--retest, and interrater reliabilities. Correlations of the community interviewees' and informants' results with the BASIS-32, SF-36, and CCAR provided evidence of convergent and discriminant validity, as did contrasts between community and inpatients interviewees. The usefulness of the instrument for clinical, program and research purposes is discussed, with emphasis on the characteristics that enhance its value in clinical practice --- assessment of meaningful outcomes, operationalization of client empowerment, comprehensiveness, easy administration, and continuity across time and provider. Also discussed is a computer-based program to summarize and present the results in a rapid, clinically meaningful manner.

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