Mental health program evaluation and needs assessment
New Directions for Program EvaluationPublished 1 March 1988
James A. Ciarlo, Charles Windle
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The course of evaluation in mental health has been altered by the sociopolitical context of the 1970s and 1980s, among the lessons learned are the limitations of some evaluation technologies, improvements that have occurred in others, and the need for “echelon-specific” evaluations.
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Abstract The course of evaluation in mental health has been altered by the sociopolitical context of the 1970s and 1980s. Among the lessons learned are (1) the limitations of some evaluation technologies, (2) improvements that have occurred in others, and (3) the need for “echelon‐specific” evaluations. Insufficient recognition has been given to the need for both internal and external evaluation and replication.
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