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A Collaborative Approach to Program Evaluation of Community-Based Teen Pregnancy Prevention Projects

Janene D. Fluhr, MS

College of Public Health at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City

Roy F. Oman, PhD

Department of Health Promotion Sciences at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City

James R. Allen, MPH

Child and Adolescent Health Division of the Oklahoma State Department of Health in Oklahoma City

Marilyn G. Lanphier, RN, MPH

Maternal & Child Health Service of the Oklahoma State Department of Health in Oklahoma City

Kenneth R. McLeroy, PhD

School of Rural Public Health in the Texas A&M University System Health Science Center in Bryan, Texas

The purpose of this article is to demonstrate a model for collaboration between program providers and program evaluators. The article describes how university-based evaluators, a state health department, and local program providers collaborated to evaluate 12 projects implementing commercially developed teenage pregnancy prevention (TPP) programs in school settings. Approximately 2,200 students participate annually in the programs. Program evaluation staff and local program providers worked together to construct logic models that helped guide the intervention and evaluation design. The local providers also participated in training sessions, conducted by the evaluation team, to increase their understanding and skills related to program evaluation methods. Student-level outcomes related to knowledge, attitudes, skills, behaviors, as well as an assessment of curricula fidelity were included in the evaluation. The result of this collaborative model has been a quality program evaluation for the projects while maintaining community input regarding program improvements that reflect local population needs.

Key Words: evaluation • program evaluation • collaborative evaluation • participatory evaluation • teen pregnancy prevention

Health Promotion Practice, Vol. 5, No. 2, 127-137 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/1524839903257687
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