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Design-based evaluations: process studies, experiments, and quasi-experiments
- Authors:
- BORUCH R., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Scandinavian Journal of Social Welfare, 7(2), April 1998, pp.126-131.
- Publisher:
- Munksgaard/ Blackwell
This article defines process evaluations and impact evaluations exemplified by experiments and quasi-experiments.
Outcome assessment: evaluation in routine practice
- Authors:
- BOOTH B.M., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Scandinavian Journal of Social Welfare, 7(2), April 1998, pp.132-136.
- Publisher:
- Munksgaard/ Blackwell
Evaluating the quality and effectiveness of human services, whether social services or medical services, it critically important for the providers, for the organisation and for the payers of those services. The authors propose that outcomes assessment, a continuous model of evaluation designed for routine service settings, can be considered in evaluating the effectiveness of human services on a routine basis. Describes a current implementation of outcomes assessment in a state mental health system in the US and make recommendations for the future of the field.
From the discourse of "the other" to the other discourse: stakeholder-based models of evaluation and the human side of social welfare
- Author:
- LINCOLN Y.S.
- Journal article citation:
- Scandinavian Journal of Social Welfare, 7(2), April 1998, pp.114-117.
- Publisher:
- Munksgaard/ Blackwell
Stakeholder-based evaluation models, like predecessor models, respond to issues and concerns identified as evaluation practice has matured. The characteristics of such models are outlined, and the relationships between stakeholder models, social work values, liberal political goals, and feminist theorising are explored.
Economic models of evaluation
- Author:
- HOUSE E.R.
- Journal article citation:
- Scandinavian Journal of Social Welfare, 7(2), April 1998, pp.110-113.
- Publisher:
- Munksgaard/ Blackwell
Economic approaches to evaluation have become very popular as governments try to reduce the costs and cut programmes. Argues for the need to be careful in conducting such analyses, especially cost-benefit analyses, as they sometimes exclude significant criteria that the evaluator must consider at the risk of being incorrect.
The risks of using TQM philosophy in developing the quality of social welfare services
- Author:
- MANTYSAARI M.
- Journal article citation:
- Scandinavian Journal of Social Welfare, 7(1), January 1998, pp.9-16.
- Publisher:
- Munksgaard/ Blackwell
Discusses how Total Quality Management (TQM) seems to be a highly promising strategy for producing better quality in personal social services. However, there are at least four problems in implementing TQM in social services. According to the analysis, presented in this article, TQM must be further developed, particularly with regard to needs analysis; it has to be clarified where the TQM approach stands with respect to matters of workplace democracy and justice, and its methodology has to be reconsidered.
The salutogenic model as a joint venture: assessment of indigestion by social workers, physicians and patients
- Authors:
- NILSSON B.M., WESTMAN G.A.
- Journal article citation:
- Scandinavian Journal of Social Welfare, 6(4), October 1997, pp.286-291.
- Publisher:
- Munksgaard/ Blackwell
Compares the assessments of health and disease made by patients, physicians and social workers of patients with non-ulcer indigestion, based on the salutogenic model. Finds that the introduction of a salutogenic perspective opened for treatment alternatives and enhanced goal-setting negotiations if the health perspective was shared.