RAND suicide prevention program evaluation toolkit

Evaluating suicide prevention programs can be challenging because suicide is a rare event, data on suicides often lag by several years, and programs tend to have multiple components, making it difficult to discern which characteristics contributed to a given outcome. The RAND Suicide Prevention Prog...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Acosta, Joie D., Ramchand, Rajeev (Author), Becker, Amariah (Author), Felton, Alexandria (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Santa Monica, CA RAND 2013, 2013
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Collection: JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-177)
  • Introduction and overview
  • Identify your program's core components and build a logic model
  • Design an evaluation for your program
  • Select evaluation measures for your program
  • Analyze your program's evaluation data
  • Use evaluation data to improve your program
  • Appendix A: Summary of program evaluation studies, by program type
  • Appendix B: Glossary of terms