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PDA is happy to announce the addition of a new Associate Evaluator to our staff! Angie Ficek comes to us from the Minnesota Institute of Public Health where she contributed to the evaluation of Minnesota’s Statewide Health Improvement Program and several substance abuse prevention programs. Prior to working at the Minnesota Institute of Public Health, [...]
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PDA is happy to announce the addition of a new Program Evaluator to our staff! Vanessa Klisch comes to us after moving home to Minnesota after several years in the San Francisco Bay area. Before her return, she worked at Blue Shield of California managing mental health, EAP, and tobacco cessation programs. She also spent [...]
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Evaluation demonstrates the importance of attending multiple counseling sessions. QUITPLAN Centers® provide face to face counseling in clinic or hospital settings. The evaluation revealed: Most participants attend one or two sessions even though more are available Participants who attend more sessions are more likely to quit Counselors begin sharing these findings with participants to improve [...]
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ClearWay Minnesota’s SM QUITPLAN Helpline® provides free NRT to callers. An 8-week supply of patches or gum was mailed to callers, but little was known about how callers actually use the supply. A survey of callers revealed that few are using the entire 8-week supply. So, to save costs, the NRT protocol was changed: First [...]
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Evaluation findings illuminate the need for a relapse prevention component QUITPLAN at Work® provides group cessation counseling in the workplace. The program has a high participation rate – quit rates are high, but relapse is also high. So the question is: How can we help prevent relapse? A survey of participants revealed that most of [...]
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PDA Senior Evaluator, Dr. Lija Greenseid, has just had an article published in the current edition of the American Journal of Evaluation. The article, “Using Citation Analysis Methods to Assess the Influence of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education Evaluations,” draws from Lija’s doctoral dissertation research at the University of Minnesota. The article describes a [...]
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Program evaluation is a complex task, as you probably know if you have had experience conducting or being a user of evaluation! At PDA we are guided by the Program Evaluation Standards, and are particularly excited about the newest edition of the Standards, which was released last fall. The five standards to guide those who [...]
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In our continuing effort to adhere to a triple bottom line, we were thrilled to recently find Echo Paper Store, which uses 100% recycled paper made from 100% post-consumer waste. At PDA we have recently started buying all of our printer and copy paper here. For every box we buy, Echo Paper plants a tree [...]
Posted in Sustainability
We are often asked this question, and could make a much longer list than this! For now, here are some highlights: Facilitate your organization’s strategic planning process Design an evaluation plan Collaborate with program staff to create logic models – a visual display of how program resources and activities are related to intended results, short [...]
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Welcome to the PDA news section of our website! The overall purpose of these posts is to share news about the work of PDA’ers, particularly related to the evaluation of public health programs, statistical support and consulting, and web-based database and reporting solutions. We are committed to providing responsive, tailored, and timely information to our [...]
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