Healthcare Evaluation

VOLUME ONE: THEORY AND ISSUES Theories of Change and Realistic Evaluation - Avril Blamey and Mhairi Mackenzie Peas in a Pod or Apples and Oranges? Ethical Issues for Collaborative Research in Developing Countries - Benjamin Caballero A Brief History of Research Synthesis - Iain Chalmers, Larry Hedges and Harris Cooper Ethics and Observational Studies in Medical Research - Frederique Claudot et al Various Rules in a Common Framework Cultural Translation of Interventions - Judith DePue et al Diabetes Care in American Samoa The Role of Behavioral Science Theory in Development and Implementation of Public Health Interventions - Karen Glanz and Donald Bishop Practical Clinical Trials for Translating Research to Practice - Russell Glasgow et al Design and Measurement Recommendations Choosing Evaluation Models - Hanne Foss Hansen A Discussion of Evaluation Design Informed Consent in Ghana - Zelee Hill et al What Do Participants Really Understand? Effectiveness of Antidepressants - John Ioannidis An Evidence Myth Constructed from a Thousand Randomized Trials? How Can Research Organizations More Effectively Transfer Research Knowledge to Decision Makers? - John Lavis et al Descriptive Meta-Evaluation - Deidre Lynch et al Case Study of an Interdisciplinary Curriculum Out of Context? Translating Evidence from the North Karelia Project over Place and Time - Lindsay McLaren et al The Use of Rapid-Feedback Evaluation Methods to Improve the Retention Rates of an HIV/AIDS Health-Care Intervention - Miles McNall et al Assessing the Evaluability of Complex Public Health Interventions - David Oglivie et al Five Questions for Researchers, Funders and Policy Makers Type II Translation - Louise Rohrbach et al Transporting Prevention from Research to Real-World Settings Is Sustainability Possible? A Review and Commentary on Empirical Studies of Program Sustainability - Mary Ann Scheirer Ten Steps to Making Evaluation Matter - Sanjeev Sridharan and April Nakaima Translation in the Health Professions - Steve Sussman et al Converting Science into Action Using Concept Mapping to Develop a Logic Model and Articulate a Program Theory - Svetlana Yampolskaya et al A Case Example VOLUME TWO: METHODS AND DESIGN What Can We Learn from Quality Improvement Research? A Critical Review of Research Methods - Jeffrey Alexander and Larry Hearld The Missing Treatment Design Element - J. Jackson Barnette and Anne Baber Wallis Continuity of Treatment When Multiple Post-Observations Are Used in Time-Series and Repeated Measures Study Designs Are Positive Alternative Medical Therapy Trials Credible? Evidence from Four High-Impact Medical Journals - R. Barker Bausell The Conflict between Random Assignment and Treatment Preference - Patrick Corrigan and Mark Salzer Implications for Internal Validity Innovative Retention Methods in Longitudinal Research - Robert Cotter et al A Case Study of the Developmental Trends Study A Hierarchy of Evidence for Assessing Qualitative Health Research - Jeanne Daly et al Why Do Multi-Organizational Quality Initiatives Usually Fail? - Donald Fetterolf Active Control Clinical Trials to Establish Equivalence or Non-Inferiority - Mardi Gomberg-Maitland, Lars Frison and Jonathan Halperin Methodological and Statistical Concepts Linked to Quality Evaluating the Relevance, Generalization and Applicability of Research - Lawrence Green and Russell Glasgow Issues in External Validation and Translation Methodology The Logic of Summative Confidence - P. Cristian Gugiu Using Clinical Databases to Evaluate Health-Care Interventions - Sheila Harvey et al Designing a Prospective Study When Randomization Is Not Feasible - Ariel Linden Randomized Field Trials and Internal Validity - James McMillan Not So Fast My Friend Using Large-Scale Databases in Evaluation - William Peneul and Barbara Means Advances, Opportunities and Challenges Cut-Off Designs for Community-Based Intervention Studies - Michael Pennell et al Evaluating Methods for Estimating Program Effects - Charles Reichardt Treatment Fidelity in Behavior Change Research - Barbara Resnick et al A Case Example Commitment to Practice Change - Marianna Shershneva et al An Evaluator's Perspective Choose Your Method - Helene Starks and Susan Brown Trinidad A Comparison of Phenomenology, Discourse Analysis and Grounded Theory Evaluability Assessment from 1986 to 2006 - Michael Trevisan Comparative Effectiveness Research - Sean Tunis, Joshua Benner and Mark McClellan Policy Context, Methods Development and Research Infrastructure Methodologies for Improving Response Rates in Surveys of Physicians - Jonathan VanGeest, Timothy Johnson and Verna Welch A Systematic Review VOLUME THREE: MEASUREMENT AND STATISTICS Item Response Theory and Its Applications to Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement - Chih-Hung Chang and Bryce Reeve Design of Experiments with Multiple Independent Variables - Linda Collins, John Dziak and L Runze A Resource Management Perspective on Complete and Reduced Factorial Designs Defining Clinically Meaningful Change in Health-Related Quality of Life - Ross Crosby, Ronette Kolotkin and G. Rhys Williams A Review of Software for Sample Size Determination - Patrick Dattalo How to Measure Comorbidity - Vincent de Groot et al A Critical Review of Available Methods Health-Care Expenditure Prediction with a Single-Item, Self-Rated Health Measure - Karen DeSalvo Common Methodological Flaws in Economic Evaluations - Michael Drummond and Mark Sculpher Medical Record Review Conduction Model for Improving Inter-Rater Reliability of Abstracting Medical-Related Information - Lisa Engel et al A Comprehensive Method for the Translation and Cross-Cultural Validation of Health Status Questionnaires - Sonya Eremenco, David Cella and Benjamin Arnold Estimating the Costs of Preventive Interventions - E. Michael Foster et al Comparison of Focus Groups on Cancer and Employment Conducted Face to Face or by Telephone - Linda Frazier et al An Introduction to Generalized Estimating Equations and an Application to Assess Selectivity Effects in a Longitudinal Study on Very Old Individuals - Paolo Ghisletta and Dario Spini An Overview of Relations among Causal Modeling Methods - Sander Greenland and Babette Brumback A Review of Instrumental Variables Estimation of Treatment Effects in the Applied Health Sciences - Paul Grootnendorst Initial Scale Development - George Johanson and Gordon Brooks Sample Size for Pilot Studies Using Power Tables to Compute Statistical Power in Multilevel Experimental Designs - Spyros Konstantopoulos Effects of Question Format and Collection Mode on the Accuracy of Retrospective Surveys of Health Risk Behavior - Timothy McAuliffe, Wayne DiFranceisco and Barbara Reed A Comparison with Daily Sexual Activity Diaries The Accuracy and Completeness of Stat Collected by Prospective and Retrospective Methods - J. Tobias Nagurney et al Using Cluster Analysis in Program Evaluation - Laura Peck Comparison of Two Approaches for Handling Missing Covariates in Logistic Regression - Chao-Ying Joanne Peng and Jin Zhu Aggregate versus Individual-Level Sexual Behavior Assessment - Steven Pinkerton et al How Much Detail Is Needed to Accurately Estimate HIV/STI Risk? Using the Binomial Effect Size Display (BESD) to Present the Magnitude of Effect Sizes to the Evaluation Audience - Justus Randolph and R. Shawn Edmondson Strategies for Improving Precision in Group-Randomized Experiments - Stephen Raudenbush, Andres Martinez and Jessaca Spybrook A Randomized Trial of Mail, Internet and Interactive Voice Response Telephone Administration of Surveys - Hector Rodriguez et al Issues, Challenges and Solutions in Translating Study Instruments - Amanda Weeks, Hal Swerissen and John Belfrage VOLUME FOUR: CASE STUDIES An Outcome Evaluation of the SOS Suicide Prevention Program - Robert Aseltine and Robert DeMartino Surgical and Non-Surgical Management of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis - Steven Atlas et al The Impact of Federal Bio-Terrorism Funding Programs on Local Health Department Preparedness Activities - George Avery and Jennifer Zabriskie-Timmerman A Propensity Score Analysis of Brief Worksite Crisis Interventions after the World Trade Center Disaster - Joseph Boscarino et al Implications for Intervention and Research A Process Evaluation of an Injury Prevention School-Based Program for Adolescents - Lisa Buckley and Mary Sheehan Does the Implementation of Responsibility Centers, Total Quality Management and Physician Fee Programs Improve Hospital Efficiency? Evidence from Taiwan Hospitals - Hsuan-Lien Chu, Shuen-Zen Liu and James Romeis Five-Year Impact of a Continuous Quality Improvement Effort Implemented by a Network of Diabetes Outpatient Clinics - Club Diabette Sicili Investigators Evaluating an Integrated Approach to Clinical Quality Improvement - Shan Cretin et al Clinical Guidelines, Quality Measurement and Supportive System Design Improvements in Middle School Student Dietary Intake after Implementation of the Texas Public School Nutrition Policy - Karen Weber Cullen, Kathy Watson and Issa Zakeri Short-Term Impact Evaluation of a Social Marketing Campaign to Prevent Syphilis among Men Who Have Sex with Men - William Darrow and Susan Biersteker Process Evaluation of a Cluster Randomized Trial of Tailored Interventions to Implement Guidelines in Primary Care - Signe Flottorp, Kari Havelsrud and Andrew Oxman Why Is It so Hard to Change Practice? Improving Diabetes Care Using a Multitiered Quality Improvement Model - John Guzek et al The Short-Term Impact of National Smoke-Free Workplace Legislation on Passive Smoking and Tobacco Use - Anterro Heloma et al Evaluation for Treatment Programs for Persons with Severe Mental Illness - David Kenny et al Moderator and Mediator Effects Economic Evaluation of Four Treatments for Low-Back Pain - Gerald Kominski et al Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial The Staffing-Outcomes Relationship in Nu...