Principles of planning, evaluation, and research for health care programs / Karen Marie Perrin.

Preceded by Principles of evaluation and research for health care programs / Karen (Kay) M. Perrin. 2015.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Program Planning -- Evaluation and Research -- Budgets and Cost Analyses -- Ethics -- Determinants of Health -- Theories and Models -- Reliability and Validity -- Elements of Design -- Populations and Samples -- Qualitative Methods -- Surveys -- Data Tools -- Inferential Statistics -- Reports and Presentations of Results.

"This text provides a basic understanding of the importance of and the key approaches used to conduct health program planning, research and evaluations. The book also examines ethical and cultural competency issues unique to conducting evaluations. Additionally, it offers an introduction to systems thinking and its implications for evaluating the impact of interventions. Designed for undergraduate instruction, this book is ideal for students pursuing careers across a wide spectrum of health disciplines. Through activities and case studies, readers will gain a solid foundation for understanding all aspects of evaluation while developing the critical thinking skills needed to dissect peer-reviewed publications as well as popular media health claims. The book gives students a comprehensive overview of topics needed to review published literature, collect primary data, analyze data using basic statistics, and present results in written or verbal formats for their intended audiences. Students will learn terminology, levels and types of measurement, data collection methods, sampling and basic statistical analysis. The book is unique in that it provides many examples from a wide variety of health fields"-- Provided by publisher.