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Effectiveness Matters: Using Evidence-based Programs
Web-based training produced by the CYFERnet Evaluation Team, February 2010
There is some confusion across the nation of what evidence-based programs are and how they should be used. Now more than ever, given the a poor economy, the need for sustainable cost effective programs are being required by policymakers and funders alike.
The objective of this presentation is to help participants understand what evidence-based programs are, where you can find them, how to sustain them, and maintaining their quality. Specific issues exploredinclude: the differences among effective, promising and evidence-based programs, chosing an evidence-based program, and strategies to increase the likelihood of success and long-term sustainability. The presentation also looked at recommended curricula and programs reviewed by the National 4-H Healthy Living Mission Mandate Taskforce
Event Summary
What is evidence-based programs and why is it important
Cost-benefit Analysis
Where are the lists
Selecting an evidence-based program
Implementation Fidelity: What is it, Why is it important, and How do we do it?
Presenter
Daniel Perkins, Ph.D., The Pennsylvanian State University
Resources To Support Learning
Durlak, J. (January 2009). The Proof of the Pudding is in the Pudding http://preventionaction.org/research/proof-pudding-er-pudding/5227
Bumbarger, B. K., & Perkins, D. F.(2008). After Randomized Trials: Issues Related to Dissemination of Evidence-Based Interventions . Journal of Children Services, 3, 55-64.