less of the economic activity involved, is ephemeral. New place-of-origin to place-of-destination... more less of the economic activity involved, is ephemeral. New place-of-origin to place-of-destination dyads manifest themselves; some place-of-origin to place-of-destination dyads evaporate; the volume of human or commodity movement between some pairs of places and along some routes expands or contracts. In short, all the phenomena normally put under the scrutiny of economic geographers and location theorists possess fleeting qualities. Furthermore, the frozen image of a single specific economic geographic distribution or spatial interaction pattern at any given moment is the product of a process which, it may be contended, has general features which are isomorphic with those of the process generating any other economic geographic distribution or spatial interaction pattern. That the last statement is the case and that traditional location theory, with its considerable insights, must be complemented so as to take account of this, has become increasingly implicit and explicit in the writ...
The EvaluLEAD Guide is a product of more than three years of cross-sectoral learning, constituenc... more The EvaluLEAD Guide is a product of more than three years of cross-sectoral learning, constituency building, and intellectual contributions from a broad range of individuals and institutions, to whom the authors are very grateful. We especially thank the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for their continued support in developing leaders and strengthening and improving programs toward that end.
The best applications of prevention programming now are believed to be community-supported strate... more The best applications of prevention programming now are believed to be community-supported strategies, comprehensive in scope, implemented in stages, and delivered by public and private agencies and organizations. Despite the flurry of program activity, research directed toward comprehensive, community-based prevention programming remains a largely uncharted domain. Communities need to know what will work-in their specific contexts. The essential question communities are asking themselves and consultants is, "Which mix of interventions will yield maximum reduction in alcohol and other drug (AOD) abuse in our community?" Computer-based dynamic simulation modeling holds promise in helping provide an answer to this question. These models are designed to replicate the historic patterns and dynamics of target communities with regard to substance availability, use, and misuse and then to simulate future patterns and dynamics under alternative assumptions and intervention mixes. Researchers can use these models to construct structural relationships that reflect alternative theories or explanations for important processes. The models afford community planners and decision-makers with mechanisms for asking "what if" questions regarding alternative intervention mixes and, consequently, for determining which politically acceptable mix of feasible interventions will yield the most reduction in AOD-related problem behaviors. In this chapter, a model under development by the Prevention Research Center of the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation is described that focuses on alcohol use and misuse in communities and allows the testing of a wide range of prevention options.
Effective program evaluation is information-rich. The primary use of this information is to assur... more Effective program evaluation is information-rich. The primary use of this information is to assure the program’s supporters that desirable outcomes are happening through the actions of the program and in sufficient quantity and with enough quality. In addition, the information provided should validate, if not celebrate, the hard and sometimes outstanding work of program staff in making these outcomes more
The patches of crop, meadow, and fallow together comprising the quilt of the agricultural landsca... more The patches of crop, meadow, and fallow together comprising the quilt of the agricultural landscape undergo an annual change of use, and sometimes, size or shape as well. The regional or national locational configuration of production units in any manufacturing category is constantly being altered by the appearance of new plants, by the demise of locationally or managerially inefficient establishments, and by adjustments in the relative importance of prevailing units. The sales or service establishment
Many health and social programs and virtually all community development efforts share a common di... more Many health and social programs and virtually all community development efforts share a common dilemma. The best of what they do—the transformations and healing they help catalyze, as well as their short-term contributions to longer-term outcomes—cannot be easily measured. This makes it difficult to demonstrate their successes and full worth to funders, Boards, and others.
less of the economic activity involved, is ephemeral. New place-of-origin to place-of-destination... more less of the economic activity involved, is ephemeral. New place-of-origin to place-of-destination dyads manifest themselves; some place-of-origin to place-of-destination dyads evaporate; the volume of human or commodity movement between some pairs of places and along some routes expands or contracts. In short, all the phenomena normally put under the scrutiny of economic geographers and location theorists possess fleeting qualities. Furthermore, the frozen image of a single specific economic geographic distribution or spatial interaction pattern at any given moment is the product of a process which, it may be contended, has general features which are isomorphic with those of the process generating any other economic geographic distribution or spatial interaction pattern. That the last statement is the case and that traditional location theory, with its considerable insights, must be complemented so as to take account of this, has become increasingly implicit and explicit in the writ...
The EvaluLEAD Guide is a product of more than three years of cross-sectoral learning, constituenc... more The EvaluLEAD Guide is a product of more than three years of cross-sectoral learning, constituency building, and intellectual contributions from a broad range of individuals and institutions, to whom the authors are very grateful. We especially thank the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for their continued support in developing leaders and strengthening and improving programs toward that end.
The best applications of prevention programming now are believed to be community-supported strate... more The best applications of prevention programming now are believed to be community-supported strategies, comprehensive in scope, implemented in stages, and delivered by public and private agencies and organizations. Despite the flurry of program activity, research directed toward comprehensive, community-based prevention programming remains a largely uncharted domain. Communities need to know what will work-in their specific contexts. The essential question communities are asking themselves and consultants is, "Which mix of interventions will yield maximum reduction in alcohol and other drug (AOD) abuse in our community?" Computer-based dynamic simulation modeling holds promise in helping provide an answer to this question. These models are designed to replicate the historic patterns and dynamics of target communities with regard to substance availability, use, and misuse and then to simulate future patterns and dynamics under alternative assumptions and intervention mixes. Researchers can use these models to construct structural relationships that reflect alternative theories or explanations for important processes. The models afford community planners and decision-makers with mechanisms for asking "what if" questions regarding alternative intervention mixes and, consequently, for determining which politically acceptable mix of feasible interventions will yield the most reduction in AOD-related problem behaviors. In this chapter, a model under development by the Prevention Research Center of the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation is described that focuses on alcohol use and misuse in communities and allows the testing of a wide range of prevention options.
Effective program evaluation is information-rich. The primary use of this information is to assur... more Effective program evaluation is information-rich. The primary use of this information is to assure the program’s supporters that desirable outcomes are happening through the actions of the program and in sufficient quantity and with enough quality. In addition, the information provided should validate, if not celebrate, the hard and sometimes outstanding work of program staff in making these outcomes more
The patches of crop, meadow, and fallow together comprising the quilt of the agricultural landsca... more The patches of crop, meadow, and fallow together comprising the quilt of the agricultural landscape undergo an annual change of use, and sometimes, size or shape as well. The regional or national locational configuration of production units in any manufacturing category is constantly being altered by the appearance of new plants, by the demise of locationally or managerially inefficient establishments, and by adjustments in the relative importance of prevailing units. The sales or service establishment
Many health and social programs and virtually all community development efforts share a common di... more Many health and social programs and virtually all community development efforts share a common dilemma. The best of what they do—the transformations and healing they help catalyze, as well as their short-term contributions to longer-term outcomes—cannot be easily measured. This makes it difficult to demonstrate their successes and full worth to funders, Boards, and others.
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