Evaluation Publications

Sociometrics' evaluation-related publications help practitioners and evaluators design and implement performance measurement systems in their own adolescent pregnancy and STD/HIV/AIDS prevention programs. Our publications cover just about everything you need to help you learn how to evaluate your prevention program. And while most evaluation publications on the market today are written for an audience of scientists, this series has been carefully designed to be understandable to decision-makers, service providers, and policymakers. Moreover, while most examples are from the adolescent reproductive health area, the practical how-to tips and sample instruments are applicable to other prevention programs for high-risk youth.

Using Sociometrics' evaluation-related publications, you can:

  • learn how to assess which programs work, for whom, and under what circumstances;
  • learn what evaluation options exist and what each option costs;
  • receive tips on how to conduct an evaluation;
  • learn from others' experiences by reading about model programs;
  • use Sociometrics' evaluation instrument s and questionnaire item-banks for collecting your own evaluation data;
  • examine the contents of more than 70 evaluation instruments in the public domain and select items and scales relevant to your program; and
  • use original data from leading evaluation studies to derive comparison data for your program.

The following groups will benefit from using Sociometrics' evaluation-related resources:

  • Funders, government officials, service providers, and evaluation researchers who are interested in finding out how teen pregnancy programs have been evaluated
  • Service providers and evaluation researchers who are considering evaluating their own program(s) and who want some help and guidance on how to do this.
  • Academic departments, research institutes, and libraries interested in building their evaluation publication collection.

Sociometrics' evaluation publications are available for download free-of-charge as part of the Resource And Practice subscription packages.


HOW-TO-DO-IT BOOKS

Guidebook: Evaluating Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs New Edition

Under the sponsorship of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Sociometrics has developed a comprehensive guide to the implementation of evaluation methods into all aspects of teen pregnancy programming. Although many program evaluation textbooks and guides focus primarily on the evaluation of service outcome, the Sociometrics Guidebook instructs users on how to benefit from program evaluation methods at all stages of program development: from initial conceptualization and model implementation to program monitoring and full impact evaluation.

 

Evaluation Readiness Assessment Guide: Is Your Program Ready To Evaluate Its Effectiveness?

This comprehensive, easy-to-use guide assists programs to determine if their intervention is ready to be evaluated.

 

Evaluating Programs Aimed at Preventing Teenage Pregnancies

  This monograph includes technical standards, how-to tips, illustrative case studies, and a recommended data collection instrument for prevention programs.

 

Evaluating and Monitoring Programs for Pregnant and Parenting Teens

This monograph includes technical standards, how-to tips, illustrative case studies, and a recommended data collection instrument for care programs.

 

Data Management: An Introductory Workbook for Teen Pregnancy Program Evaluators

The purpose of this workbook is to describe the basic practical steps in conducting the second half of the research process - starting with a set of completed questionnaires.

 

 

Assessing Your Community's Needs and Assets: A Collaborative Approach to Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention

  This guide will assist you in planning your needs assessment and evaluating the potential strategies for your adolescent pregnancy prevention program.

 

Local Evaluator Consultant Network Directory (LECND): For Adolescent Pregnancy and STD/HIV/AIDS Prevention Programs

The Local Evaluator Consultant Network Directory (LECND) comprises a relatively short list of experts who can serve as evaluation consultants to local teen pregnancy prevention and/or teen STD/HIV/AIDS prevention programs.


SOURCEBOOK OF COMPARISON DATA

Sourcebook of Comparison Data for Evaluating Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Programs (2000)

The Sourcebook is meant to facilitate use of existing data as a source of comparison statistics. It provides the best and most current data on those antecedent and outcome variables generally included in the evaluation of adolescent pregnancy prevention programs.

 

 



EVALUATION INSTRUMENTS

HIV/AIDS Prevention Program Archive Evaluation Assistance Kit

The HAPPA Kit is a comprehensive questionnaire item bank that can be customized for use with any adult HIV/AIDS prevention program. The HAPPA Kit was developed to measure attitudes, knowledge, and risk behaviors associated with HIV/AIDS. Virtually all questions in the item bank were drawn from national surveys studying HIV knowledge, behaviors, and attitudes. The kit also includes the HAPPA Evaluation Questionnaire. The HAPPA Evaluation Questionnaire (EvalQ) represents an effort by HAPPA staff to produce a shorter, more feasible evaluation instrument from the HAPPA Kit item bank. Designed for self-administration by program participants, the EvalQ focuses on assessing participants' risk behaviors. The complete HIV/AIDS/ Prevention Program Archive Evaluation Assistance Kit is available in printed or machine-readable format.

 

Prevention Minimum Evaluation Data Set

This publication provides a core Primary Questionnaire, with optional Supplementary Modules, that can be used for evaluating all teen pregnancy and teen STD/HIV/AIDS prevention programs. The items are also available on an optional PC diskette, to facilitate evaluation questionnaire development by local programs.

 

 

Prevention Minimum Evaluation Data Set Jr.

This publication provides a short ready-to-use questionnaire for use in evaluating teen pregnancy STD/HIV/AIDS prevention programs that emphasize abstinence. Because of its focus on attitudes, intentions and skills, PMEDS Jr may also be suitable for evaluating programs aimed at younger teens. The questionnaire comes in printed form with a PC diskette.

 

 

Prevention Minimum Evaluation Data Set Jr. +

This publication, modeled after PMEDS, provides a core Primary Questionnaire, with optional Supplementary Modules that can be used for evaluating all teen pregnancy and teen STD/HIV/AIDS prevention programs. PMEDS Jr+ is considerably shorter than PMEDS, making it easier for local programs to select questions and develop a survey. PMEDS Jr+ comes in printed form with a PC diskette.

 


VIRTUAL PROGRAM EVALUATION CONSULTANT

Virtual Program Evaluation Consultant (VPEC)

The Virtual Program Evaluation Consultant (VPEC) is a simple, easy-to-use online survey creation, data collection and analysis tool that will help in evaluating  small and large-scale HIV/AIDS prevention programs.


TEEN SEXUALITY EVALUATION CONSULTANT

Teen Sexuality Evaluation Consultant (TSEC)

The Teen Sexuality Evaluation Consultant (TSEC) is a simple, easy-to-use online survey creation, data collection and analysis tool that will help in evaluating  small and large-scale teen pregnancy prevention programs.