Evaluation in Health Promotion: Principles and Perspectives. WHO Regional Publications, European Series.

This book includes a collection of papers on the theories, methodologies, and practice of health promotion initiatives in Europe and the Americas. The 23 chapters are: (1) "A Framework for Health Promotion Evaluation" (Irving Rootman, Michael Goodstadt, Louise Potvin, and Jane Springett); (2) "Beyond Process and Outcome Evaluation: A Comprehensive Approach for Evaluating Health Promotion Programmes" (Louise Potvin, Slim Haddad, and Katherine L. Frohlich); (3) "What Counts as Evidence: Issues and Debates" (David V. McQueen and Laurie M. Anderson); (4) "Participatory Approaches to Evaluation in Health Promotion" (Jane Springett); (5) "Transformative Alliance between Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches in Health Promotion Research" (Sylvie Gendron); (6) "Evaluation of Quality-of-Life Initiatives in Health Promotion" (Dennis Raphael); (7) "Economic Evaluation of Health Promotion" (Christine Godfrey); (8) "Health Promotion: Towards a Quality Assurance Framework" (Richard Parish); (9) "Investigating Policy Networks for Health: Theory and Method in a Larger Organizational Perspective" (Evelyne de Leeuw); (10) "Evaluating Community Health Promotion Programmes" (Louise Potvin and Lucie Richard); (11) "Evaluating Community Initiatives for Health and Development" (Stephen B. Fawcett, Adrienne Paine-Andrews, Vincent T. Francisco, Jerry Schultz, Kimber P. Richter, Jannette Berkley-Patton, Jacqueline L. Fisher, Rhonda K. Lewis, Christine M. Lopez, Stergios Russos, Ella L. Williams, Kari J. Harris, and Paul Evensen); (12) "Evaluating Health Promotion in Schools: Reflections" (Sarah Stewart-Brown); (13) "Evaluating Health Promotion Programmes in the Workplace" (Lindsay Dugdill and Jane Springett); (14) "Evaluation in Urban Settings: The Challenge of Healthy Cities" (Lisa Curtice, Jane Springett, and Aine Kennedy); (15) "Evaluating Healthy Public Policies in Community and Regional Contexts" (Alfred Rutten); (16) "Evaluation of Health Promotion Policies: Tracking a Moving Target" (Nancy Milio); (17) "Evaluation of Countrywide Health Promotion Policies: The Canadian Experience" (Reg Warren, Irving Rootman, and Rick Wilson); (18) "Health Impact Assessment as a Tool for Health Promotion and Population Health" (C. James Frankish, Lawrence W. Green, Pamela A. Ratner, Treena Chomik, and Craig Larsen); (19) "Social Capital: Evaluation Implications for Community Health Promotion" (Marshall W. Kreuter, Nicole A. Lezin, Laura Young, and Adam N. Koplan); (20) "Case Study: The Canadian Heart Health Initiative" (Sylvie Stachenko); (21) "Issues in Evaluating Mass-Media Health Communication Campaigns" (Vicki Freimuth, Galen Cole, and Susan D. Kirby); (22) "Investment for Health: Developing a Multifaceted Appraisal Approach" (Erio Ziglio, Spencer Hagard, and Lowell S. Levin); and (23) "Evaluation in Health Promotion: Synthesis and Recommendations" (Michael S. Goodstadt, Brian Hyndman, David V. McQueen, Louise Potvin, Irving Rootman, and Jane Springett). (Papers contain references.) (SM)