Describe 3 main purposes of program evaluation.
What will be an ideal response?
Program evaluation helps to: (a) clarify and develop the kinds of services recipients need; (b) identify and/or adjust services that are not being delivered to more effectively serve the appropriate people; (c) identify how clients benefit from services; and (d) determine if services are having the desired impact.
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The American Self-Help Group Clearinghouse is a web-based database of national and international self-help support groups
a. True b. False
A qualitative researcher seeks input from participants about the findings and interprations is a form of:
a. Tacit knowledge. b. Peer debriefing. c. Member checking. d. Processing information.
identifying problems and needs that require attention
What will be an ideal response?
According to Torrey, how has the deinstitutionalization of the mental health system contributed to the
problem of homelessness?
a. People with mental illness are unmotivated to work so they cannot afford housing. b. Housing programs are designed primarily for minorities, yet the majority of the mentally ill population is Caucasian. c. Community mental health centers, designed as a diversion to hospitalization, have been unsuccessful. d. Individuals discharged from psychiatric hospitals do not adhere to their comprehensive follow-up treatment plans.