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Interpersonal Violence in the African-American Community pp 165–203Cite as

A Practitioners’ Guide to Evaluating Domestic Violence Prevention and Treatment Programs

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Across an array of health and human service fields, program evaluation has an important role in bridging the gap between science and practice (Morrissey et al., 1997; Vinh-Thomas et al., 2003; Wandersman et al., 1998), identifying promising and effective program models to address community needs (Vinh-Thomas et al., 2003), and sustaining initiatives (Weiss et al., 2002). Due to emergent community problems that often require innovative responses that rapidly evolve, advances in program development and implementation typically progress well beyond the evaluation of these efforts.

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  1. The Consultation Center, USA

    Cindy A. Crusto Ph.D. (Assistant Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine, and Co-Director of the Program and Service System Evaluation Area)

  2. The Consultation center of Yale University School of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry, USA

    Ellen B. Ross M.A. (Research Associate III)

  3. Psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine, USA

    Joy S. Kaufman Ph.D. (Assistant Professor of Psychology)

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The Center for Women and Families of Eastern Fairfield County, Inc.., Crusto, C.A., Ross, E.B., Kaufman, J.S. (2006). A Practitioners’ Guide to Evaluating Domestic Violence Prevention and Treatment Programs. In: Interpersonal Violence in the African-American Community. Issues in Children’s and Families’ Lives. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-29598-5_8

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