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The purpose of this chapter is to acquaint researchers with program evaluation as it applies to health promotion and disease prevention projects. Readers of this handbook are likely to become acquainted with evaluation in one or more contexts: They will read evaluation studies, they will purchase or commission evaluations, or they will evaluate programs that are planned or in progress.
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Fish, L., Leviton, L. (1999). Program Evaluation. In: Raczynski, J.M., DiClemente, R.J. (eds) Handbook of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. The Springer Series in Behavioral Psychophysiology and Medicine. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4789-1_4
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