Abstract
This article explores the application of empowerment strategies to program evaluation within a community health setting and presents a case study to examine the policy, direct practice, and research issues associated with the plan to evaluate a community-based HIV-prevention program. Empowerment evaluation strategies were used to develop an innovative street outreach intervention that can be measured and evaluated, to transfer evaluation knowledge from the researcher-expert to the program stakeholders, and to help overcome evaluation implementation obstacles. The article addresses the benefits and risks inherent in an empowerment approach to the evaluative research process.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 120-127 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Health and Social Work |
Volume | 24 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 1999 |
Keywords
- Empowerment
- HIV-prevention programs
- Participatory evaluation
- Program evaluation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Health(social science)