Suppose the legislation passes and is to begin the implementation process. If you were in charge of overseeing the implementation of this project, what do you think would be your biggest concerns? Explain why.

Assignment: Chapter 14 Exercise: Treatment of Victims of Spousal Abuse

You are interested in starting a program to treat victims of spousal abuse in an area that has not yet had such a program. But first, you must document the need for the program. Describe how you would assess this need using a normative definition of need.

Describe how you would assess this need using a demand definition of need.
What are the practical pitfalls you might encounter in carrying out spousal abuse program?

Assignment: Chapter 14 Case Study: Counseling and Treatment

Case Study: Twenty clients suffering from tuberculosis were randomly selected to understand the effectiveness of counseling and mental well-being along with treatment in the recovery of the individual. The group was split in 2–10 who received treatment only and 10 who received counseling alongside treatment. The treatment only group was given medication and asked to return for a review after one month. The other group was given medication and asked to come once a week for 4 weeks for a session on counseling. Both groups were reviewed exactly after 1 month.

As a researcher evaluate the above program—assess and improve the conceptualization in order to implement the same and identify its efficacy.

As an evaluator whom do you identify as the stakeholders? What do you think is necessary to maintain subjectivity, at the same time cater to the needs of these stakeholders?

What would you identify as the possible challenges in a study of this nature and what measures would you suggest one should take while planning such a study?

Assignment: Chapter 14 What does this mean to me? Reflection Activity

Suppose you are a legislative aide specializing in social welfare policy for a United States senator. She is cautiously supportive of legislation to fund a series of expensive demonstration projects to test alternative ways to prevent child abuse, but only under the condition that each project be rigorously evaluated and that continued funding hinge on the evaluation findings.

She envisions the funding going to a new federal Office of Children bureaucracy, whose staff would administer the funding of the projects and of their evaluations. She asks you to advise her on the politics of program evaluation, how the politics may impact the evaluations, and how best to maximize the scientific integrity of the evaluation designs and their reports. What would you tell her, taking into account in-house versus external evaluators, vested interests, and the politics of evaluation? How do you think you might be personally impacted by this process, considering that the outcome of your efforts could directly impact the availability of services to reduce child abuse?

What would you recommend regarding expectation that the federal bureaucrats will administer the evaluations?

Suppose the legislation passes and is to begin the implementation process. If you were in charge of overseeing the implementation of this project, what do you think would be your biggest concerns? Explain why.

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