RAND suicide prevention program evaluation toolkit [electronic resource] / Joie D. Acosta, Rajeev Ramchand, Amariah Becker, Alexandria Felton, Aaron Kofner ; prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense.

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Evaluating suicide prevention programs can be challenging because suicide is a rare event, data on suicides often lag by several years, and programs tend to have multiple components, making it difficult to discern which characteristics contributed to a given outcome. The RAND Suicide Prevention Prog...

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Main Authors: Acosta, Joie D. (Author)
Ramchand, Rajeev (Author)
Becker, Amariah (Author)
Felton, Alexandria (Author)
Kofner, Aaron (Author)
Corporate Authors: National Defense Research Institute (U.S.). Forces and Resources Policy Center (Issuing body)
Rand Corporation (Issuing body)
United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense (sponsoring body.)
Language:English
Published: Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, 2013.
Subjects:
Suicidal behavior > Treatment > United States.
Suicide > United States > Prevention > Evaluation.
Online Access:
Books at JSTOR: Open Access: 2013 (JSTOR)
DOAB Directory of Open Access Books: 2013 (Directory of Open Access Books)
Variant Title:
Toolkit
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Introduction and overview
  • Identify your program's core components and build a logic model
  • Design an evaluation for your program
  • Select evaluation measures for your program
  • Analyze your program's evaluation data
  • Use evaluation data to improve your program
  • Appendix A: Summary of program evaluation studies, by program type
  • Appendix B: Glossary of terms.