| | From the Editor in Chief This World Is Yours Lynne S. Wilcox PMCID: PMC1500961 Editorials Program Evaluation and Chronic Diseases: Methods, Approaches, and Implications for Public Health Leonard Jack, Jr, Qaiser Mukhtar, Maurice Martin, Mark Rivera, S. René Lavinghouze, Jan Jernigan, Paul Z Siegel, Gregory Heath, and Dara Murphy PMCID: PMC1509369 The Common Threads in Program Evaluation William R Shadish PMCID: PMC1500945 Essay Using the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Clearance Process in Program Planning and Evaluation Maurice Martin and Darlene Thomas PMCID: PMC1500949 Original Research PEER REVIEWED: The Behavioral and Clinical Effects of Therapeutic Lifestyle Change on Middle-aged Adults Steven G Aldana, Roger L Greenlaw, Audrey Salberg, Hans A Diehl, Ray M Merrill, Camille Thomas, and Seiga Ohmine PMCID: PMC1500954 PEER REVIEWED: Using Concept Mapping to Develop a Logic Model for the Prevention Research Centers Program Demia L Sundra, Lynda A Anderson, Margaret K Gwaltney, Ross C Brownson, Mary Kane, Alan W Cross, Richard Mack, Jr, Randy Schwartz, Tom Sims, and Carol R White PMCID: PMC1500957 PEER REVIEWED: Identifying Best Practices for WISEWOMAN Programs Using a Mixed-Methods Evaluation Melanie Besculides, Heather Zaveri, Rosanne Farris, and Julie Will PMCID: PMC1500960 PEER REVIEWED: Using Focus Groups in the Consumer Research Phase of a Social Marketing Program to Promote Moderate-Intensity Physical Activity and Walking Trail Use in Sumter County, South Carolina Ericka Burroughs, Lara E Peck, Patricia A Sharpe, Michelle L Granner, Carol A Bryant, and Regina Fields PMCID: PMC1500965 PEER REVIEWED: Race, Ethnicity, and Linguistic Isolation as Determinants of Participation in Public Health Surveillance Surveys Michael W Link, Ali H Mokdad, Herbert F Stackhouse, and Nicole T Flowers PMCID: PMC1500943 PEER REVIEWED: Identifying Geographic Disparities in the Early Detection of Breast Cancer Using a Geographic Information System Jane A McElroy, Patrick L Remington, Ronald E Gangnon, Luxme Hariharan, and LeAnn D Andersen PMCID: PMC1500964 PEER REVIEWED: Evaluating Progress Toward Healthy People 2010 National Diabetes Objectives Qaiser Mukhtar, Leonard Jack, Maurice Martin, Mark Rivera, and Dara Murphy PMCID: PMC1500968 PEER REVIEWED: A Cost Evaluation of the Georgia Stroke and Heart Attack Prevention Program Diane Orenstein, David B Rein, Roberta T Constantine, Hong Chen, Patricia Jones, J. Nell Brownstein, and Rosanne Farris PMCID: PMC1500947 Special Topics PEER REVIEWED: The Challenge of Preventing Cardiovascular Disease in Tunisia Hassen Ghannem PMCID: PMC1500951 PEER REVIEWED: Process, Rationale, and Interventions of Pakistan’s National Action Plan on Chronic Diseases Sania Nishtar, Khalif Mohamud Bile, Ashfaq Ahmed, Azhar M.A. Faruqui, Zafar Mirza, Samad Shera, Abdul Ghaffar, Fareed A Minhas, Aslam Khan, Naeem A Jaffery, Majid Rajput, Yasir A Mirza, Mohammad Aslam, and Ejaz Rahim PMCID: PMC1500955 Community Case Studies PEER REVIEWED: Barriers to Diabetes Self-management Education Programs in Underserved Rural Arkansas: Implications for Program Evaluation Appathurai Balamurugan, Mark Rivera, Leonard Jack, Jr, Sharon Morris, and Kristen Allen PMCID: PMC1500958 PEER REVIEWED: A Community Coalition Board Creates a Set of Values for Community-based Research Daniel S Blumenthal PMCID: PMC1500962 PEER REVIEWED: The Prevention Research Centers Healthy Aging Research Network Jason E Lang, The Healthy Aging Research Network Writing Group, Lynda Anderson, LoGerfo James, Joseph Sharkey, Elaine Belansky, Lucinda Bryant, Tom Prohaska, Mary Altpeter, Victor Marshall, William Satariano, Susan Ivey, Constance Bayles, Delores Pluto, Sara Wilcox, and R. Turner Goins PMCID: PMC1500966 PEER REVIEWED: The Annual African American Conference on Diabetes: Evolving Program Evaluation With Evolving Program Implementation Jacquelyn M Houston, Maurice Martin, Joel E Williams, and Rhonda L Hill PMCID: PMC1500944 Tools and Techniques Steps to a HealthierUS Cooperative Agreement Program: Foundational Elements for Program Evaluation Planning, Implementation, and Use of Findings Goldie MacDonald, Danyael Garcia, Stephanie Zaza, Michael Schooley, Don Compton, Terry Bryant, Lulu Bagnol, Cathy Edgerly, and Rick Haverkate PMCID: PMC1509370 Development of the Diabetes Indicators and Data Sources Internet Tool (DIDIT) Qaiser Mukhtar, Prachi Mehta, Erica R Brody, Jenny Camponeschi, Michael Friedrichs, Brenda Ralls, and Angela M Kemple PMCID: PMC1500969 The REACH 2010 Logic Model: An Illustration of Expected Performance Pattie Tucker, Youlian Liao, Wayne H Giles, and Leandris Liburd PMCID: PMC1500948 Transforming a Master of Public Health Program to Address Public Health Practice Needs Lynn D Woodhouse, Alberto C Cardelle, Steven W Godin, Steven E Shive, Tonya L Williams, Adenike C Bitto, and Elizabeth A Brensinger PMCID: PMC1500952 The Nutrition and Physical Activity Program to Prevent Obesity and Other Chronic Diseases: Monitoring Progress in Funded States Sue Lin Yee, Pam Williams-Piehota, Asta Sorensen, Amy Roussel, James Hersey, and Robin Hamre PMCID: PMC1500956 Step-by-Step: Making Your Communities Healthier A Six-Step Model for Evaluation of Community-based Physical Activity Programs Levin Martin Sarah and Gregory W Heath PMCID: PMC1500959 Book Reviews Practical Program Evaluation: Assessing and Improving Planning, Implementation, and Effectiveness S. René Lavinghouze PMCID: PMC1500963 The Impact of Inequality: How to Make Sick Societies Healthier Magdalena Szaflarski PMCID: PMC1500967 Letters to the Editor Solution for Survey Discrepancies in Washington State Smoking Prevalence Michael J Boysun, Julie E Maher, Michael J Stark, Barbara A Pizacani, Kristen Rohde, Julia Dilley, and Katrina Wynkoop Simmons PMCID: PMC1500946 PEER REVIEWED: Provision of School-based Preventive Oral Health Services to Medicaid Beneficiaries Anne R Redmond and Nancy Martin PMCID: PMC1500950 Response to “Old Black Water” Jane A Zanca PMCID: PMC1500953 |
