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Preface
This report is the combined effort of 10 national adolescent demonstration program models funded by the Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS) Program of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). The report is part of a series of volumes issuing from the cross-cutting national evaluation conducted by the 10 SPNS grantees and the evaluation contractor, The Measurement Group of Culver City, California.
The cross-cutting evaluation involved a cooperative methodology among the sites wherein consensus-building methods were used to develop joint data indicators and data collection methods. These methods included face-to-face meetings, conference calls, and repeated sessions of feedback on the instruments developed through draft forms.
As would be expected from a complicated multi-site study, a number of individuals at the 10 project sites and at the evaluation contractor made significant professional contributions. At Bay Area Young Positives, significant professional contributions to the cross-site evaluation were made by Antigone Hodgins, James Neiss, and Scott Miller. The evaluation activities at Children’s Hospital of Boston were guided by the Project Director, Elizabeth R. Woods, M.D., M.P.H., and Elizabeth Goodman, M.D., the project evaluator. At Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, the evaluation activities were led by Lisa A. Melchior, Ph.D., and George J. Huba, Ph.D., of The Measurement Group as well as by the Project Director, Michele D. Kipke, Ph.D., and the Project Coordinator, Arlene Schneir, M.P.H. At the Greater Bridgeport Adolescent Pregnancy Project, evaluation activities were led by the Project Director, Rudy Feudo, Ph.D., the Project Coordinator, Sandra Vining-Bethea, the evaluators, Larry Shulman, M.S.W., Michele Shedlin, Ph.D., and Joseph Burleson, Ph.D, and the Data Coordinator, Sam Baldwin, B.S. The evaluation activities at Health Initiatives for Youth were led by the Project Coordinator, Joanne Lothrop, and Carolyn Sao. Evaluation activities for the State of Indiana project were coordinated by the evaluator, Eric Wright, Ph.D. At the University of Alabama, Birmingham, evaluation activities were directed by the Project Director, Marsha Sturdevant, M.D., and the project evaluators Ralph DiClemente, Ph.D., Connie Kohler, Ph.D., and Tishanna McCutcheon, M.S.P.H. Evaluation activities at the University of Minnesota were conducted by Gary Remafedi, M.D., M.P.H., the Project Director, and Kathleen Roach, M.P.H., Jonathan Hanft, Ph.D., Kari Hillmer, B.S., R.N., Margaret Higgins, B.S.W., L.S.W., and Wei-Chung Yang, M.S. Evaluation activities at Walden House, Inc., were supervised and coordinated by the Project Coordinator, Rob Burch, Ph.D., and the Project Director, Brian Greenberg, Ph.D. At YouthCare, evaluation activities were conducted by Adam Tenner, the Project Coordinator.
At the Health Resources and Services Administration, professional contributions were made by Katherine Marconi, Ph.D., Barney Singer, J.D., Gloria R. Weissman, M.A., William Grace, Ph.D., George E. Sonsel, M.S.W., Russell Brady, and Joyce Heinonen.
At The Measurement Group, the evaluation and its reports were designed, developed, and written by George J. Huba, Ph.D., and Lisa A. Melchior, Ph.D. Abigail T. Panter, Ph.D., of the University of North Carolina assisted with analysis and Diana E. Brief, Ph.D., assisted with database maintenance and analyses. Grace Lee, M.P.H. helped coordinate the evaluation activities and prepare the qualitative analyses of project characteristics and successes. Natasha De Veauuse, M.P.H. assisted in the editing process. Lara L. Luenebrink provided support in the preparation of the manuscript. Grace M. Shih and C. Tai Kuo prepared charts and assisted with analyses. Alyssa L. Leong and Blanca Flor Guillen were responsible for final production and layout of the report.
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