Evaluation Training to Build Capability in the Community and Public Health Workforce

American Journal of Evaluation

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 421-433

  Adams, Jeffery ^a   Dickinson, Pauline ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

adult learning; evaluation capacity building; evaluation training; program theory driven evaluation; workshops

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956625132     PISSN: 10982140     EISSN: 15570878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098214010366586     Document Type: Article

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