We present results to illuminate the evaluation of the three interlinking strands of AMP training plus.
These results coalesce with the conclusions of a process evaluation illuminating the failure of WISE to embed self-management support in primary care because of a lack of perceived relevance of self-management support for clinicians and a failure of the work of self-management support fitting with existing work demands of primary care staff [ 14].
Increasing calls for health researchers to provide more comprehensive accounts of interventions under review, coupled with the demand for evidence-based policy and practice, has led to a greater expectation that evaluations will illuminate what works (or not), with which target groups, and why [ 24, 4].
Whereas research aims to contribute to fundamental knowledge and theory and to illuminate societal concerns, evaluation aims to determine or improve program effectiveness [ 26].
This special issue illuminates the clinical evaluation of the bone graft materials that have been used conventionally and introduces the histological identification of changes in tissue adjacent to the biomaterials through three original research articles.
In 1978, a longitudinal study commenced in England to illuminate criteria for the evaluation of hospital wards as clinical learning environments for student nurses.
Table 1 summarises the topics chosen and covered in these sessions: We undertook a process evaluation to illuminate the process of initiating and delivering the training, and to identify where and why we succeeded against our aims and what lessons we should learn from the delivery of AMP training plus.
However, conventional impact evaluations do not focus on the process of program delivery nor sufficiently illuminate the reasons behind the success or failure of interventions.
Given the complexity and diversity of research, program evaluation is critical to understanding and documenting the effectiveness of funded research in illuminating the linkages between the environment and human health.
The paper illustrates how an Evolutionary Evaluation perspective can illuminate important controversies in evaluation using the example of the appropriate role of randomized controlled trials that encourages a rethinking of "evidence-based programs".
The goal of the discussion is to illuminate the lack of principled evaluation criteria and the mismatch between research and practice, and to propose a set of criteria that we consider are important.
