FRHD 2350 Lecture 12: program hypothesis and selecting intervention strategies

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 2350
• Professor: Kristen Cairney

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Leads to development of program hypothesis: o o o. Effective program design should be viewed as a hypothesis-generating activity. Think of hypotheses as a series of if-then statements. The if-then statement then provides the mechanism for program evaluation, which is a hypothesis-testing activity. In generating a hypothesis, the program planner is able both to identify meaningful objectives and to structure these objectives in a hierarchical series of statements. Ex: sexual education will reduce the number of teen pregnancies o o. Prove that there is or isn"t sexual health education and what type. Many older adults living alone do not eat nutritionally balanced meals. Low levels of b vitamins mimic dementia resulting in hospitalization. If we provide older adults with nutritious meals . Then cognitive functioning is maintained enabling older adults to live independently longer. Program hypothesis: evaluation begins with stating a proposed relationship between a program or service and some desired outcome.