Evaluation of the implementation of a socio-educational program with immigrant families: A case study

• Published in: Evaluation and program planning Vol. 32; no. 1; pp. 21 - 30
• Main Authors: Rego, Miguel Ángel Santos, Otero, Agustín Godás, Moledo, M a del Mar Lorenzo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01-02-2009; Elsevier
• Series: Evaluation and Program Planning
• Subjects: Acculturation; Africa - ethnology; Case Studies; Child; Community Networks; Community-Institutional Relations; Educational programmes; Emigrants and Immigrants - education; Emigrants and Immigrants - psychology; Evaluation; Evaluation of implementation; Evaluation of implementation Immigrant families Socio-educational program Fidelity of the program; Family - ethnology; Family - psychology; Family Programs; Fidelity; Fidelity of the program; Foreign Countries; Humans; Immigrant families; Immigrants; Implementation; Latin America - ethnology; Program Design; Program Development - methods; Program Evaluation; Program Evaluation - methods; Program Implementation; Schools; Social Environment; Social programmes; Social Support; Socio-educational program; Spain; Spain; Africa; Latin America; Socio-educational program; Immigrant families; Evaluation of implementation; Fidelity of the program
• ISSN: 0149-7189; 1873-7870
• DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2008.09.001

There exist an increasing number of studies that demonstrate the necessity to evaluate the processes which characterize a program and guarantee its implementation and evaluation. This paper deals with the implementation of a program designed to improve the acculturation of immigrant families in Spain (EU). Implementation followed a process that has proved successful in other settings, but is being applied here for the first time. Qualitative and quantitative measures are employed to assess each stage of implementation, with a particular emphasis on fidelity to program design. The intent was to guide effective revision of the program, and to establish it in a form that can be implemented on a larger scale.