PUB-5009: Public Program Evaluation

Bernstein, S. L., Weiss, J., & Curry, L. (2020). Visualizing implementation: Contextual and organizational support mapping of stakeholders (COSMOS). Implementation Science Communications, 1(1).
This article focuses on building skills in the depiction and mapping of stakeholder groups.

Cascio, K. A. (2019). Providing trauma-informed care to women exiting prostitution: Assessing programmatic responses to severe trauma. Journal of Trauma & Dissociation: The Official Journal of the International Society for the Study of Dissociation (ISSD), 20(1), 100–113.
This paper describes an analysis of eight programs that provide services to women leaving prostitution. In addition to shedding light on a study assessing a specific aspect of these programs, the way trauma was addressed by the program, the paper includes a section where the researcher sheds light on the issue of research ethics and values.

Mertens, D. M., & Wilson, A. T. (2019). Program evaluation theory and practice: A comprehensive guide (2nd ed.). The Guilford Press.
Chapter 7 (pp. 209-243) of this book covers the way stakeholders can be identified for program evaluations and provides insights and examples to shed light on the complexities of stakeholder interaction.