Evaluating Complex Interventions
Date: September 13, 2023 Time: 12 pm ET
We invite CES members to join us for this free 90-minute virtual seminar to learn some key decision criteria for determining whether an intervention is best evaluated using a traditional Theory Driven Evaluation (logic model) or using a systems approach.
Participants will be given an overview of System Evaluation Theory (SET) as one framework for helping evaluate complex interventions that pass the system test. Time will be allotted for participants to engage in a Q & A with the presenter.
Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_JRDAYdj2QF6m4LdM0fJosQ
About the Presenter: Ralph Renger, PhD, Just Evaluation services (JESS), LLC
Dr. Renger received his PhD in Sport Psychology from the University of Calgary, Canada. He began his career with a joint appointment at the Universities of Calgary and Alberta supporting primary care research.
After 4 years, he accepted a position at the University of Arizona where he began his evaluation career teaching graduate program planning and evaluation in public health. During his tenure there, he specialized in Theory Driven Evaluation, evaluating programs such as the Housing Urban and Development (HUD) HOPE VI neighborhood revitalization project.
After 17 years at the University of Arizona, he was recruited to University of North Dakota, where he helped establish the MPH program. It was there that his interest in systems evaluation began.
After 6 years at UND he left academia and returned to Arizona to pursue his interest in system evaluation. He has since published over 80 peer-reviewed publications and is widely recognized as an international expert in evaluating complex interventions. He recently released his book, System Evaluation Theory: A blueprint for evaluating complex interventions operating and functioning as systems, which provides many examples of how SET is used to bridge the theory-practice divide.