Erica Wimbush
Biographic Data
| ID | 271575 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Erica Wimbush |
| GIVEN NAMES | Erica |
| FAMILY NAME | Wimbush |
| SIGNATURE | WIMBUSH E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Glasgow |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Six steps in quality intervention development (6SQuID)
Improving the effectiveness of public health interventions relies as much on the attention paid to their design and feasibility as to their evaluation. Yet, compared to the vast literature on how to evaluate interventions, there is little to guide researchers or practitioners on how best to develop such interventions in practical, logical, evidence based ways to maximise likely effectiveness. Existing models for the development of public health i…
Applications of contribution analysis to outcome planning and impact evaluation
Contribution analysis is a structured approach to theory-based impact evaluation originally developed in Canada in the context of Results-Based Management (RBM) although there have been few examples of contribution analysis in practice since Mayne’s original paper (2001). We argue that contribution analysis adds value to other theory-based evaluation approaches by providing a more structured and rigorous approach to participatory evaluation plann…
Evidence, policy and practice
English While many of the drivers for evidence-based policy and practice are UK wide, there are some distinctive features of the policy and practice contexts in Scotland that have shaped the way in which evidence-based implementation is being forged. Within the field of health improvement policy and practice in Scotland, this paper focuses on what Nutley (2003) refers to as one of the prerequisites of evidence based policy and practice – the deve…
An Evaluation Framework for Health Promotion
There is increasing demand for evaluation work funded by public agencies to become more focused on demonstrating effectiveness. Focusing evaluation on outcomes and effectiveness meets the information needs of strategic planners and policy makers, but other stakeholders involved in managing, delivering or using public services and programmes may use other assessment criteria, such as improving the quality of programmes or programme design. The nec…
Impacts of a National Mass Media Campaign on Walking in Scotland
The promotion of walking as a form of exercise holds considerable potential, both in terms of health benefits and its wide appeal to inactive groups. This paper presents the results of the evaluation of a national mass media walking campaign in Scotland which involved a 40 s television advertisement and a telephone helpline. The target population consisted of people aged 30–55 who are not regular exercisers. The campaign impact was assessed in te…
Health Promotion
The Cost of Poor Health Habits (Book)
Integrating education and leisure
This study is concerned with a community approach to integrating education and leisure within the context of a secondary school, and is based on a case study of Western Hailes Education Centre (WHEC) in Edinburgh. Some of the conflicts and contradictions inherent in a community-school approach to leisure and education are examined by focusing on the differing attitudes and expectations of respondent groups to ‘education’ and ‘leisure’. While conf…
Six steps in quality intervention development (6SQuID)
Improving the effectiveness of public health interventions relies as much on the attention paid to their design and feasibility as to their evaluation. Yet, compared to the vast literature on how to evaluate interventions, there is little to guide researchers or practitioners on how best to develop such interventions in practical, logical, evidence based ways to maximise likely effectiveness. Existing models for the development of public health i…
Applications of contribution analysis to outcome planning and impact evaluation
Contribution analysis is a structured approach to theory-based impact evaluation originally developed in Canada in the context of Results-Based Management (RBM) although there have been few examples of contribution analysis in practice since Mayne’s original paper (2001). We argue that contribution analysis adds value to other theory-based evaluation approaches by providing a more structured and rigorous approach to participatory evaluation plann…
An Evaluation Framework for Health Promotion
There is increasing demand for evaluation work funded by public agencies to become more focused on demonstrating effectiveness. Focusing evaluation on outcomes and effectiveness meets the information needs of strategic planners and policy makers, but other stakeholders involved in managing, delivering or using public services and programmes may use other assessment criteria, such as improving the quality of programmes or programme design. The nec…
Integrating education and leisure
This study is concerned with a community approach to integrating education and leisure within the context of a secondary school, and is based on a case study of Western Hailes Education Centre (WHEC) in Edinburgh. Some of the conflicts and contradictions inherent in a community-school approach to leisure and education are examined by focusing on the differing attitudes and expectations of respondent groups to ‘education’ and ‘leisure’. While conf…
Evidence, policy and practice
English While many of the drivers for evidence-based policy and practice are UK wide, there are some distinctive features of the policy and practice contexts in Scotland that have shaped the way in which evidence-based implementation is being forged. Within the field of health improvement policy and practice in Scotland, this paper focuses on what Nutley (2003) refers to as one of the prerequisites of evidence based policy and practice – the deve…
Integrating education and leisure
This study is concerned with a community approach to integrating education and leisure within the context of a secondary school, and is based on a case study of Western Hailes Education Centre (WHEC) in Edinburgh. Some of the conflicts and contradictions inherent in a community-school approach to leisure and education are examined by focusing on the differing attitudes and expectations of respondent groups to ‘education’ and ‘leisure’. While conf…
The Cost of Poor Health Habits (Book)
Health Promotion
Impacts of a National Mass Media Campaign on Walking in Scotland
The promotion of walking as a form of exercise holds considerable potential, both in terms of health benefits and its wide appeal to inactive groups. This paper presents the results of the evaluation of a national mass media walking campaign in Scotland which involved a 40 s television advertisement and a telephone helpline. The target population consisted of people aged 30–55 who are not regular exercisers. The campaign impact was assessed in te…
An Evaluation Framework for Health Promotion
There is increasing demand for evaluation work funded by public agencies to become more focused on demonstrating effectiveness. Focusing evaluation on outcomes and effectiveness meets the information needs of strategic planners and policy makers, but other stakeholders involved in managing, delivering or using public services and programmes may use other assessment criteria, such as improving the quality of programmes or programme design. The nec…
Evidence, policy and practice
English While many of the drivers for evidence-based policy and practice are UK wide, there are some distinctive features of the policy and practice contexts in Scotland that have shaped the way in which evidence-based implementation is being forged. Within the field of health improvement policy and practice in Scotland, this paper focuses on what Nutley (2003) refers to as one of the prerequisites of evidence based policy and practice – the deve…
Applications of contribution analysis to outcome planning and impact evaluation
Contribution analysis is a structured approach to theory-based impact evaluation originally developed in Canada in the context of Results-Based Management (RBM) although there have been few examples of contribution analysis in practice since Mayne’s original paper (2001). We argue that contribution analysis adds value to other theory-based evaluation approaches by providing a more structured and rigorous approach to participatory evaluation plann…
Six steps in quality intervention development (6SQuID)
Improving the effectiveness of public health interventions relies as much on the attention paid to their design and feasibility as to their evaluation. Yet, compared to the vast literature on how to evaluate interventions, there is little to guide researchers or practitioners on how best to develop such interventions in practical, logical, evidence based ways to maximise likely effectiveness. Existing models for the development of public health i…
Political science (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Nursing (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Public health (4 works) · Public relations (4 works) · Context (archaeology (3 works) · Engineering (3 works)