Programming for survival: a meeting system that survives 8 years later.
Effective and useful interventions often deteriorate when researchers withdraw their direct supervision. We tested the survival of an intervention designed to produce effective weekly meetings in a student housing cooperative without direct researcher supervision. Chairperson performance, proposals completed per hour, and ratings of chairperson performance all increased when resident staff used a training manual, prompting checklist, and performance reviews. Eight years of follow-up revealed continuing high levels of meeting effectiveness. This study demonstrates a methodology for the direct observation and experimental analysis of intervention survival.
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Department of Human Development and Family Life, University of Kansas.
Miller
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Altus
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D000328:Adult; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D004493:Education / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012015:Reference Standards; D015203:Reproducibility of Results