title: Programming for survival: a meeting system that survives 8 years later.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Development and Family Life, University of Kansas.
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Welsh
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Altus
mesh_terms: 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