title: Evaluating outcomes in a substance abuse training program for Southeast Asian human service workers: problems in measuring change cross-culturally.
abstract: The following article describes the evaluation challenges faced in a cross-cultural substance abuse training program. Non-Southeast Asian instructors designed and taught courses for Cambodian and Vietnamese human service workers over a two-year period. Although cultural considerations were a central focus in the design of the program, instructors underestimated the difficulty of modifying standard questionnaires for use with Southeast Asian participants. As a consequence, the formal evaluation process had limited benefit but several insights were gleaned through alternative evaluation methods.
authors.affiliation: Boston University School of Social Work, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Amodeo
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Robb
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D004496:Education, Continuing; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000379:methods*; D012947:Social Work / Q000193:education*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014481:United States