title: [Trends in graduate courses on the evaluation of public food and nutrition programs in Brazil, 1980-2004].
abstract: In recent years, public policy evaluation in Brazil has become a strategic tool for improving the performance of public action, capable of contributing effectively to social welfare. Despite this recognition, evaluative practice has still not been incorporated into the programs' "life cycle", especially in the social area. Programs that lack significant evaluative practice include those related to food and nutrition. This article thus aimed to characterize the field of evaluation of public food and nutrition interventions in graduate studies programs in Brazil. The study focused primarily on theses and dissertations from 1980 to 2004, converging on the functioning of interventions with a predominance of documental research and case studies. Analytically, the principal thematic categories in these theses and dissertations have shifted from a more biological focus to the socio-political dimension.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Ciências de Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rocôncavo Baiano, Travessa do Areal 231, Santo Antônio de Jesus, BA 44573, Brazil. flavia_csh@yahoo.com.br
authors.forename: Flávia Conceição dos Santos
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Henrique
authors.forename: Pedro Israel Cabral
authors.initials: PI
authors.lastname: Lira
authors.forename: Sandra Maria Chaves dos
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: Sonia Lucia Lucena Sousa de
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Andrade
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D004500:Education, Graduate / Q000639:trends*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005522:Food Services / Q000592:standards*; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D009313:National Health Programs; D018673:Nutrition Policy; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011640:Public Policy
vernacular_title: Tendência do campo de avaliação de intervenções públicas de alimentação e nutrição em programas de pós-graduação no Brasil: 1980-2004.