title: Evaluation of the implementation of a socio-educational program with immigrant families: a case study.
abstract: There exist an increasing number of studies that demonstrate the necessity to evaluate the processes which characterize a program and guarantee its implementation and evaluation. This paper deals with the implementation of a program designed to improve the acculturation of immigrant families in Spain (EU). Implementation followed a process that has proved successful in other settings, but is being applied here for the first time. Qualitative and quantitative measures are employed to assess each stage of implementation, with a particular emphasis on fidelity to program design. The intent was to guide effective revision of the program, and to establish it in a form that can be implemented on a larger scale.
authors.affiliation: School of Education, University of Santiago de Compostela, Campus Universitario Sur, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain. miguelangel.santos@usc.es
authors.forename: Miguel Angel Santos
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Rego
authors.forename: Agustín Godás
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Otero
authors.forename: M del Mar Lorenzo
authors.initials: Mdel M
authors.lastname: Moledo
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000349:Africa / Q000208:ethnology; D002648:Child; D019058:Community Networks; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology; D005190:Family / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007843:Latin America / Q000208:ethnology; D016730:Program Development / Q000379:methods; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000379:methods; D012574:Schools; D012931:Social Environment; D012944:Social Support; D013030:Spain