Program Evaluation for Exercise Leaders - Softcover

This manual guides exercise leaders step-by-step through evaluation in areas such as project planning and data collection, analysis and interpretation. It presents concepts in non-technical language and focuses on a practical application of evaluation techniques. There are nine scenarios that illustrate the usefulness of evaluation for different programmes with diverse clientele, a 12-step guide for conducting focus groups, 17 worksheets and prototypes developed specifically for collecting and assessing data for exercise programmes.

Anita Myers, PhD, is the Associate Chair of the Department of Health Studies and Gerontology at the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario. She also is an Adjunct Professor in the School of Kinesiology at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario. She works closely with the Canadian Centre for Activity and Aging located at the University of Western Ontario in developing and evaluating leadership training and program delivery models. Myers has also worked with rehabilitation specialists evaluating programs for injured workers and self-management programs for persons with chronic illness. She has directed program evaluations from the grassroots to the national level. Although specializing in exercise programming, she has also conducted broader evaluations of worksite health promotion programs. She has published numerous articles, including several outcome measures. Myers currently serves on the editorial boards of the Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation and the Journal of Aging and Physical Activity. She is also on the research advisory committee of the Active Living Coalition for Older Adults. She served as Chair of Professional Development and Vice President of the Canadian Evaluation Society between 1993 and 1997. In 1997, she received the Contribution to Evaluation in Canada award. She regularly teaches courses in program evaluation at the undergraduate and graduate levels and had delivered over 30 workshops and in-service training seminars on program evaluation to health professions, including exercise leaders and rehabilitation therapists.