Holosko M J
School of Social Work, University of Windsor, ON.
J Health Soc Policy. 1996;8(1):91-101. doi: 10.1300/J045v08n01_08.
This article presents a number of obstacles to conducting program evaluations which include: the "word" evaluation itself, the politics of evaluation, inadequate resources, the tendency of organizations to resist change, and a lack of understanding of the context of program evaluations. Underpinning these obstacles is the longstanding definitional dilemma between program evaluation and social science research. Although the article's implications are directed toward public health evaluators, they are generalizable to other evaluators in other disciplines. These obstacles highlight the fact that a major role of any evaluator is to confront and negotiate successfully around them.
本文提出了开展项目评估时面临的一些障碍，其中包括：“评估”这个词本身、评估的政治因素、资源不足、组织抵制变革的倾向以及对项目评估背景缺乏理解。这些障碍的背后是项目评估与社会科学研究之间长期存在的定义困境。尽管本文的观点是针对公共卫生评估人员的，但它们也适用于其他学科的评估人员。这些障碍凸显了一个事实，即任何评估人员的主要职责之一就是成功应对并协商解决这些障碍。
