Issel (public health, U. of Illinois at Chicago) assists graduate students and professionals like health administrators, medical social workers, nurses, nutritionists, pharmacists, public health professionals, physical and occupational therapists, and physicians in developing, implementing, and evaluating community health promotion programs. She incorporates the public health pyramid, a conceptual model of program planning and evaluation, and role modeling of evidence-based practice as she discusses the context of health programs and evaluations, including definitions of health, the historical context, the community, and the role of community members; the role of diversity and cultural competence in planning and evaluation and its effects on delivery and evaluation; defining the health problem, including planning systems and conducting a community needs assessment; planning, program theory, and developing goals and objectives; implementation, fiscal data systems, evaluating outputs, and program quality and fidelity; methods for effect evaluations; and using evaluation results in making decisions. This edition has updated examples; a new chapter on fiscal issues and programmatic tracking; and new topics, such as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, information systems and web-based technology, and global health planning and evaluation. Terminology has been modified to be consistent with that used in theory testing and statistical analyses. A companion website contains crosswords, flashcards, a glossary, chapter quizzes, and matching questions. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)