Impact on public policy and contributions to the literature

• In Event: Twenty Years of Evaluating the G.R.E.A.T. Program: A retrospective assessment of two prospective studies

Abstract

Unlike the experiences of most evaluators, when we reported null findings to the G.R.E.A.T. management, the reaction was not critical but accepting. Specifically, they asked, if it’s not working, what do we need to do to make it work? This question led to a review and revision of the program. This presentation addresses the resulting changes to the program as well as other program impacts.

Authors

• Adrienne Freng, University of Wyoming

• Dana Peterson, University at Albany, SUNY

• L. Thomas Winfree, Jr., Arizona State University

• Christopher Melde, Michigan State University

• Finn-Aage Esbensen, University of Missouri - St. Louis