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Part one -- Key ideas in Program Theory Chapter 1: The essence of program theory -- Evaluation without program theory -- Evaluation with program theory -- Summary -- Exercises Chapter 2: Variations of program theory over time -- A short history of program theory -- Terminology in program theory -- Key ideas in program theory -- Summary -- Exercises Chapter 3: Common myths and traps -- Some common myths -- Traps to avoid when developing and using -- Program theory -- Summary -- Exercises Part Two -- Assessing your circumstances Chapter 4: Scoping intended uses -- Why intended use matters -- Using program theory -- Summary -- Exercises Chapter 5: The nature of the situation and the intervention -- Simple, complicated, and complex -- Focus -- Governance -- Consistency -- Necessariness -- Sufficiency -- Change trajectory -- Summary -- Exercises Part Three -- Developing and Representing Program Theory Chapter 6: Processes to identify or develop s program theory -- Process options for developing program theory -- Decision 1: Who should be involved theory, and how? -- Decision 2: What is an appropriate mix of approaches for developing or eliciting the program theory? -- Decision 3: How might workshops and interviews be used in developing program theory -- Decision 4: As Challenges arise, how should they be addressed? -- Decision 5: How much time and resources should be invested in developing or identifuing a program theory -- Decision 6: When is it time to revisit -- Summary -- Exercises Chapter 7: Developing a theory of change -- Features of a theory of change -- Situation analysis: understanding the problem, Its causes, and Its consequences -- Focusing and scoping, Outcomes chain -- Summary -- Exercises Chapter 8: Developing a theory of action -- Preparing the theory of action -- Success criteria for a theory od change -- Assumptions about factors that affect successful Achievement of outcomes -- How to identify factors that are likely to affect outcomes -- Identifying what the program does -- Pulling the theory of change and the theory of action together in a matrix -- Summary -- Exercises Chapter 9: Representing program theory -- Options for representation -- Representing complicated program theory -- Representing complex program theory -- What makes a good representation of program theory -- Should logic models include SMART measures? -- Summary -- Exercises Chapter 10: Critiquing program theory -- Criteria for Assessing internal validity -- Criteria for external validation -- Engaging stakeholders in the review -- Responding to the results of a review od a program theory -- Summary -- Exercises Part Four -- Resources for Developing Program Theory Chapter 11: Some research-based theories of change -- Theory of reasoned action and theory of planned behavior -- Stages of change theory -- Empowerment theory -- Diffussion theory -- Socioecological theory -- Network theory -- Selecting and using theories of change -- Summary -- Exercises Chapter 12: Some common program archetypes -- Some important program archetypes -- Advisory, information, and education program archetype -- Carrots and sticks program archetype -- Case management programs program archetype -- Community capacitu-building program archetype -- Product or direct service delivery program archetype -- Deciding which program archetype applies to a program -- Summary -- Exercises Chapter 13: Logic models resources -- Pipeline logic models -- Variations of outcomes chain logic models -- Technology for representing program theory -- Summary -- Exercises Part Five -- Using Program for monitoring and Evaluation Chapter 14: Developing a monitoring and evaluation plan -- Using program theory for performance monitoring -- Making choices about what to measure within the program theory -- Including comparisons as part of the performance information system -- Using program theory to plan an evaluation -- Considerations when using program theory to design ecaluations of complicated and complex programs -- Summary -- Exercises Chapter 15: Causal inference -- The need to be scientific and pragmatic -- A framework for casual analyis using program theory -- Congruence -- Counterfactual comparisons -- Critical review -- Summary -- Exercises Chapter 16: Synthesis and reporting -- Synthesis and reporting for a single evaluation -- Synthesis and reporting across evaluations -- Summary -- Exercises