You are hired as an external evaluator for a new, innovative…
You are hired as an external evaluator for a new, innovative therapeutic program for alzheimer’s patients that has not yet been empirically tested. The program director tells you that five staff members will lose their jobs if the evaluation does not show the intervention to be effective, and that the caregivers will be so angry, they will never seek services at their agency again. You analyze the results and find that symptoms did not improve after participating in the new program. What is the most ethical course of action?
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You run an alcohol abuse prevention education for older adults. You are asked to complete an evaluation of the program because recently some community members asked the county to not fund this program because they had read previous studies about the DARE program and said these programs do not work. You believe the program is meeting its goals and want to show that it is a good use of public funds. This is an example of which reason to evaluate programs?
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