Writing in reader-friendly, accessible language, Issel (public health, University of Illinois-Chicago) walks advanced students and professionals in health disciplines through the process of developing, implementing, and evaluating community health promotion programs. The aim of the book is to assist health professionals to become not only competent health program planners and evaluators, but also savvy consumers of evaluation reports and prudent users of evaluation consultants. Because most graduate health programs require courses in research methods and statistics, this book avoids duplicating that content. For this second edition, three new chapters have been added, on defining potential problems in health programs, program quality, and sampling and data collection for assessment and evaluation. The book contains updated examples of programs and evaluations drawn from the published scientific health literature, reflecting major changes in the field. The readership for the book includes health administrators, medical social workers, public health professionals, physicians, and nurses. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)