Volume
33
Issue
1
Abstract
State specialists collaborated in Colorado and North Dakota to determine which educational programs work best with whom. They developed, delivered, and evaluated five different educational programs with 13 different audiences. They used the new Cooperative Extension Program Evaluation survey (CEPES) which provides program results on behavioral changes, tax dollars support, family coping, quality of life, self-esteem, stress, and depression levels. All programs resulted in positive behavioral changes and tax dollar support. Only one program provided higher-level positive family functioning improvements. Participants reported significant increases in self-esteem levels and positive changes on four other variables. The results suggest which program worked best and provide evidence for the use of CEPES by other Extension professionals.
Recommended Citation
Fetsch, R. J., & Gebeke, D. (1995). Colorado and North Dakota Strengthening Marriage and Family Programs Increase Positive Family Functioning Levels. The Journal of Extension, 33(1), Article 7. https://open.clemson.edu/joe/vol33/iss1/7
