Volume 50, Number 1 (2012)
Feature Articles
Leveraging Partnerships to Achieve High Impact: Lessons from Wildlife Field Days
Holly K. Ober, William M. Giulano, William Sheftall, and RJ Byrne
Small and Home-Based Businesses: Measures of Success and the Contribution of Local Development Services
Lara Brooks, Brian Whitacre, Dave Shideler, and Glenn Muske
The Nature and Extent of Conflict Among Volunteer Leaders in the 4-H Horse Project: Implications for Effective Program Management
Mary E. Arnold and Brooke D. Nott
The Impact of the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) on Two State Cooperative Extension Systems
Sarah Baughman, Heather H. Boyd, and Kathleen D. Kelsey
Assessing Program Implementation: What It Is, Why It's Important, and How to Do It
Mat D. Duerden and Peter A. Witt
The Forgotten Half of Program Evaluation: A Focus on the Translation of Rating Scales for Use with Hispanic Populations
Shannon J. Dogan, Stephanie L. Sitnick, and Lenna L. Ontai
Using a Training Video to Improve Agricultural Workers' Knowledge of On-Farm Food Safety
Lisa Mathiasen, Katija Morley, Benjamin Chapman, and Douglas Powell
My Community, My Voice: Rural Older Adults Speak Through Photography
Laura Stephenseon
Using Interesting Text to Communicate Complex Natural Resources Issues
Annie Oxarart and Martha C. Monroe
Testing Age-Paced Parenting Newsletters Up to Age 3: Greater Impact on First-Time Parents
Carol S. Ostergren and David A. Riley
Research in Brief
Leadership Advisory Boards in Texas: Their Perceived Ability and Utilization as the Visioning Body for Program Development
Jeff Ripley, Scott R. Cummings, and Landry Lockett
Volunteer Management Needs Assessment of the Tennessee 4-H Program
Robbie B. Casteel
The Development of a Food Safety Brochure for Families: The Use of Formative Evaluation and Plain Language Strategies
Christina Perry, Julie Albrecht, Ruth Litchfield, and Rebecca L. Meysenburg
Assessment of Native Languages for Food Safety Training Programs for Meat Industry Employees
Sherrlyn S. Olsen, Joseph C. Cordray, Stephen Sapp, and Joseph G. Sebranek
Formative Assessment of Assistance Needed with Grocery Shopping and Preparing Food Among Rural Community-Dwelling Older Adults
Janice R. Hermann, Whitney A. Brosi, Ja.n H. Johnston, and Linda Jaco
Demographic Factors Influence Environmental Values: A Lawn-Care Survey of Homeowners in New Jersey
Salvatore S. Mangiafico, Christopher C. Obropta, and Elaine Rossi-Griffin
Engendering Behavior Change Through Single-Session Workshops: Lessons Learned from Extension's Private Well Initiative
Alyson McCann and Arthur J. Gold
Evaluating Continuing Education Needs and Program Effectiveness Using a Survey of Virginia's SHARP Logger Program Participants
Scott M. Barnett, M Chad Bolding, and John F. Munsel
The Effects of the Wildlife Habitat Evaluation Program on Targeted Life Skills
Kevin Allen and R Dwayne Elmore
Ideas at Work
Adapting Extension Food Safety Programming for Vegetable Growers to Accommodate Differences in Ethnicity, Farming Scale, and Other Individual Factors
Terence R. Kline, Harold Kneen, Andy Kleinschmidt, Eric Barrett, and Doug Doohan
EFNEP Reaches Refugee Youth Using a Mobile Van
Linda S. Gossett
Extension's Role in Developing a Farmers' Market
David Civittolo
Text to Speech: A 4-H Model of Accessibility and Inclusion
Jeremy W. Green
Adapting Annie's Project in Maryland: Findings and Results
Shannon Dill and Jennifer Rhodes
Tools of the Trade
On Reviewing and Writing a Scholarly Article
Jerry :. Bettis Sr
Entrepreneurial Checklist Tool for Beginning Farm and Home-Based Businesses
AR Rafie and Theresa Nartea
Program Planning with Problem Mapping to Better Understand Need
Leslie A. Forstadt and Brian Doore
Creating New Program Opportunities with Specialized Staff
Brian McNeil, Patrick Jirik, Joe Coureneya, and Bradley Rugg
Participatory Action Research: A Useful Tool for Exploring Work-Life Balance Issues
Aileen M. Fortune, Jennifer Brown, Deb Burwell, and Eileen Conlon
Performance-Based Evaluation of a Beef Cattle Retained Ownership Extension Program
Jane A. Parish and Trent Smith
Diabetes Awareness of Low-Income Middle School Students Participating in the Help a Friend, Help Yourself Youth Diabetes Awareness Education Program
Kathryn Wroten, Elizabeth S. Reames, and Georgiana Tuuri
Successful Statewide Walking Program Websites
Bianca Maria Terrain and Nobuko Hongu
Commentary
Keys to Successful Programming: Incentives in Multi-Institutional Partnerships
James Pritchett, Joan Fulton, and Susan Hine