@article{24076, keywords = {Program evaluation, Monitoring, Literature, leprosy, Evaluation, Brazil}, author = {Couto I and Andrade M and Flach D}, title = {[Leprosy and evaluation of health programs : integrative review of literature]}, abstract = {ABSTRACT Objective: To investigate Brazilian publications on leprosy program evaluations from the components: inputs, processes, results and impact. Methods: Consultation in the LILACS database of the Virtual Health Library on the keywords "leprosy", "evaluation". Inclusion Criteria: Publications from 2001 to 2008, in Portuguese and descriptor "leprosy." Results: 27 approaches for components of input, process, outcome and impact studies in August of this review. The process component prevailed with 41%. Of all approaches and inputs and outputs were performed in 26% and 22% respectively and the impact component with the lowest percentage approaches 11%. Conclusion: The evaluation must be present throughout the process of implementing a particular program. Descriptors: Leprosy, Program evaluation, Monitoring, Evaluation.}, year = {2013}, url = {http://scholar.google.nl/scholar_url?hl=nl&q=http://www.seer.unirio.br/index.php/cuidadofundamental/article/download/1419/2179&sa=X&scisig=AAGBfm3t7REh7qTVrSqLI6z_RZA2Qg7bWg&oi=scholaralrt}, doi = {10.9789/2175-5361.2013v5n1p3478}, language = {eng, por, spa}, }