4.3 Review of Articles

Articles were reviewed to determine their suitability for the bibliography. Articles were included if they were considered to be a "good example" of an application of an appropriate evaluation method, or if they presented a discussion of appropriate evaluation methods, or if they were comprehensive meta-analyses of evaluations which had been carried out. Although many of the papers deal specifically with the area of injury prevention, the literature review was not restricted to this area only, as there are relevant examples of appropriate evaluation methods from other fields. Papers which were included in the bibliography were classified according to the four dimensions which appear in Section 4.2 below. If a paper has not been included in the bibliography it does not mean that it was an inappropriate article, as it could be that there are a significant number of papers not gathered by the review process. However, those papers referred to here are a sufficient basis on which to address the terms of reference of the brief provided.

The articles were reviewed by two reviewers with backgrounds in the social sciences and program evaluation, and referred to the Client (NISU) representative for a third opinion or advice on technicalities of the injury prevention literature, where necessary.