Kit Van Stelle
Researcher

Kit R. Van Stelle has been conducting applied evaluation research since 1985, and was part of the Center for Health Policy and Program Evaluation from 1989 until its integration into the Institute in 2004. She has provided technical assistance and conducted evaluation research with a wide variety of partners including Native American Indian tribes, the Wisconsin Department of Corrections, the Wisconsin Department of Health and Human Services, school districts, and private health care providers. These projects have included process evaluations to assist with program development and improvement, as well as outcome evaluations to investigate the effectiveness of educational, pregnancy prevention, substance abuse prevention, and substance abuse treatment programs.

Publications:

• Kit R. Van Stelle. "Annual 2007 Evaluation Report for the Wisconsin Treatment Alternatives and Diversion (TAD) Program". University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute Report, February 2008. Executive Summary. One-page Summary. Full report available on request
• Kit R. Van Stelle. "WI Department of Corrections Earned Release Program Evaluation Report." University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute Reports, February and December 2007.
• Kit R. Van Stelle. "Sawyer County First Step Drug Court Initial Evaluation Report." University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute Report, September 2007. (Executive Summary)
• Van Stelle, Kit R. and D. Paul Moberg. "Outcome Evaluation of the MICA Program: Summary of Seven Years of Program Participants." University of WI Population Health Institute publication, August 2005. (Executive Summary)
• Van Stelle, Kit R., D. Paul Moberg, and Tim Welnetz. "Specialized Training and Employment Program: Outcome Evaluation Report." University of WI Center for Health Policy and Program Evaluation publication, June 1998.
• Van Stelle, Kit R., Eva Petoskey, and Lynne Basina. "Red Cliff Anishinaabek Juvenile Justice Study Final Report." University of WI Center for Health Policy and Program Evaluation publication, April 2004.
• Van Stelle, Kit R., Craig Blumer, and D. Paul Moberg. "Treatment Retention of Dually Diagnosed Offenders In An Institutional Therapeutic Community." Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 22:585-597. 2004
• Van Stelle, Kit R. and D. Paul Moberg. "Outcome Data for MICA Clients After Participation in an Institutional Therapeutic Community." Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, Vol. 39 (1). 2004
• Van Stelle, Kit R. and D. Paul Moberg. "Outcome Evaluation of the Women in Need of Substance Abuse Treatment (WINSAT) Program: Preliminary Outcome Findings." University of Wisconsin Center for Health Policy and Program Evaluation publication, June 2003.
• Van Stelle, Kit R. and D. Paul Moberg. "Outcome Evaluation of the Mental Illness - Chemical Abuse (MICA) Program: Summary of Four Years of Program Participants." University of Wisconsin Center for Health Policy and Program Evaluation publication, June 2002.
• Van Stelle, Kit R. and D. Paul Moberg. "Process Evaluation of the WI Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Program for Female Prisoners: The Women in Need of Substance Abuse Treatment (WINSAT) Program." University of Wisconsin Center for Health Policy and Program Evaluation publication, April 2000.
• Petoskey, Eva, and Kit R. Van Stelle. "Prevention Through Empowerment in a Native American Community." In Substance Abuse Prevention in Multicultural Communities edited by Jeanette Valentine, Judith DeJong, and Nancy Kennedy. The Haworth Press, Binghamton, New York. 1998
• Van Stelle, Kit R., Glory A. Allen, and D. Paul Moberg. "Alcohol and Drug Prevention Among American Indian Families:  The Family Circles Program." In Substance Abuse Prevention in Multicultural Communities edited by Jeanette Valentine, Judith DeJong, and Nancy Kennedy. The Haworth Press, Binghamton, New York. 1998
• Van Stelle, Kit R. and Michael Quirke. "Monitoring Client Outcomes." Center for Health Policy and Program Evaluation publication. Madison: University of Wisconsin. 1995
• Van Stelle, Kit R., Elizabeth Mauser, and D. Paul Moberg. "Recidivism to the Criminal Justice System of Substance-Abusing Offenders Diverted into Treatment." Crime and Delinquency, Vol. 40, No. 2, April 1994, 175-196.
• Mauser, Elizabeth, Kit R. Van Stelle, and D. Paul Moberg. "The Economic Impact of Diverting Substance-Abusing Offenders into Treatment." Crime and Delinquency, Vol. 40, No. 4, October 1994, 568-588.
• Van Stelle, Kit R., Elizabeth Mauser, and D. Paul Moberg. "Evaluation of Wisconsin's Treatment Alternative Programs (TAP)." Center for Health Policy and Program Evaluation Policy Paper 93-4. Madison: University of Wisconsin. 1993

Contact Information:

Kit Van Stelle
University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
5901 Research Park Blvd.
Madison, WI 53791-1244

Email: krvanste@wisc.edu