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Humberto Reynoso-Vallejo on Multicultural Processes in Evaluation

I am Humberto Reynoso-Vallejo a Director for Program Evaluation with the Center for Health Policy and Research at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Conducting evaluation entails the incorporation of multicultural features of individuals and/or organizations into the process of data collection and analysis. These multicultural features are socially constructed and are translated into layers …

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SWB Week: Jim Cochran on Statistics Without Borders Statistical Capacity Building Efforts

Leave a Comment / Disabilities and Underrepresented Populations, Health Evaluation, International and Cross-cultural Evaluation / July 27, 2012 July 12, 2012

Hi! I am Jim Cochran, co-founder and the Past Chair of Statistics Without Borders (SWB). SWB’s vision is to achieve better statistical practice, including statistical analysis and design of experiments and surveys, so that international health projects and initiatives are delivered more effectively and efficiently. Lessons Learned: Cultural competence is crucial. As Dominica McBride blogged …

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SWB Week: Cindy Weng, Chris Barker, and Larry George on Survival Analysis using Current Status Data

Leave a Comment / International and Cross-cultural Evaluation, Quantitative Methods: Theory and Design / July 26, 2012 July 12, 2012

Greetings, I am Cindy Weng, a bio-statistician II employed at Pediatrics Research Enterprise at Department of Pediatrics at the University of Utah. This post was written together with my colleagues Chris Barker, SWB project manager and Larry George, statistician at Problem Solving Tools. I learned about this methodology through a project assigned by ASA Statistics …

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SWB Week: Mark Griffin on Preparing to Work in a Developing Country

1 Comment / Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation, International and Cross-cultural Evaluation / July 25, 2012 July 12, 2012

Greetings I am Mark Griffin. At the time of writing this article I am fortunate enough to be in the middle of a world trip. Key events of my trip: last week I was in Fiji chairing the Pacific Conference for Statistics and Information Systems, my third trip to Fiji, with a rapidly developing workshop …

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SWB Week: Mary Gray on the Rwandan Prison Survey

Leave a Comment / International and Cross-cultural Evaluation / July 24, 2012 July 9, 2012

Greetings I am Mary Gray from the American University in Washington, D.C. and a member of Statistics Without Borders. Recently, I was involved in surveying Rwandan prisoners. Lessons Learned: Sample the appropriate stakeholders. Two years after the genocide that killed 800,000 Rwandans, primarily Tutsis, there were 80,00-90,000 imprisoned in a country of a few million …

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SWB Week: David Fitch on Efficiency in the Evaluation of Experimental Village Health Programs

1 Comment / Health Evaluation, International and Cross-cultural Evaluation / July 23, 2012 July 8, 2012

Greetings, I am David J. Fitch, IDIES, Universidad Rafael Landívar, Guatemala and a member of SWB. Learning Lessons: UNICEF estimates Cuban and US infant mortality (IM) rates are 6 and 8 per 1,000 live births, showing a better record for a very poor country than a very rich country. Other poor countries and countries giving …

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SWB Week: Gary Shapiro on Volunteering for Statistics Without Borders

1 Comment / Health Evaluation, International and Cross-cultural Evaluation / July 22, 2012 July 12, 2012

Greetings, I am Gary Shapiro, co-founder and current Chair of Statistics Without Borders (SWB). Recently, we started collaborating with the American Evaluation Association. This week aea365 will feature knowledge and resources from SWB members appropriate for professional evaluators. Tips: What is SWB? SWB is an all-volunteer outreach group of the American Statistical Association. The group …

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CC Week: Dominica McBride on Integrating Cultural Competence into Everyday Practice, Part 2: Cultural Competence through Self-awareness and Reflection

6 Comments / Data Visualization and Reporting, Indigenous Peoples in Evaluation, International and Cross-cultural Evaluation, Multiethnic Issues in Evaluation / July 6, 2012 May 27, 2013

Hi, I’m Dominica McBride, President of The HELP Institute, Inc. and a member of the AEA Public Statement on Cultural Competence in Evaluation Dissemination Working Group. I also have my PhD in Counseling Psychology and have provided psychotherapy. This tip focuses on the affective and psychological side of cultural competence in everyday evaluation practice. Culturally …

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CC Week: Jori Hall on Integrating Cultural Competence into Everyday Practice, Part 1

2 Comments / Disabilities and Underrepresented Populations, Indigenous Peoples in Evaluation, International and Cross-cultural Evaluation / July 5, 2012 May 27, 2013

Hello, I’m Jori Hall, assistant professor at the University of Georgia and a member of the AEA Public Statement on Cultural Competence in Evaluation Dissemination Working Group. This tip is focused on integrating cultural competence into everyday practice through values-engagement. Tips: As suggested in the AEA Public Statement on Cultural Competence in Evaluation, all evaluation …

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CC Week: Karen Anderson on Integrating Cultural Competency into Organizations

1 Comment / Disabilities and Underrepresented Populations, Indigenous Peoples in Evaluation, International and Cross-cultural Evaluation, Organizational Learning and Evaluation Capacity Building / July 4, 2012 May 27, 2013

I’m Karen Anderson, AEA’s Diversity Coordinator Intern, and in this role I support AEA’s diversity programs, TIGs, and the AEA Public Statement on Cultural Competence in Evaluation Dissemination Working Group. The baton has been passed from the Cultural Competence in Evaluation Task Force, the Statement developers, to the Cultural Competence in Evaluation Dissemination Working Group …

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