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Systems Week: Susan Wolfe on Adding an Ecological Perspective to Evaluation

Leave a Comment / Systems in Evaluation / October 12, 2010 October 5, 2010

My name is Susan Wolfe and I am the owner of Susan Wolfe and Associates, LLC, an independent consulting firm that applies Community Psychology principles to strengthening organizations and communities. Our services include program evaluation. We have found an ecological perspective useful for thinking through evaluation designs and analyzing the results. One ecological framework I …

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Kimberly Kay Lopez on Getting Creative With the Data You Collect and Use for Evaluations!

Hello, I am Kimberly Kay Lopez, I have a community-based evaluation and research practice based in Houston, Texas. My work is concentrated in participatory evaluation methods used for the evaluation of youth programs and services. Hot Tip: Using Photovoice in an Empowerment Evaluation: When working with youth, I have used the Empowerment Evaluation model many …

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Jim Burdine on Presenting Community Assessment Data to its Community – What to Present

2 Comments / Behavioral Health, Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation, Health Evaluation / July 8, 2010 July 27, 2010

I’m Jim Burdine, Assistant Dean for Public Health Practice and Co-PI/Director of a Prevention Research Center at the School of Rural Public Health, Texas A&M. Over the last 30 years I’ve used community health status assessment as both a community organizing tool and intervention planning tool. In more than 200 different communities (including multiple iterations …

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Hazel Atuel on Community Competency

Leave a Comment / Health Evaluation / June 16, 2010 June 8, 2010

Hi! My name is Hazel Atuel and I am the Research Program Director at the Comprehensive San Diego State University/UC San Diego Cancer Center Partnership. Today I will be sharing some hot tips and rad resources on community competency. I am grateful to Dr. Bob Robinson, Associate Director for Health Equity of the Office on …

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Laura Myerchin Sklaroff on Community Based Participatory Research

3 Comments / Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation / March 26, 2010 April 28, 2010

My name is Laura Myerchin Sklaroff and I am a Project Manager, Researcher, and Evaluator with Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, Clinical Resource Management (LAC DHS CRM). My focus is on health care quality improvement for low income and underrepresented populations; prior to LAC DHS CRM I coordinated the nationally recognized practice-based research …

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