are you still there? evaluating a cbpr project’s effort at capacity building
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Are you still there? Evaluating a CBPR project’s effort at capacity building. Lori M. Nascimento, MPH and LaVonna B. Lewis, Ph.D., MPH University of Southern California, Department of Family Medicine, Division of Community Health - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Are you still there? Evaluating a CBPR project’s effort at capacity building
Lori M. Nascimento, MPH and LaVonna B. Lewis, Ph.D., MPHUniversity of Southern California, Department of Family Medicine, Division of Community Health
Part of the REACH 2010 – African Americans Building a Legacy of Health Coalition, Funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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Background AABLH purpose and focus Project timeline: 1999 – 2004 REACH 2010 overarching aims Three strategic directions
Education and prevention Economic parity and resource development Policy change
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Background (continued) Goal: capacity building
Providing resources and training Involvement with development and
implementation of project Assisting with sustainability Improving skills
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Purpose of Capacity Building Study Identify coalition members and organizations Understand level and type of participation Recognize influence of project on
organizational structure and policies Provide useful information to project
regarding outreach and program suggestions
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Content of presentation METHODS FINDINGS
Demographics Participation with AABLH Organizational change Outreach
CONCLUSIONS
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Methods Administered telephone survey with unique
instrument Sample derived from AABLH database
All event attendees from inception – 12/2002 Organizations (N=81) and individuals (N=138)
located in target areas Data collection took place from July – October
2003 43% response rate among organizations
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Methods – Survey Instrument Design to capture individual and
organizational level data 40 main questions with many sub-questions Sections included: level and type of
participation, change after involvement with project, effectiveness of project, relationship to project, outreach and organizational characteristics
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Findings – Demographics of organizational respondents 80% African American High level of education Middle to High income Organizational focus: health, education,
community/family Organizations are small, with target population
similar to that of AABLH project 23% of those surveyed reported having a formal
agreement with AABLH
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Findings – Participation in EventsPercentage of respondents who attended the
following AABLH events:
26%29%
49%
31% 31%17%
31%40% 37%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
n=35
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Findings – Level of ParticipationHave you conducted any lecture, presentation, or
seminars for any AABLH event?
No80%
Yes20%
Have you attended any of AABLH sponsored trainings or seminars?
No71%
Yes29%
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Findings – Level of ParticipationHave you been involved in any of the following
advisory groups for AABLH?
20% 17%11% 9% 9%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Education &Prevention
Steering Policy EconomicParity
Consortium
n=35
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Findings – Level of Participation Type of participation in the advisory groups
was largely “attendance only”, followed by some who reported being the “organizational representative”
No respondents reported to have “led sessions”, “conducted surveys”, or provided “administrative support”
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Findings – Organizational ChangeHow has your involvement with AABLH helped/deterred your organization in
accomplishing its goals and objectives?
No Effect 26%
Helped 74%
n=35
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Findings – Organizational Change Most responses cite “received information or
education” as how AABLH helped their organization
Other responses included “networking”, “awareness”, and [provided] “resources”
These responses were similar to those found when asking about helping the respondent’s personal goals and objectives
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Findings – Organizational ChangeHave you seen any changes in your organization
since your involvement with AABLH?
Yes43%
No49%
Don't know8%
n=35
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Findings – Organizational ChangeChange in organization's knowledge after
involvement with AABLH
18%15% 18%3% 3%
44%50%
41%
0%20%40%60%80%
100%
HeartDisease
Diabetes Healthy Food FormalPresentat.
Reported level of "expert"
Before
After
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Findings - Outreach Overall, respondents reported that AABLH was
doing a good job in seeking out community residents Most respondents also reported that AABLH is
doing a good job of seeking out community organizations as partners
Among organizational respondents, the average number of AABLH participants per organization ranges from 1-50 with an average of 10
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Findings - OutreachEffectiveness of AABLH to provide health
information in your community
Somew hat effective
31%
Very effective49%
Not at all effective
6%
Don't know14%
n=35
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Findings - OutreachEffectiveness of AABLH in exchanging health
information between community based organizations
Very effective48%
Somewhat effective
26%
Not at all effective
6%
Don't know20%
n=35
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Findings - OutreachWhat is the most effective outreach methods your
organization has used?
15
4
1
13
78
4 3
0
5
10
15
20
n=35
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Conclusion Useful, but not perfect tool Small sample size gives us mostly qualitative
findings Overall results were positive, but keep non-
respondents in mind (outreach issues) Part of a larger effort at capacity building and
evaluation
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Acknowledgements Survey respondents in Los Angeles,
Inglewood and North Long Beach Community Health Councils, AABLH University of Southern California
Students Faculty
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Contact Information Capacity Building Evaluation Study
LaVonna B. Lewis: [email protected] Lori M. Nascimento: [email protected]
African Americans Building a Legacy of Health Project Mia Boykin: [email protected]
CDC - REACH 2010 http://www.cdc.gov/reach2010/