Assignment:
Read Chapter in Program Evaluation and Performance Measurement.
Read Moore and Tananis's 2009 article, "Measuring Change in a Short-Term Educational Program Using a Retrospective Pretest Design," from American Journal of Evaluation.
Pay attention to the research design and data collection methods in this study.
Discuss how you would design a qualitative evaluation for improving the quality of mothers' parenting.
Include three different methods of finding your sample. Specifically discuss how you would collect the data.
Describe how you would measure whether the quality of parenting actually improves.
Questions for community partners to ask researcher prior to engaging in CBPR
1. What kind of partnership does the researcher have in mind? Is it really to be participatory?
2. How will decisions get made?
3. What are the research aims?
4. Who is the target population of interest?
5. How will the research be funded?
6. What will be our organization's and/or my role in the project?
7. Will the time be compensated?
8. Who will own the data? What will happen to the data in the future after the project is completed?
9. What benefits will the project leave behind in the community (skills, programming, policy, infrastructure, capacity building)?
10. What is the dissemination plan for this research?
11. Does the researcher have the skills and experience to collaborate?
12. Does he or she understand the complexity of the CBPR approach?
13. Does the researcher possess cultural humility?
Questions for community partners to ask themselves prior to engaging in CBPR
1. Does this study address an important problem relevant to my community and my constituents?
2. How does the research aim fit with the mission of my organization?
3. Do we have the capacity to participate? Space? Staff? Time?
4. What are our conflicting priorities?
5. What will be the impact of doing research on my organization's ability to get its core work accomplished?
6. Will the results lead to action that will help my community?
Attachment:- Translating Research Into Practice.rar