Are you still there Evaluating a CBPR projects effort at capacity building

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Are you still there? Evaluating a CBPR projects
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
• 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 (N81) and individuals (N138)
  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 Events
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Findings Level of Participation
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Findings Level of Participation
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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 Change
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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 respondents personal
  goals and objectives

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Findings Organizational Change
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Findings Organizational Change
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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 - Outreach
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Findings - Outreach
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Findings - Outreach
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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 llewis_at_usc.edu
• Lori M. Nascimento lorimill_at_usc.edu
• African Americans Building a Legacy of Health
  Project
• Mia Boykin mia_at_chc-inc.org
• CDC - REACH 2010
• http//www.cdc.gov/reach2010/