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Results From the Data & Democracy Initiative to Enhance Community-Based Organization Data and Research Capacity
American journal of public health (1971), v 102(7), pp 1384-1391
01 Jul 2012
PMID: 22594748
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Abstract
Objectives. In an era of community-based participatory research and increased expectations for evidence-based practice, we evaluated an initiative designed to increase community-based organizations' data and research capacity through a 3-day train-the-trainer course on community health assessments.
Methods. We employed a mixed method pre-post course evaluation design. Various data sources collected from 171 participants captured individual and organizational characteristics and pre-post course self-efficacy on 19 core skills, as well as behavior change 1 year later among a subsample of participants.
Results. Before the course, participants reported limited previous experience with data and low self-efficacy in basic research skills. Immediately after the course, participants demonstrated statistically significant increases in data and research self-efficacy. The subsample reported application of community assessment skills to their work and increased use of data 1 year later.
Conclusions. Results suggest that an intensive, short-term training program can achieve large immediate gains in data and research self-efficacy in community-based organization staff. In addition, they demonstrate initial evidence of longer-term behavior change related to use of data and research skills to support their community work. (Am J Public Health. 2012;102:1384-1391. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2011.300457)
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- Title
- Results From the Data & Democracy Initiative to Enhance Community-Based Organization Data and Research Capacity
- Creators
- Amy Carroll-Scott - Community Research InitiativePeggy Toy - Univ Calif Los Angeles, Ctr Hlth Policy Res, Hlth DATA Program, Los Angeles, CA USARoberta WynJazmin I. Zane - Univ Calif Los Angeles, Ctr Hlth Policy Res, Hlth DATA Program, Los Angeles, CA USASteven P. Wallace - Univ Calif Los Angeles, Ctr Hlth Policy Res, Hlth DATA Program, Los Angeles, CA USA
- Publication Details
- American journal of public health (1971), v 102(7), pp 1384-1391
- Publisher
- Amer Public Health Assoc Inc
- Number of pages
- 8
- Grant note
- T32MH020031 / National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH); United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) P30-AG021684 / National Institute on Aging (NIA); United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute on Aging (NIA) 5RC1ES018121 / California Endowment National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Urban Health Collaborative; Community Health and Prevention
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000306150800025
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84862893462
- Other Identifier
- 991020836481704721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Public, Environmental & Occupational Health