Program Evaluation and Evaluating Community Engagement

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Program Evaluation and Evaluating Community Engagement163Chapter 7Program Evaluation and Evaluating Community EngagementMeryl Sufian, PhD (Chair), Jo Anne Grunbaum, EdD (Co-Chair), Tabia Henry Akintobi, PhD, MPH, Ann Dozier, PhD, Milton (Mickey) Eder, PhD, Shantrice Jones, MPH, Patricia Mullan, PhD, Charlene Raye Weir, RN, PhD, Sharrice White-Cooper, MPHBACKGROUNDA common theme through Chapters 1 6 was that Community Engagement develops over time and that its development is largely based on ongoing co-learning about how to enhance collaborations The Evaluation of commu-nity Engagement programs provides an opportunity to assess and enhance these collaborations Community members can be systematically engaged in assessing the quality of a Community -engaged initiative, measuring its outcomes, and identifying opportunities for improvement This chapter summarizes the central concepts in Program Evaluation rel-evant to Community Engagement programs.

A common theme through Chapters 1−6 was that community engagement ... program to increase access to healthy food choices in and near schools, stakeholders could include store merchants, school boards, zoning commis - sions, parents, and students Stakeholders constitute an important resource ... a strategy must be created to engage them in all ...

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