| Building the Evaluation Capacity of California's Local Tobacco Control Programs. | |
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PMID: 22068574 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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Successful evaluation capacity building requires a dynamic balance between responding to local agency needs and ensuring that local staff have appropriate skills to conduct rigorous evaluations. In 2004, the California Tobacco Control Program established the Tobacco Control Evaluation Center (TCEC), based at a public research university, to provide evaluation technical assistance to approximately 100 local agencies implementing tobacco control programs. TCEC has been responsive to local needs, for instance, by answering 512 technical assistance requests in the first 5 years of operation and by tailoring training according to needs assessment results. About 50% of the technical assistance requests were for new data collection instruments (n = 255). TCEC has sought proactively to improve local evaluation skills, most recently in a data analysis and report writing skill building campaign that included a webinar, newsletter, and seven regional training meetings. Preliminary analysis suggests a 20% improvement in scores for the local final evaluation reports as a result of this campaign. It is concluded that evaluation technical assistance can be provided effectively by a university as long as the local context is kept in mind, and a balance of responsive and proactive technical assistance is provided. |
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Jeanette Treiber; Diana Cassady; Robin Kipke; Nicole Kwon; Travis Satterlund |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Health promotion practice Volume: 12 ISSN: 1524-8399 ISO Abbreviation: Health Promot Pract Publication Date: 2011 Nov |
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Created Date: 2011-11-09 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 100890609 Medline TA: Health Promot Pract Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 118S-24S Citation Subset: IM |
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1University of California, Davis, CA, USA. |
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