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Collaborative Design and Implementation of a Multisite Community Coalition Evaluation

Allies Against Asthma, Center for Managing Chronic Disease, University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan

Christy R. Houle, MPH

Allies Against Asthma National Program Office, University of Michigan School of Public Health in Ann Arbor, Michigan

Elaine F. Cassidy, PhD

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in Princeton, New Jersey

Emily Bourcier, MPH, MHA

King County Asthma Forum (KCAF), Evaluation Team at Group Health Community Foundation in Seattle, Washington

Jennifer H. Cohn, MLS

Fight Asthma Milwaukee Allies (FAM Allies), Department of Pediatrics at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Carlyn E. Orians, MA

Allies Against Asthma, Battelle Centers for Public Health Research and Evaluation in Seattle, Washington

Kathleen Coughey, PhD

Philadelphia Allies Against Asthma (PAAA), Philadelphia Health Management Corporation in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Xin Geng, MS

Christine L.M. Joseph, PhD

Allies Against Asthma, Henry Ford Health System in Detroit, Michigan

Michael D. Lyde, PhD

Long Beach Alliance for Children with Asthma (LBACA), California State University Dominguez Hills in Carson, CA, California State University Long Beach in Long Beach, California

Linda Jo Doctor, MPH

W.K. Kellogg Foundation in Battle Creek, Michigan

Noreen M. Clark, PhD

Allies Against Asthma, Center for Managing Chronic Disease, University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan

Evaluation designs assessing community coalitions must balance measures of how coalitions do their work and evidence that the coalitions are making a difference. The Allies cross-site evaluation attempts to determine the combined effects of the seven coalitions’ work at the individual, organizational, and community levels. Principal components considered are (a) contextual factors of the coalition community, (b) coalition processes and structure, (c) planning and planning products, (d) implementation actions, (e) activities and collaborations, (f) anticipated intermediate outcomes, and (g) expected asthma related health outcomes. Measurements are quantitative and qualitative, and data generated by these methods are used as ends in themselves and as a way to confirm or inform other measures. Evaluation has been an integral part of the planning and implementation phases of the Allies coalition work, with a priority of involving all of the partners in conceiving of and deciding upon the elements of assessment.

Key Words: evaluation • coalitions • asthma

Health Promotion Practice, Vol. 7, No. 2 suppl, 44S-55S (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/1524839906287066


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