Technical Assistance on Evalutation
CFWC also has extensive experience in evaluating planning efforts and partnerships. Many of CFWC’s evaluation work is with diverse groups and has called for devising new evaluation strategies for collecting data and providing feedback to such groups. These efforts include:
- Cambodian Community Health 2010
- Family Service, Inc. Lawrence MA
- Health Curriculum Evaluation
- Brazilian COBWEB Evaluation
- Artbotics Evaluation
- Maine Community-University Partnership Evaluation
- Children’s Health Evaluation
- Others
Cambodian Community Health 2010
Over the past eight years, CFWC staff have served as evaluators and technical assistance providers to a partnership comprised of Lowell Community Health Center, the Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association and other Lowell organizations in a multi-million dollar CDC-funded initiative designed to build community health resources for immigrant Cambodian elders. CFWC evaluates the breadth and depth of the initiatives and assesses their success in meeting the needs of Cambodian elders. As evaluators and partners in this project, CFWC has (1) developed innovative data-gathering protocols that are culturally appropriate and sensitive, (2) conducted workshops with the staff about evaluation, (3) documented challenges, barriers overcome, successes, and lessons learned from staff and partners, (4) documented system change and change among change agents, and (5) disseminated research results and programmatic best practices at many national and international conferences.
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Family Service, Inc. Lawrence MA
CFWC is currently the evaluators on the Family Service, Inc. project, Mujeres en Accion Protegiendose Ahora (MAPA) prevention curriculum focused on HIV/AIDS and specifically designed for the Latina community and Strengthening Families program for Lawrence couples. The evaluations aim to assess the effectiveness of the programs’ implementation for Latino communities.
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Health Curriculum Evaluation
For over ten years, CFWC has worked with Lowell Public Schools to evaluate the effectiveness of new initiatives based on health and violence prevention curricula in elementary and middle schools with a highly diverse student population. Pre-test and post-test data are analyzed to determine statistical differences and reported back in user friendly reports that program coordinators and teachers can use to increase the effectiveness of the curricula.
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Brazilian COBWEB Evaluation
CFWC Staff lead the evaluation on this multiyear NIEHS-funded partnership initiative designed to bring Portuguese-speaking Brazilian leaders, university researchers and health providers together to create successful adult learning programs and community-focused research that meets the environmental health needs of new immigrant groups.
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Artbotics Evaluation
CFWC is the lead evaluator on the NSF-funded Arbotics initiative designed to find ways to incorporate art and robotics into after-school and summer programs for youth in order to encourage student interest in computer science. Under the program’s auspices, Art and Computer Science faculty work with schools and community partners to create programs that will increase connections between schools, universities, and community partners.
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Maine Community-University Partnership Evaluation
CFWC Staff lead the evaluation on this multiyear HUD-funded partnership initiative designed to bring University faculty, staff, and students into partnership with Maine communities. The efforts of the Partnership focus on finding novel and sustainable ways that programs and research at this research-intensive university can be used to design effective engagement and outreach programs.
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Children’s Health Evaluation
CFWC staff lead the evaluation of this EPA-funded grant to improve the health of children living in the six New England states by building a knowledgeable and engaged network of health care providers in New England by increasing the understanding of links between the environment and health, improving diagnoses and promoting prevention methods. This project has provided professional development programs in collaboration with state and local health departments to more than 500 pediatric providers and community health outreach workers, 40 nurse faculty members at eight schools of nursing and 620 student nurses at 9 schools of nursing throughout New England.
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Others
CFWC has led many other evaluation projects, including Lowell Community Health Center School Based Health Centers; Stepping Stones program for those living with brain injury; Lowell Police Department Problem Solving and Weed and Seed grants; Elder Service of the Merrimack Valley, U.S. Housing and Urban Development funded Public Housing Partnership National Demonstration Project; and Worcester Fights Back and Lawrence Community Partnership, two Center for Substance Abuse Prevention funded partnerships.
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