Evaluation for Improvement

Evaluation for

Improvement

A Seven-Step Empowerment Evaluation Approach

For Violence Prevention Organizations

Evaluation for Improvement:

A Seven-Step Empowerment Evaluation Approach

For Violence Prevention Organizations

is a publication of the

National Center for Injury Prevention and Control,

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Thomas R. Frieden, MD, MPH, Director

National Center for Injury Prevention and Control

Louise Galaska, MPA, Acting Director

Division of Violence Prevention

W. Rodney Hammond, PhD, Director

Authors

Pamela J. Cox, PhD

Dana Keener, PhD

Tiffanee L. Woodard, MFT

Abraham H. Wandersman, PhD

Editor

Carole A. Craft

CS204075-A

Suggested citation:

Cox PJ, Keener D, Woodard T, Wandersman A. Evaluation for Improvement: A Seven Step Empowerment Evaluation Approach for Violence

Prevention Organizations. Atlanta (GA): Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 2009.

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Evaluation for Improvement = Empowerment Evaluation

Acknowledgements

Grantees of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Domestic Violence Prevention Enhancements and Leadership Through Alliances (DELTA) Program and the Enhancing and Making Programs and Outcomes Work to End Rape (EMPOWER) Program were instrumental in the development of this publication. All DELTA and EMPOWER Program grantees used an early draft of this manual to hire empowerment evaluators. The experiences, lessons, and insights from their hiring processes are shared throughout this manual.

DELTA Program Grantees

z Alaska Network on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault z California Partnership to End Domestic Violence z Delaware Coalition Against Domestic Violence z Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence z Kansas Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence z Michigan Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence z Montana Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence z North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence z North Dakota Council on Abused Women's Services/

Coalition Against Sexual Assault z New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence z Ohio Domestic Violence Network z Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence z Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance z Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence

EMPOWER Program Grantees

z Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment z Kentucky Department for Health and Family Services z Massachusetts Department of Public Health z New Jersey Department of Community Affairs z North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services z North Dakota Department of Health

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Acknowledgements

The following individuals provided substantial input and feedback on earlier drafts of this manual:

Christopher Allen

University of South Carolina

Sandra Cashman

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Lorien Castelle

New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence

Anne Ciemnecki

Mathematica Policy Research , Inc.

Rebecca Cline

Ohio Domestic Violence Network

Jennifer Duffy

University of South Carolina

David Fetterman

Stanford University

Catherine Guerrero

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Wayne Harding

Northeast Center for the

Advancement of Prevention Technology

Jo Ann Harris

North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence

Karen Lane

Montana Coalition Against Domestic and

Sexual Violence

Karen Lang

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Nicola Miller

Hawaii Department of Health

Janelle Moos

North Dakota Council on Abused Women's Services/Coalition

Against Sexual Assault

Susan Ramspacher

Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence

Betsy Randall-David

Center for Creative Education

Marilyn Ray

Finger Lakes Law & Social Policy Center, Inc.

Emily Rothman

Boston University School of Public Health

Janice Yost

The Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts, Inc.

Becca Horwitz

University of South Carolina

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