Date
Wednesday, March 13
9:30am-11:30am
Presenter(s)
Leah C. Neubauer
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Dr. Neubauer is an educator, evaluator and researcher She is an Assistant Professor of Preventive Medicine in the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University and Affiliated Faculty with the Center for Global Health and the Program of African Studies (PAS). She leads and collaborates on projects that employ mixed-method approaches to develop, implement, evaluate and disseminate translational and culturally responsive research, evaluation, and education in the US, Kenya, Mozambique and Zambia. She holds leadership roles in the evaluation and public health education professional communities serving as: co-chair of the American Evaluation Association (AEA) Local Affiliate Collaborative (LAC), Past President of the Chicagoland Evaluation Association (CEA), and an accreditation Site Visit Chair with the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH). Leah is a first-generation college student turned faculty member. She is a lifelong Midwesterner who spent her high school summers detassling corn. Count on her to share a cackling laugh, family recipe, or karaoke tune. Leah is very excited to join MESI this year, welcoming the chance to speak, listen and learn.
Description
This session will focus on the use of culturally responsive evaluation (CRE) nine-phases with Latinx communities in various settings. The content will focus on the practice and application of CRE as a holistic framework that is centered in culture (Frierson, Hood, Hughes & Thomas, 2010) which demands responsiveness to cultural beliefs, values, and practices. The guiding questions to this work were: 1) how is CRE implemented in evaluation with Latinx communities?, 2) what are the tensions or challenges experienced in CRE implementation? , and 3) what are the synergies in CRE implementation. Reflections and insights to each question will be shared. Implications for CRE evaluation will be discussed.
Purpose
Participants will learn about the practice and application of CRE with Latinx communities.
Wednesday, March 13
9:30am-11:30am
Presenter(s)
Tehout Selameab, MPP
Arcadia Research & Evaluation
Tehout Selameab, M.P.P. is an independent public health research and evaluation consultant with over a decade of experience providing evaluation support to healthy living and wellness, substance use prevention, family health, juvenile justice and clinical innovation efforts. Working with both private and government organizations, Tehout applies program evaluation methodologies to support data-driven community planning and decision-making, outcomes demonstration and capacity-building.
Description
We often lament the know-do gap in our community-based work; that is, the distance between knowing what to do and actually doing it. What if we were more mindful of how we implement our programs, would our outcomes improve? In this interactive session we will explore what the field of Implementation Science (IS) offers to close the know-do gap.
Purpose
Participants will become familiar with key IS concepts and how to apply them to improve local program implementation efforts.