Using bottom-up evaluation to build community practice-based evidence and strengthen community-engaged research

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6077142
AutoresColleen M Fisher (0000-0001-7947-2649, University of Alabama at Birmingham, autor correspondente), Ritti Sangadji (University of Alabama at Birmingham), Diana Njoki Mwangi (Health Education Africa Resource Team, Nairobi, Kenya)
Ano2023
Volume31
Fascículo3-4
Páginas410-428
Data de publicação2023-10-02
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Community Practice (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1070-5422 • E-ISSN: 1543-3706
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10705422.2023.2276350
OpenAlexW4388231652
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas26

Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) play a critical role in mitigating social problems by creating innovative interventions to address unmet community needs, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. These community-generated interventions are rarely evaluated or recognized within the prevention science lexicon that informs evidence-based practice, but bottom-up evaluation (BUE) offers researchers an approach to help reverse this trend. This paper illustrates BUE processes using evaluation of an NGO-created intervention for HIV-positive single mothers in Kenya as a case example. The participatory BUE study involved three phases: (1) viability assessment via qualitative participant interviews; (2) evaluation preparation and NGO capacity-building; and (3) effectiveness evaluation. Qualitative interview data revealed 24 intervention outcomes most impactful to participants' lives and confirmed intervention viability. Participatory mapping identified key program outcomes for inclusion in the evaluation instrument, which was developed collaboratively with program staff. Effectiveness evaluation findings suggest that the intervention improved the health, psychosocial wellbeing, and economic security of single mothers facing the dual challenges of HIV/AIDS and extreme poverty. As illustrated in this study, bottom-up evaluation offers social work researchers an approach that can center voices of intervention participants, build community practice-based evidence, and strengthen community-engaged research in alignment with social work priorities and values

Citizen journalism · Community-based participatory research · Inclusion (mineral · Intervention (counseling · Participatory action research · Political science · Poverty · Psychological intervention · Psychosocial · Public relations · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Community Health and Development · Health Policy Implementation Science · Medicine · Mental Health and Patient Involvement · Nursing · Psychology · Social Psychology