Assessing Capacity for Community Change Efforts: Learnings From an Adaptive Initiative
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The document discusses the assessment of community change efforts and the development of a coalition assessment tool by the Healthy Communities Initiative. It outlines the key abilities of coalitions in increasing awareness, developing partnerships, and influencing community action regarding healthy eating and active living. Various scores and metrics are presented to evaluate the effectiveness of coalition efforts and inform future improvements.
Assessing Capacity for Community Change Efforts: Learnings From an Adaptive Initiative
- 1. Assessing Capacity for Community Change Efforts Learnings from an Adaptive Initiative Kat Athanasiades Veena Pankaj Deanna Van Hersh Innovation Network www.innonet.org Kansas Health Foundation www.khf.org
- 4. Healthy Communities Initiative Twelve communities funded to work on the planning and implementation of policies improving healthy eating and active living
- 7. Basic Functioning and Structure Ability to Cultivate and Develop Champions Demographics 1 2 8 Sustainability 7 Coalitions Coalitions 3 Coalition Leadership 4 6 Ability to Learn from the Community 5 Reputation and Visibility Ability to Develop Allies and Partnerships
- 8. Ability to Basic Functioning Cultivate and Develop and Champions Structure Cultivating awareness, supporters, and champions Growing awareness and will for action
- 9. The coalition increases the awareness of diverse groups within target audiences Ability to Basic Functioning Cultivate and Develop and Champions Structure
- 10. The coalition increases the awareness of diverse groups within target audiences Ability to Basic Functioning Cultivate and Develop and Champions Structure The coalition cultivates supporters among diverse groups within target audiences
- 11. The coalition increases the awareness of diverse groups within target audiences Ability to Basic Functioning Cultivate and Develop and Champions Structure The coalition cultivates supporters among diverse groups within target audiences The coalition identifies potential champions across diverse groups
- 12. Basic Functioning Reputation and Visibility and Structure Coalition efforts to be visible with stakeholders and target audiences
- 13. Coalition members are seen as knowledgeable about their issues by target audiences Basic Functioning Reputation and Visibility and Structure
- 14. Coalition members are seen as knowledgeable about their issues by target audiences Basic Functioning Reputation and Visibility and Structure The coalition develops messaging appropriate to diverse groups within target audiences
- 15. Coalition members are seen as knowledgeable about their issues by target audiences Basic Functioning Reputation and Visibility and Structure The coalition develops messaging appropriate to diverse groups within target audiences The coalition influences conversations among target audiences about its issues
- 16. Demographics
- 20. What other perspectives should be considered when developing this tool?
- 21. Vetting Process
- 22. What kind of information can the coalition assessment tool provide?
- 23. Overall Scores by Coalition 100% 80% 81% 80% 79% 77% 70% 60% 69% 68% 66% 64% 55% 40% 40% 29% 20% 0% 12 3 8 10 1 6 2 11 5 4 9 7
- 24. Section Scores by Coalition Basic Functioning 100% 80% 88% 91% 84% 93% 84% 72% 60% 75% 66% 74% 62% 50% 40% 46% 20% 0% 12 3 8 10 82% 79% 79% 1 6 75% 72% 2 11 5 68% 67% 4 9 7 Champions 100% 80% 60% 73% 77% 61% 50% 40% 20% 28% 0% 12 3 8 10 1 6 2 11 5 4 9 7
- 25. How can I make sure the results accurately reflect the coalitions?
- 26. Triangulation Coalition Members 84% Basic Functioning and Structure 77% Allies and Partnerships 75% Champions 72% Reputation and Visibility Learn from Community 70% Coalition Leadership 69% 52% Sustainability 70% Overall 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
- 27. Triangulation TA Providers Coalition Members 53% 84% Basic Functioning and Structure Allies and Partnerships 55% Champions 54% 51% Reputation and Visibility 35% Sustainability 69% 52% 47% Overall 0% 70% 47% Coalition Leadership 20% 40% 75% 72% 38% Learn from Community 77% 70% 60% 80% 100%
- 28. How can I use information from a coalition assessment tool?
- 29. Data Use Memos
- 30. Thank You! Innovation Network Kat Athanasiades Deanna Van Hersh Associate kathanasiades@innonet.org Director of Evaluation and Program Administration dvhersh@khf.org Veena Pankaj Director vpankaj@innonet.org