The Community Research Scholars Initiative: A Mid-Project Assessment.
The Community Research Scholars Initiative: A Mid-Project Assessment.
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社区研究学者倡议：项目中期评估。
DOI：
10.1111/cts.12286
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发表时间：
2015
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Collins,Cyleste
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作者：
Theurer,Jacqueline;Pike,Earl;Sehgal,AshwiniR;Fischer,RobertL;Collins,Cyleste
满足保健和人类服务需求的社区组织通常研究和评估的能力很低。因此，他们往往没有足够的装备来独立开展对其自身成功至关重要的活动，如进行需求评估、确定最佳做法和评估结果。此外，他们无法与学术研究人员建立公平的伙伴关系，以开展以社区为基础的研究。本文报告了社区研究学者计划(CRSI)的进展情况，该计划旨在通过培训来自大克利夫兰社区组织的精选员工来提高社区研究和评估能力。为期两年的强化CRSI课程包括教学、实地考察、多层次的社区和学术参与、领导力培训和一个有指导的研究项目。第一批CRSI学者、他们的社区组织和其他社区利益相关者已经将项目经验融入到他们的实践和运作中。CRSI项目评估表明：仔细挑选学者的重要性；需要吸引学者组织的行政领导；结合课堂作业、实地作业和社区参与的课程的价值；以及需要持续的学者技能和知识评估。这些调查结果和经验教训指导了加强社区组织研究和评价能力的其他努力。
Community organizations addressing health and human service needs generally have minimal capacity for research and evaluation. As a result, they are often inadequately equipped to independently carry out activities that can be critical for their own success, such as conducting needs assessments, identifying best practices, and evaluating outcomes. Moreover, they are unable to develop equitable partnerships with academic researchers to conduct community‐based research. This paper reports on the progress of the Community Research Scholar Initiative (CRSI), a program that aims to enhance community research and evaluation capacity through training of selected employees from Greater Cleveland community organizations. The intensive 2‐year CRSI program includes didactic instruction, fieldwork, multiple levels of community and academic engagement, leadership training, and a mentored research project. The first cohort of CRSI Scholars, their community organizations, and other community stakeholders have incorporated program lessons into their practices and operations. The CRSI program evaluation indicates: the importance of careful Scholar selection; the need to engage executive leadership from Scholar organizations; the value of a curriculum integrating classwork, fieldwork, and community engagement; and the need for continual scholar skill and knowledge assessment. These findings and lessons learned guide other efforts to enhance community organization research and evaluation capacity.