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Session Title: Using Developmental Evaluation in Complex Dynamic Systems
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Panel Session 261 to be held in Centennial Section D on Thursday, Nov 6, 10:55 AM to 12:25 PM
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Sponsored by the Systems in Evaluation TIG
and the Evaluation Use TIG
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| Michael Quinn Patton,
Utilization-Focused Evaluation,
mqpatton@prodigy.net
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| Abstract:
Developmental evaluation is defined as an evaluation approach that includes asking evaluative questions and applying evaluation logic to support program, product, staff and/or organizational development. The evaluator is part of a team whose members collaborate to conceptualize, design, and test new approaches in a long-term, on-going process of continuous adaptation, intentional change and transformation. The evaluator's primary function on the team is to elucidate team discussions with evaluative questions, data and logic, and to facilitate data-based decision-making in the developmental process. This session focuses on how developmental evaluation methods are being used to facilitate change in two dynamic, complex environments - healthcare and education. This panel discussion begins with an overview of developmental evaluation by Michael Q. Patton, who developed the approach, followed by a discussion of how four projects are using these methods to facilitate the development of both domestic and international education and healthcare systems.
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Case Study: Developing the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program’s Client-Level Data System
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| Margaret Hargreaves,
Abt Associates Inc,
meg_hargreaves@abtassoc.com
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Meg Hargreaves, a Senior Associate at Abt Associates, will describe her work on the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program's Client-Level Data System (CLD) Vetting Project. Abt worked with HAB to vet the proposed system with over 500 grantees and stakeholders, using a developmental evaluation design to facilitate the national data collection and reporting system's development.
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Case Study: Evaluating USAID's EQUIP 2 Program for Education Policy, Systems and Management
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| John Gillies,
Academy for Educational Development,
jgillies@aed.org
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John Gillies, a Project Director at the Academy for Educational Development, will describe his work on EQUIP 2, a USAID Program for Education Policy, Systems and Management, using the practice and logic of developmental evaluation to engage project teams and national stakeholders in an analysis of the status of education systems in foreign aid projects.
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Case Study: Improving USAID's Healthcare Quality Assurance Project
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| Mary Gutmann,
EnCompass LLC,
mgutmann@encompassworld.com
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Tessie Catsambas, President at EnCompass, will describe her work on a USAID Quality Assurance Project to adapt in developing countries healthcare quality improvement methods that were developed by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. She used systems thinking and developmental evaluation methods to identify and document an emerging model of rapid collaborative improvement of healthcare quality in eleven developing countries.
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Case Study: Fostering Multi-level Systems Change in a Community Mental Health Center in West Suburban Denver
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| John Mahalik,
Jefferson Center for Mental Health,
johnma@jcmh.org
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John Mahalik, Director of Program Evaluation and Research at Jefferson Center for Mental Health, a community mental health center in West suburban Denver, will describe his systemic evaluation approach to actively engage participants in fostering multi-level change (individual, group, organization and community) for internal and external consumers of evaluation and mental health services.
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