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Evaluation Capacity Building Writ Large
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| Marla Steinberg, The CAPTURE Project, marlas@sfu.ca
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| Diane Finegood, The CAPTURE Project, finegood@sfu.ca
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| Abstract:
The CAPTURE Project (Canadian platform to increase the use of real world evidence) is developing a web-based evaluation platform that will make it easier for health promotion practitioners to do evaluations. Unlike shoeless Joe Jackson in the movie Field of Dreams, we know that “if we build it, they [sic] will not come.” In order to maximize the use and sustainability of the platform, we are using a systems lens. This paper will present an overview of a systems approach to evaluation capacity building. This will involve reviewing the main features of system thinking, presenting a systems map of evaluation, and illustrating how system concepts have been integrated into the design of the platform, its operations and evaluation.
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Context and Considerations of Evaluating a Health Professional Capacity-Building Program in Vietnam
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| Katherine Williams, Population Council, kwilliams@popcouncil.org
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| Meiwita Budiharsana, Population Council, mbudiharsana@popcouncil.org
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| Quoc Mai Tung, Population Council, maitungtn@gmail.com
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| John Townsend, Population Council, jtownsend@popcouncil.org
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The Health Research for Development Initiative in Vietnam is a capacity-building fellowship program aimed to mobilize health professionals trained in research and facilitate the pursuit of research activities within their own professional specialties. An impact evaluation of this program demonstrated improvement in participants’ research methods skills, yet a limited change in participants’ involvement in research activities and their intentions to conduct research. Subsequent qualitative research provided insight into professional and social constraints that were inhibiting their success, including the public health sector's management structure, new leadership and service opportunities in the private sector, corruption, and overloaded job responsibilities. In addition, qualitative feedback offered recommendations from successful program participants who proposed a revised post-fellowship training strategy. This combination of research methods provided traditional measures of success while considering the context of Vietnam’s rapid economic growth, changing market for health research and its effects on the success of fellowship participants.
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