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Session Title: Framework for Orchestrating Systems Transformation: Theory and Practice for Promoting Dynamic Systems Change
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Multipaper Session 710 to be held in BOWIE A on Saturday, Nov 13, 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
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Sponsored by the Systems in Evaluation TIG
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| Chair(s): |
| Pennie Foster-Fishman,
Michigan State University, fosterfi@msu.edu
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An Overview of the Framework for Orchestrating Systems Transformation
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| Presenter(s):
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| Pennie Foster-Fishman, Michigan State University, fosterfi@msu.edu
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| Erin Droege, Michigan State University, droegeer@msu.edu
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| Abstract:
While theories of change are recognized as useful tools to guide community change initiative implementation and evaluation, many efforts have failed to bring about their transformative change goals because they do not simultaneously attend to the underlying change processes that support the stated theory. Our presentation attempts to bridge this gap by describing a new framework that includes a collection of essential system change processes that we argue must be developed and maintained throughout the course of a change endeavor to produce transformative outcomes. Called the FROST approach (Framework for Orchestrating Systems Transformation), the approach promotes simultaneous focus on: a) the programmatic theory of change; b) the underlying process of systems change; and c) the dynamic nature of change over time. Potential applications of how to apply the framework to community and systems change implementation and evaluation, as well benefits and limitations of the approach, will be discussed.
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