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Changes in Participant Values Resulting from Public Engagement Processes on Public Health Issues
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| Presenter(s):
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| Mark DeKraai, University of Nebraska, mdekraai@nebraska.edu
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| Denise Bulling, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, dbulling@nebraska.edu
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| Tarik Abdel-Monem, University of Nebraska, tabdelmonem@nebraska.edu
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| Stacey Hoffman, University of Nebraska, shoffman@nebraska.edu
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| Abstract:
Increasingly, public agencies are engaging citizens and stakeholders in an effort to answer complex values-related policy questions, and to advance transparency in government. This effort is based on the belief that public participation in policy decisions will result in policies that are more effective and more acceptable to the general population, and that in some manner, engagement of the public will add value to the process or outcome of policy making. This paper summarizes results of six nationwide evaluations of U.S. Centers for Disease Control-sponsored public engagement projects four involving federal policy on pandemic influenza, one on federal vaccine policy, and one involving multiple state policies on pandemic influenza. Results indicate that public engagement processes produce changes in participant values and perspectives; however, public engagement does not result in greater levels of agreement on social values among participants. We will attempt to explain these seemingly disparate results.
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Understanding the Value of Youth Participatory Evaluation: Developing an Instrument to Measure Impact on Youth
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| Mary Arnold, Oregon State Unviversity, mary.arnold@oregonstate.edu
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| David White, Oregon State University, david.white@oregonstate.edu
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During the past 10 years there has been increasing interest in youth participatory evaluation (YPE), which involves youth in evaluating the programs that affect them. This evaluation strategy is, in and of itself, a youth development activity. Theorists and practitioners who advocate for youth-led evaluation often cite the potential transformational and practical benefits of the practice to youth and the programs they help evaluate. These benefits include the development of leadership skills, youth empowerment, youth-adult mentoring, analysis and communications skills, and community action. Despite the theoretical evidence of these benefits, no instrument exists for measuring the impact of YPE on youth. As such, there is currently no established way to measure and express the value of YPE as an effective youth development strategy. This paper will describe a newly developed instrument for measuring the impact of YPE on youth, as well as the theoretical framework that supports the instruments development.
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Codifying Values: Developing Evaluation Tools to Enhance Decision-making
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| Laurel Sipes, MPR Associates Inc, lsipes@mprinc.com
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| Beverly Farr, MPR Associates Inc, bfarr@mprinc.com
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This paper will explore the idea that the process of developing evaluative tools, such as rubrics, is fundamentally an act of exploring, defining, and prioritizing values. Using two examples of rubric development from on-the-ground evaluations active within the last two years, the authors will describe the often labor-intensive, iterative process of unearthing values for the purpose of informing the development of evaluation tools. Bringing stakeholders to the table, reviewing extant documentation, facilitating delicate conversations about values and their relative weight, building stakeholder consensus about the criteria and scales to be used, and finally documenting these ideas in a clear, easy-to-use tool can be a daunting, but also rewarding and hopefully useful service offered by an evaluator.
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