| Roundtable: Valuing Stakeholders and Integrating Multi-method Findings in Public Health Evaluations |
| Roundtable Presentation 956 to be held in Conference Room 12 on Saturday, Nov 5, 2:20 PM to 3:50 PM |
| Sponsored by the Health Evaluation TIG |
| Presenter(s): |
| Korinne Chiu, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, k_chiu@uncg.edu |
| Kelly Graves, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, kngrave3@uncg.edu |
| Abstract: This roundtable will provide a forum in which to discuss best practices in integrating multiple stakeholder perceptions of community need and the benefits and challenges of the use of a multi-method design. To frame this discussion and provide a concrete example, a recent mixed-methods community needs assessment was conducted in order to identify the current resources and barriers to sexual and reproductive health services for young women. This assessment included various stakeholders such as local health department staff, service providers, young women in the community who were pregnant/parenting and who were not currently pregnant/parenting, local college health centers, and local school district personnel. Challenges in analyzing mixed-method findings as well as strategies in reporting convergent and divergent findings across diverse stakeholders and methods will be discussed. |