30 Communities of PracticeDocumenting Community Change

to Population Level Outcomes

Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA) Coalition Institutefor the National Prevention Network Annual Conference

August 24-27, 2008 - Indianapolis, IN

Tara Kuipers, SAPSGage Co. MapsBeatrice, NE

Sue Evans, CPP Thomas Co. CoalitionColby, KS

Ari Russell, CPP Gwinnet Coalition Lawrenceville, GA

Diane Galloway, Ph.D.Research & Evaluation CADCA Institute

LaDonna Coy, CPSe-LearningLearning for Change

What is

Action Research?... is an systematic form of inquiry that is collective, collaborative, critical and reflective. The process begins with developing questions. Data is collected, analyzed and interpreted. Action research has the primary intent of providing a framework for qualitative investigations.

The Project30 CoPs

Poll

•How many of you are engaged in coalitions?

•How many of your coalitions are focused on community level change?

Defining

Community Change

new or modified programs, policies and practices that reduce risk factors and increase protective factors ultimately resulting in population level changes

Individual vs Population

Translation to Community

Source: Stephen Eissing

One child taking cough syrup ... doesn’t

prevent all kids from coughing.

Translation to

Community

Source: eecu

Translation to Community

Information is necessary but not sufficient for behavior change

Source: trungson

New OR Modified ...

Programs

Policies

Practices

how to access Population level Change?

Working Hypothesis

Community Change

(Intermediate outcome)

More Distant Outcomes

Changing community conditions/norms that affect

the population in general

Population level change

Is it or is it not ...

Change?

Change begets Change

Change begets Change

Change begets ChangeSource: Openupmyhead

Creating an Online

Community

Is this familiar?

Is this familiar?

Is this

familiar?

Source: Whartz

Is this familiar?

Is this familiar?

Is this familiar?

Is this familiar?

Interactive

e-learning Style

Whiteboard = Flipchart

Chat

Voice

Polling

Findings

• 100% of participants found the platform easy or very easy to use

• Utilize the interactive features to mirror face-to-face engagement

Examples:

Change Entries

CommunityChanges

Thomas County Coalition

Community Level Indicators

Alcohol30 day

AlcoholBinge

Marijuana30 day

Example:

By Sector

Photo: Tachay

Our Experience

We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee. -- Marian Wright Edelman

Resources

• CADCA http://cadca.org

• Coalition Institute

• Elluminate Web-based Platform www.elluminate.com

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Photo Credits• Cough Syrup http://www.flickr.com/photos/aisunshi/33366559/

• Fast Food http://www.flickr.com/photos/trungson/281977644/

• Neighborhood http://www.flickr.com/photos/whartz/1297447691/

• Socializing http://www.flickr.com/photos/eecue/

• Field of Wind Turbines http://www.flickr.com/photos/openupmyhead/244307844/

• Wheatfield http://www.flickr.com/photos/raeallen/5980866/

• Boy Blowing Pinwheel http://www.flickr.com/photos/tazebao/1176962032/

• Raised hands http://www.flickr.com/photos/jahansell/473050171/

• Windmill http://www.flickr.com/photos/ztiger/567671827/

• Cows in field http://www.flickr.com/photos/brentdanley/426249347/

• Group discussion http://www.flickr.com/photos/tychay/513712600/

• Slides 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 11, 23, 34, 25, 26, and 40 purchased from http://www.istockphoto.com