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A multiple account framework for cost–benefit analysis 2003 — The paper presents a spreadsheet-based multiple account approach to cost-benefit analysis which incorporates all the usual concerns of cost-benefit analysts such as shadow-pricing to account for market failure, distribution of net benefits, sensitivity and risk analysis, cost of public funds, and environmental effects.
Approaches to Measuring: More Community Engagement 2010 — Community engagement is often defined as citizens working collaboratively, through inspired action and learning, to create and realize bold visions for their common future. However, there are many components in this broad definition that make it challenging to identify effective measurement tools.
Approaches to Measuring Community Change Indicators 2010 — consolidates the research and content of four previously published papers measuring less poverty in communities, more vibrant communities, more collaboration and more citizen engagement.
Approaches to Measuring More Collaboration in Communities 2010 — Collaboration is the collective effort of a group of diverse individuals, organizations and/or sectors working together for a common purpose. More than just a working group, collaboration implies that the stakeholders are coming together from different places to accomplish something more significant collectively than that which could be accomplished individually... This paper focuses on researching tools which measure more collaboration through the lens of healthy and vibrant communities.
Consumer Roles in Monitoring Community Services for People with Developmental Disabilities 2000 — The challenge of reducing harmful by-products of systems of quality assurance is not simply a matter or responding to "problems" in current systems. The realities in which such improvements must be envisioned are dynamic and moved by practical forces
Development of a social inclusion index to capture subjective and objective life domains (Phase II): psychometric development study 2012 — To produce a robust measure of social inclusion [Social and Community Opportunities Profile (SCOPE)] that is multidimensional and captures multiple life domains; incorporates objective and subjective indicators of inclusion
Engaging with Patients: Stories and Successes from the 2015/2016 Quality Improvement Plans — A commitment to patient engagement on the part of health care organizations leads to better quality of care as patient engagement positively influences the development of programs and policies, ensuring that they reflect patients’ lived experience.
ENSURING QUALITY FOR EVALUATION: LESSONS FROM AUDITORS 2005 — This article addresses ways to enhance the quality of evaluations with weak designs through a variety of quality assurance practices.
Implementing and Using Quality Assurance: Strategy and Practice 2008 — collection of papers on ways that quality can be ensured while respecting the need for diversity and innovative practices in research and education.
Issues in Enhancing Evaluation Use (Chapter 1) John Mayne 2013 — This book’s editors try to counter this phenomenon by getting “insiders” to write up their experiences with evaluation in organizations.
Measuring Community Inclusion — Toolkits/Monographs/Guidebooks
Municipal Evaluation Tool: Measuring Inclusion 2014 — This Tool has been developed to help municipalities move ahead in their work towards becoming more welcoming and inclusive.
On Discerning Quality In Evaluation 2005 — This chapter addresses matters of the recognition and representation of quality in professional and lay evaluation.
Partnerships: Framework for Working Together guidebook 2010 — As pressures on faith-based and community organizations (FBCOs) increase and the issues we face become more complex, the idea of partnerships can hold much promise. Through partnerships we can contribute our small part and reap the benefits of everyone’s effort; we can accelerate learning and distribute skills and knowledge; and we can add depth and breadth to our community impact.
Quality Improvement in Services for Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Guiding Principles 2014 — This paper presents principles that could guide quality improvement monitoring in community services for adults with IDD. The principles were developed through a series of activities aiming to better understand relevant service outcomes, such as social inclusion and choice; consultations with various stakeholder groups including persons with IDD; and review of available data about the users of services and supports for Ontarians with IDD.
Shared Measurement: Advancing Evaluation of Community Development Outcomes 2014 — This essay examines the advantages and challenges of using shared measures in community development to evaluate the outcomes of complex revitalization programs, place-based strategies, or other initiatives.
The ‘Most Significant Change’ (MSC) Technique: A Guide to Its Use 2005 — This publication is aimed at organisations, community groups, students and academics who wish to use MSC to help monitor and evaluate their social change programs and projects, or to learn more about how it can be used. The technique is applicable in many different sectors, including agriculture, education and health, and especially in development programs.