Experiments in evaluation capacity building: Enhancing brain disorders research impact in Ontario.

Autor: Nylen, Kirk; Sridharan, Sanjeev

Publication year: 2020

Evaluation and program planning

issn:1873-7870 0149-7189

doi: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2017.05.003

Abstract:

This paper is the introductory paper on a forum on evaluation capacity building for enhancing impacts of research on brain disorders. It describes challenges and opportunities of building evaluation capacity among community-based organizations in Ontario involved in enhancing brain health and supporting people living with a brain disorder. Using an example of a capacity building program called the “Evaluation Support Program”, which is run by the Ontario Brain Institute, this forum discusses multiple themes including evaluation capacity building, evaluation culture and evaluation methodologies appropriate for evaluating complex community interventions. The goal of the Evaluation Support Program is to help community-based organizations build the capacity to demonstrate the value that they offer in order to improve, sustain, and spread their programs and activities. One of the features of this forum is that perspectives on the Evaluation Support Program are provided by multiple stakeholders, including the community-based organizations, evaluation team members involved in capacity building, thought leaders in the fields of evaluation capacity building and evaluation culture, and the funders.

Language: eng

Pmid: 28578855

Tags: Humans; *Capacity Building; Evaluation capacity building; Program Evaluation; Organizations; Ontario; *Brain Diseases; Accountability and learning; Brain disorders; Community-based organizations; Program evaluation

Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28578855/