Participatory evaluation. What is it? Why do it? What are the challenges?

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Participatory evaluation. What is it? Why do it? What are the challenges?
Abstract
Yogi Berra was right when he remarked, “If you don’t know where you’re going, you’ll wind up somewhere else.” When we collectively apply our hopes and energies to improving our communities, how do we know if we’re making the right choices along the way? How will we notice when we are spinning our wheels and what changes to make? How will we know that we are making a difference? And how will we know what success looks like to everyone in the group? By taking a community-based public health approach to our work, we create an opportunity to engage in a particular type of evaluation—participatory evaluation – that can help answer those questions. For those groups that are interested in this approach, this policy brief discusses the key concepts of participatory evaluation and some tips for applying it. We also present some real-life examples from two evaluators who work with grantees of the Partnership for the Public’s Health Initiative.
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Community-based public health policy & practice
Date
2002
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Participatory evaluation. What is it?
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Zukoski, A., & Luluquisen, M. (2002). Participatory evaluation. What is it? Why do it? What are the challenges? Community-Based Public Health Policy & Practice.