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Régions: Gwich'in Settlement Area

étiquettes: social sciences, program evaluation, emergency response, community response

Objectif(s): To evaluate the Tsiigehtchic Community-Based Emergency Care Program to determine how well it meets the needs of the community member; to establish a baseline of community and individual efficacy; and, to understand how well the course is meeting community needs.

Description du projet: The purpose of this evaluation is to evaluate this course to determine how well it meets the needs of the community members who take the course as participants as well as to establish a baseline of community and individual efficacy. The research team have the following six evaluation questions: 1) How satisfied are the participants with the course? 2) How confident and willing are participants to provide emergency care? 3) How does the curriculum meet the needs of the community? 4) What is the level of efficacy & resilience in the community? 5) What is the capacity of the community to respond to emergencies? 6) How effective was the CBEC Project/Process in terms of community engagement? It is important to understand how well the course is meeting community needs, from a community perspective as this may have potential implications for longer term community health and wellbeing. Data will be collected through several methods: focus group, semi-structured interview, observation and survey tools. The focus groups will occur with course participants and Working Group members from Tsiigehtchic. The focus group for Working Group members from Tsiigehtchic will also use a modified version of the Community Capacity Building Tool. Semi-structured interviews will take place with non-course participant community members. Surveys will occur with course participants and community members who did not take the course. A pilot test of the survey will take place with University students. These surveys are pilot surveys which have been reviewed in the community. Please note that these surveys will be pilot tested with a group of undergraduate students who are taking part in a Wilderness First Aid course. There may be minor changes that are made after the pilot testing phase. Furthermore, the following question will be modified: “The following statements list different activities related to first aid and emergency care. In the column Confidence, rate how confident you are that you can do them as of now. Please rate your degree of confidence by recording a number from 0 to 100 using the scale given below.” This question will be modified as the curriculum for the course is developed. The questions will be updated to reflect material that is taught during the course. For example, “ability to size up the scene” may be dropped and replaced with “ability to complete... (another skill or task)” so that the questions asked are reflective of the course content. Community-members who are members of the Tsiigehtchic Community-Based Emergency Care Working Group have had the opportunity to review and provide feed back on the proposed survey and interview questions. They have also been involved more broadly in the development of the community-based emergency care course. The wider community had the opportunity to contribute to the development of the course during a recent health fair that was held in Tsiigehtchic. These consultation activities contributed to development of the evaluation plan. In February of 2019 the emergency care course will run with community members as participants. These community members will be invited, along with the Tsiigehtchic based Community-Based Emergency Care Working Group members, and select community member who do not take the course, to participate in the evaluation. This participation may involve taking part in a survey, an interview, and/or a focus group. Furthermore, this course may be offered in other small communities in the future and they would also benefit from any improvements made to the course as a result of the evaluation. Research participants will be made aware of the findings through easy-reading print material (poster or brochure) as under guidance from community members of the Working Group. Additionally the research team will be providing a final evaluation report to the community leadership, and this may be made available to participants. Academic presentations and publications are planned. The fieldwork for this study will be conducted from February 23, 2019 to July 1, 2019.