As part of the evaluation of the Community Clinics Initiative (CCI)’s Networking for Community Health (NCH) program, BTW is examining how community clinics strengthen their working relationships with both traditional and non-traditional partners to promote community health.

This brief focuses on a sub-set of NCH projects that are engaging youth to promote community health. The report describes how clinics can integrate youth into community health improvement efforts and profiles three projects to illustrate different of ways to engage youth. The brief also includes lessons learned from the projects, which may be of interest to others who support, design or implement similar projects.

What does it really mean to treat evaluation study participants fairly, equitably and with the utmost respect? For foundation staff without deep research backgrounds, it is vital to understand whether evaluators are taking appropriate steps to protect the participants in their work. Does every study require an Institutional Review Board (IRB) process? When is the process not necessary? With generous support from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, BTW has developed Resource Documents and an accompanying Training Toolkit for philanthropic organizations to address these issues. Relevant for foundation staff responsible for evaluation and research studies, these go-to resources provide easy-to-follow decision trees, guidelines and interactive training activities for spotting potential issues to consider in order to ensure ethically sound evaluations.

Materials

Ensuring the Rights of Study Participants: Resource Documents for Philanthropic Organizations

Ensuring the Rights of Study Participants: Training Toolkit for Philanthropic Organizations

Ensuring the Rights of Study Participants: PowerPoint Presentation

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