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Research & Training Center on Community Living

RTC on Community Living RetreatSept. 15-16, 2014

Houston, Texas

Community Engagement Initiative Knowledge Transfer Research ProjectCharles Drum

Sara Rainer


Partners

National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation

Research (NIDRR)

University of New HampshireInstitute on Disability / UCED

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Background


General Problem to Solve

• People with disabilities experience localbarriers to accessing health care and recreational opportunities̶ Transportation̶ Community Design̶ Attitudes and Communication̶ Other

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Community Engagement

• Working collaboratively with community members to achieve changes at the local level


Specific Problem to Solve

• How much help is needed to successfully implement the community engagement process and address local access barriers?

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Community Engagement Initiative (CEI)

• CEI outlines a process to include people with disabilities in resolving community access barriers


Four Phases of CEI

• Town Hall Meeting

• Community Collaboration Meeting

• Planning Implementation and Resolution

• Evaluation

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Why CEI?

• CEI is an evidence-based practice

• Research has shown that the CEI method resolves about 70% of local access barriers


Goal

• To determine how much assistance is needed by communities to successfully implement CEI

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Objective

• Conduct a pilot project in eight randomly selected communities in Montana and New Hampshire using an equivalent materials design


3 Levels of Assistance

• Minimal: a “how-to guide” and financial support

• Moderate: minimal + training

• Intensive: moderate + onsite technical assistance by the research team

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Criteria for CEI Communities

• Population between 2,500 and 10,000

• Non-metropolitan counties (counties with at least one town over 10,000 in population but no city with more than 50,000)

• Have at least 3 recreational sites


Research Questions

1. Will communities receiving different levels of assistance vary in identifying and resolving community barriers?

2. How many identified barriers will be resolved within the nine-month time frame?

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Research Questions

3. Will the removal of local barriers result in increased access to health care and recreational opportunities?

4. Will communities change the CEI process when they implement under different levels of assistance?


Progress to Date

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CEI Products

• Products for communities and community members participating in CEI̶ How-to Guide̶ Workbooks̶ Action logs̶ Evaluation measures̶ Webpages


Selection of Communities

• Random number generator to select 8 communities in Montana and New Hampshire and assign different levels of assistance

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Lessons Learned& Adjustments


Revised Design

• Revised the project design

• 3 states to 2

• Need to understand the state you are working in

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Updated Products

• Earlier community engagement project produced the “Community Action Guide 2.0”

• Created shorter, more efficient and usable products


Additional Products

• Different audiences need specialized materials

• Separate products for the facilitator of CEI meetings and community participants

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Example: Action Logs

• Surveys for CEI participants are now embedded in action logs̶ Action log for facilitators̶ Action log for community members


Evaluation

• It’s still important!

• Captures what works, what makes it work, and what doesn’t work to improve future community initiatives

• Community members are volunteering their time

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Example: The Community Participation Survey

• Modified version of David Gray’s Survey of Participation and Receptivity in Communities (SPARC)

• Shortened for use during CEI


Next Steps

• Getting communities to say, “Yes!”

• Send materials to minimal assistance communities

• Schedule training sessions for the moderate and intensive communities

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Implications


For Consumers

• Opportunity to resolve community access barriers

• May serve as a general model for addressing other issues of local concern

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For Practitioners and Advocates

• Disability community and members of the community’s infrastructure may work together to solve local problems in a non-adversarial way


For Policymakers

• May improve and build relations between community members and community leaders

• May increase awareness about disability and community access barriers

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For Researchers

• A rare example of a knowledge transfer research study that observes the local uptake and application of the CEI methodology in a real-world setting


Acknowledgements

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Thanks!

• University of Kansas

• University of Montana

• Washington University in St. Louis


The contents of this presentation were developed under a grant from the Department of Education, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) grant number H133B110006. However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.

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