@article{d7741a7e94f648d18b34dc5af363353e,
title = "MEASUREMENT ISSUES IN HOME-VISITING RESEARCH WITHIN TRIBAL COMMUNITIES: CHALLENGES AND STRATEGIES",
abstract = "In this article, Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) grantees share strategies they have developed and adopted to address the most common barriers to effective measurement (and thus to effective evaluation) encountered in the course of implementation and evaluation of their home-visiting programs. We identify key challenges in measuring outcomes in Tribal MIECHV Programs and provide practical examples of various strategies used to address these challenges within diverse American Indian and Alaska Native cultural and contextual settings. Notably, high-quality community engagement is a consistent thread throughout these strategies and fundamental to successful measurement in these communities. These strategies and practices reflect the experiences and innovative solutions of practitioners working on the ground to deliver and evaluate intervention programs to tribal communities. They may serve as models for getting high-quality data to inform intervention while working within the constraints and requirements of program funding. The utility of these practical solutions extends beyond the Tribal MIECHV grantees and offers the potential to inform a broad array of intervention evaluation efforts in tribal and other community contexts.",
keywords = "American Indians and Alaska Natives, Am{\'e}rindiens et autochtones d'Alaska, Hausbesuche, Indianer und Ureinwohner Alaskas, Messung, Mesure, Visite {\`a} domicile, home visiting, ind{\'i}genas norteamericanos y nativos de Alaska, measurement, medidas de desempe{\~n}o, visitas a casa",
author = "Whitesell, {Nancy Rumbaugh} and Marc Bolan and Chomos, {Julianna C.} and Debra Heath and Jon Miles and Melina Salvador and Corrie Whitmore and Allison Barlow",
note = "Funding Information: ABSTRACT: In this article, Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) grantees share strategies they have developed and adopted to address the most common barriers to effective measurement (and thus to effective evaluation) encountered in the course of implementation and evaluation of their home-visiting programs. We identify key challenges in measuring outcomes in Tribal MIECHV Programs and provide practical examples of various strategies used to address these challenges within diverse American Indian and Alaska Native cultural and contextual settings. Notably, high-quality community engagement is a consistent thread throughout these strategies and fundamental to successful measurement in these communities. These strategies and practices reflect the experiences and innovative solutions of practitioners working on the ground to deliver and evaluate intervention programs to tribal communities. They may serve as models for getting high-quality data to inform intervention while working Corrie Whitmore is now at the University of Alaska Anchorage, Department of Health Sciences. Our work in the conceptualization, design, and drafting of this article was supported by Administration for Children and Families cooperative agreements to the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (Grant 90PH0017), Port Gamble S{\textquoteright}Klallam Tribe (Grant 90TH0002), Yerington Paiute Tribe (Grant 90TH0009), Pueblo of San Felipe (Grant 90TH0011), Native American Professional Parent Resources, Inc. (Grant 90TH0006), Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (Grant 90TH0030), James Bell Associates, Inc. (Contract HHSP23320095644WC), and Southcentral Foundation (Grant 90TH0007). The views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, the Administration for Children and Families, or the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. The authors have no conflicts of interest to report. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 Michigan Association for Infant Mental Health",
year = "2018",
month = may,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1002/imhj.21713",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "39",
pages = "326--334",
journal = "Infant Mental Health Journal",
issn = "0163-9641",
publisher = "John Wiley and Sons Inc.",
number = "3",
}