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Getting on track and staying there.
Getting on track and staying there.
To ensure research is relevant to community and organisation priorities, needs and aspirations, the research journey is usually guided by 8 steps. Some research projects may not need all 8 steps, and may be in mixed order.
1. Establishing relationships
2. Conceptualisation- thinking and planning the research design
3. Development and approval- finalising the Research Agreement
4. Data collection and management
5. Anlaysis - working out what the data means
6. Report writing
7. Dissemination - sharing the findings or research results
8. Learning from the experience
Evidence based research snapshots
Evidence based research snapshots
'Socio-cultural determinants of health communication in Vanuatu' - Doctoral Research
'Socio-cultural determinants of health communication in Vanuatu' - Doctoral Research
The aim of my doctoral research was inform and bolster community level health promotion in Vanuatu.
Evidence based: Identified the focus and research questions. Developed ethics application and research agreements with multi-level stakeholders. Designed urban and rural case studies to explain how knowledge, attitudes and behaviour spread through a mothers' social network. Collected qualitative interview data and quantitative social network data. Interpreted the data and reported the research findings and recommendations. Disseminated the results via international peer reviewed publications,
Networks: Strategically built relationships and collaborated with policy makers, hospital executives, clinicians, patients and consumers across the Vanuatu healthcare system to understand, influence and improve health communication.
January of 2010 through to the end of 2016.
WaSH Project End-line Evaluation
WaSH Project End-line Evaluation
Evidence based: Designed, coordinated and reported on all elements of a quantitative water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH) project end-line evaluation on remote Ambrym island in Vanuatu.
This engagement extended from March to April in 2012.
Country Evaluation Report
Country Evaluation Report
Evidence based: Undertook key stakeholder interviews and secondary data analysis of development progress in Vanuatu, to inform strategic planning.
Partnership: Consulted organisations with sectorial foci about sectorial performance and opportunities to address inequity.
This engagement extended from November to December in 2011.
Child Participation Assessment
Child Participation Assessment
Evidence based: Evaluated child and caregiver participation in the UNICEF 2008 Programs and Child Protection Baseline using data from a literature review and a semi-structured interview tool. Global standards for child participation were used to improve child and caregiver participation.
Partnership: Consulted implementing organisations to assess program participation.
Advocated: Commenced discussions with UNICEF partners about child participation opportunities.
This engagement extended from November to December in 2008.
Health Program Baseline Evaluation
Health Program Baseline Evaluation
Partnership and education: All elements of the Tafea Province program baseline evaluation were conducted in remote Tafea Province Vanuatu, as a training exercise and to honestly collaborate with community participants.
Evidence based: The evaluation applied qualitative and quantitative methods. Field staff, with mentoring, conducted and assessed data from Rapid Participatory Appraisals (PLAs), enabling immediate reporting to community. Similarly Peer Educators, conducted household surveys and results were disseminated to community. These assessments measured conditions at the start of the program, against which subsequent progress will be assessed.
This engagement extended from August to September in 2008.
Design, Monitoring and Evaluation Program Coordinator
Design, Monitoring and Evaluation Program Coordinator
Provided research, knowledge management and grants acquisition and management support for World Vision Vanuatu's' portfolio of health, education, social development and WaSH projects.
Evidence based: Integrated 'Learning through Evaluation with Accountability and Planning' (LEAP) approach to programme-level design, monitoring, and evaluation, to improve programme quality. Undertook a detailed review, planning and feasibility study of a future project opportunity to inform their strategic planning. Developed project designs, accounting for evidence about project effectiveness and lessons learnt. Developed indicators for measuring outcomes, aligned with the national office strategy, relevant to the programme/project objectives and appropriate for the local context.
Capacity building: Analysed research outcomes to give impetus to World Vision’s strategic plans for 2008-2009. Mentored national staff in project design logic, monitoring and evaluation. Trained field staff in work plan preparation and project reporting.
This engagement extended from September 2006 to March in 2008.
Community Development Coordinator
Community Development Coordinator
Capacity building: Trained and supported volunteers staffing a drop-in cafe and op-shop for homeless people and public housing community in inner city Sydney.
Advocacy: Supported the delivery of 24 hour urban education tours and sleep-outs, where knowledge is created through the transformation of experience.
This engagement extended from 2004 to 2006.
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