A Mixed-Method Exploration of Functioning in Safe Schools/Healthy Students Partnerships

Autor/inn/en	Merrill, Marina L.; Taylor, Nicole L.; Martin, Alison J.; Maxim, Lauren A.; D'Ambrosio, Ryan; Gabriel, Roy M.; Wendt, Staci J.; Mannix, Danyelle; Wells, Michael E.
Titel	A Mixed-Method Exploration of Functioning in Safe Schools/Healthy Students Partnerships
Quelle	In: Evaluation and Program Planning, 35 (2012) 2, S.280-286 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0149-7189
DOI	10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2011.11.003
Schlagwörter	Partnerships in Education; School Safety; Child Health; Federal Programs; Program Evaluation; Mixed Methods Research; Attitude Measures; Surveys; Grounded Theory; Validity; Barriers; Decision Making; Sustainability + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulpartnerschaft; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Gültigkeit; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Nachhaltigkeit
Abstract	This paper presents a mixed-method approach to measuring the functioning of Safe Schools/Healthy Students (SS/HS) Initiative partnerships. The SS/HS national evaluation team developed a survey to collect partners' perceptions of functioning within SS/HS partnerships. Average partnership functioning scores were used to rank each site from lowest to highest. Sites with the "most favorable perceptions of partnership functioning" were defined as having average scores in the top 10% (n = 10) and sites with the "least favorable perceptions of partnership functioning" were defined as having average scores in the bottom 10% (n = 10). Qualitative data for these 20 sites were inductively open coded for emergent themes and analyzed for patterns using grounded theory approach. Six themes emerged that distinguished sites reporting the most favorable and least favorable perceptions of partnership functioning: partner engagement, facilitators, barriers, shared decision making, partnership structure, and sustainability. Sites reporting the most favorable perceptions of partnership functioning effectively utilized collaboration processes that facilitate coalition building, such as shared decision making, effective communication, and developing a clearly defined structure. Qualitative themes from this analysis provide evidence of validity for the partnership functioning scale used and illustrate distinguishing features between sites with the most favorable and least favorable perceptions of partnership functioning. (Contains 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10