No Matter How You Land

Challenges of a Longitudinal Multi-Site Evaluation

Authors

  • Carolyn S. Dewa Health Systems Research and Consulting Unit, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health & Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto
  • Dale Butterill Health Systems Research and Consulting Unit, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health & Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto
  • Janet Durbin Health Systems Research and Consulting Unit, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health & Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto
  • Paula Goering Health Systems Research and Consulting Unit, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health & Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3138/cjpe.0019.003

Abstract

In an earlier article, we described the mindset and process for implementing and conducting a multi-site study. In this article, we take the perspective of the multi-site study’s coordinating centre. Using the Community Mental Health Evaluation Initiative as a case study, we focus on four major aspects of the initiative — data collection and management, the evaluated programs, partnerships, and knowledge transfer. We discuss a variety of challenges that we faced in relation to these activities during the course of our longitudinal multi-site study and how we met them — both those actions that were met with success and those that were not.

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Published

2005-01-21

How to Cite

Dewa, C. S., Butterill, D., Durbin, J., & Goering, P. (2005). No Matter How You Land: Challenges of a Longitudinal Multi-Site Evaluation. Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation, 19(3), 1–28. https://doi.org/10.3138/cjpe.0019.003

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 3 (2005): Special Issue

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Copyright (c) 2005 Carolyn S. Dewa, Dale Butterill, Janet Durbin, Paula Goering

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