Participatory evaluation of community-university collaboration programs: a case study of Noto, Japan

Kitamura, Kenji; Utsunomiya, Daisuke; Ito, Koji

doi:10.1080/10705422.2020.1841054

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“…Kanazawa University has collaborated with the municipal government of Suzu since the establishment of the Noto School in 2006. The school houses a small team of researchers to conduct community-based research and capacity development (Nakamura and Kitamura, 2018;Kitamura et al, 2020;Kikuchi et al, 2021). These activities led to the designation of Suzu by the Japanese Government as one of the first SDGs Future Cities in 2018, with the establishment of a new platform for multistakeholder collaboration, the Noto SDGs Laboratory (Kitamura et al, 2021).…”

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Facilitating Personal Transformation for Sustainability: A Learning Program on the Sustainable Development Goals, Combining a Card Game and a Self-Reflective Questionnaire

Kitamura¹,

Ito²

2022

Front. Sustain.

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Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) require transformations at all levels, from global to local, to be realized. Underlying all of these levels is the personal level, where any transformation begins. Before individual persons change their behavior for sustainability, they will need to not only understand the SDGs, but also regard them as a matter which directly concerns them. A process involving “personalizing the SDGs” needs to exist between initial awareness and subsequent action. However, identifying and instituting the means by which this can be realized is not easy. In this study, we designed a learning program that combined an existing SDGs game with an original self-reflective questionnaire, and implemented it in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. The program allowed participants (n = 289) to first play the game, which takes the form of a simulation of the world in the run up to 2030, and then carry out individual and/or group work to consider their individual, specific relationships with the global agenda. The questionnaire also provided each participant with a means to reflect on their initial perceptions and how they changed following this learning. The answers on the questionnaire indicated that the program aided the participants in raising their perceived levels of relationships with, and the personal significance of, the SDGs, while having fun at the same time. Personal relationships with the SDGs were expressed more concretely when local contexts and topics covered in other learning programs were tied in with the SDGs.

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Facilitating Personal Transformation for Sustainability: A Learning Program on the Sustainable Development Goals, Combining a Card Game and a Self-Reflective Questionnaire

Kitamura¹,

Ito²

2022

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Empowering communities through citizen science and participatory action research: implementation of a schistosomiasis communication campaign in Uganda

Anyolitho,

Huyse,

Masquillier

et al. 2024

Humanit Soc Sci Commun

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Schistosomiasis is a water-related disease strongly linked with high-risk water and sanitation practices perpetuating disease transmission. In Uganda, despite health education and sensitisation efforts through communication campaigns by the Ministry of Health to reduce schistosomiasis prevalence, common risky practices still pose a challenge, especially among endemic communities. Here, we steered away from the conventional top-down approach to communication campaigns and explored alternative methods. We employed citizen science (CS) and other participatory action research (PAR) techniques as a bottom-up approach to co-design and implement a communication campaign among communities of western Uganda, to achieve a more tangible outcome of behaviour change for preventing schistosomiasis. We collected qualitative data using data party, world café, prioritisation and ranking, focus group discussion, and key informant interviews from 378 purposively selected individuals and analysed it using a thematic analysis model. Community volunteers, community radios and local leaders were the most preferred channels for passing schistosomiasis information identified by participants. Lack of access to safe water and healthcare services, open defecation, and inadequate knowledge of schistosomiasis are some of the most pressing problems prioritised. Door-to-door visits by citizen scientists (CSs), community meetings, drama, and tournaments were the channels proposed by CSs and community groups during the co-design workshops. Over 1000 households and about 9000 community members were directly reached using the channels. Endemic communities prefer receiving schistosomiasis information using local channels instead of conventional ones. Combining citizen science with other PAR approaches empowers communities to interpret research findings in their contexts and take charge of the interventions. As such, clear and simple message coverage and a high audience turn-up can be achieved. A follow-up study is needed to evaluate the process and impact of the communication intervention on the citizen scientists and the community’s knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding preventive measures.

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Anti-racist research practice partnerships as critical education: dismantling the master’s house with their own tools?

Smith,

Wilson,

Fraser

et al. 2023

Journal of Community Practice

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Participatory evaluation of community-university collaboration programs: a case study of Noto, Japan

Cited by 4 publications

References 16 publications

Facilitating Personal Transformation for Sustainability: A Learning Program on the Sustainable Development Goals, Combining a Card Game and a Self-Reflective Questionnaire

Facilitating Personal Transformation for Sustainability: A Learning Program on the Sustainable Development Goals, Combining a Card Game and a Self-Reflective Questionnaire

Empowering communities through citizen science and participatory action research: implementation of a schistosomiasis communication campaign in Uganda

Anti-racist research practice partnerships as critical education: dismantling the master’s house with their own tools?

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