Participatory program planning: including program participants and evaluators

Nichols, Laura

doi:10.1016/s0149-7189(01)00044-1

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“…Local perspectives are key to this type of evaluation (Riches, 2003). Existing methodologies regarding participatory program planning and evaluation (Nichols, 2002;Whitmore, 1998) represent promising approaches for capturing the multidimensionality of Inuit food security.…”

Section: Monitoring and Evaluationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Supporting Inuit food security: A synthesis of initiatives in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Northwest Territories

Kenny

Wesche

Fillion³

et al. 2018

CanFoodStudies

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Food insecurity among Indigenous Peoples of northern Canada is a significant public health issue that is exacerbated by changing social and environmental conditions. While a patchwork of programs, strategies and polices exist, the extent to which they address all "pillars" of food security (food availability, access, quality, and utilization) remains under-assessed. We respond to this gap by providing a framework for synthesizing and assessing information about food security initiatives, using a case study of the Inuvialuit Settlement Region (ISR), the westernmost Inuit region of Canada. Our objectives are: (1) to identify existing initiatives in the ISR; (2) to assess the breadth and diversity of these initiatives in addressing the four key food security "pillars"; and (3) to present an analytical framework that will facilitate ongoing data updating and sharing in the ISR and elsewhere. Through a scoping review and direct consultation with 12 key informants, we identified 30 initiatives that support food security in the ISR. These are funded and implemented at a range of national, territorial, regional, and local levels, and include both governmental and non-governmental programs, strategic frameworks, and research and monitoring initiatives. Seven key themes emerged from the cross-scale analysis of these initiatives, including: orientation with respect to food security pillars, scope and scale, demographic targeting, funding, monitoring and evaluation, and implications for food security CFS/RCÉA Kenny, Wesche, Fillion, MacLean, & Chan Vol. 5 No. 2, May 2018 74 strategies. While our framework provides a useful tool for data synthesis and analysis, its outputs can help in identifying gaps and opportunities for both resource allocation and program and policy development for under-served communities. Significantly, this study highlights the importance of engaging local perspectives in the development of coordinated approaches to address Inuit food insecurity.

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Section: Monitoring and Evaluationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Supporting Inuit food security: A synthesis of initiatives in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Northwest Territories

Kenny

Wesche

Fillion³

et al. 2018

CanFoodStudies

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“…Acknowledging these unpredicted effects should lead companies to make further efforts to detect and counteract them. In order to improve our understanding of these strategies, it may be helpful to employ several notions developed within the literature on management under uncertainty (see De Meyer et al 2001;Jafaari 2001;Pich et al 2002), and on participatory planning, monitoring, and evaluation (see D'Aquino 2007;Estrella 2000;Estrella and Gaventa 1998;Nichols 2002). Research on management under uncertainty mostly stems from the project management field, and may suggest interesting ideas about the ways in which managers cope with unexpected events (Geraldi et al 2010;Söderholm 2008).…”

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Stakeholder Approach: What Effects Should We Take into Account in Contemporary Societies?

Lopez-De-Pedro¹,

Gilabert

2011

J Bus Ethics

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In recent years, the stakeholder approach has been widely applied in the debate on corporate social responsibility (CSR). Although many authors of this approach have reviewed many elements of the model, they have unconditionally accepted several criteria assumed by Freeman (1984) to identify stakeholders. In general, stakeholder authors have assumed that (a) the company establishes dyadic relationships with other agents, and (b) decisions made by a company only have foreseen and direct effects on other agents. These criteria have enabled researchers to understand simple processes. However, they have also prevented researchers from explaining how action comes about, and how responsibility is shared, in many complex processes taking place in contemporary societies. Such complex processes involve many agents, and each decision can generate unexpected effects which accumulate or disseminate. Furthermore, the normative structure governing these processes can affect and/or be affected by the actions of agents. In this study, we propose new criteria to expand the stakeholder model and facilitate the study of CSR in such processes.

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“…Social scientists have long argued that we need to find ways to get beyond the limitations of relying solely on experts for program and policy development and instead find participatory ways to include people's desires and needs as starting points (Jacobs 1992;Nichols 2002;Throgmorton and Eckstein 2000). "Some scholars also argue that the rise of large-scale, national organizations-government, media, manufacturing, and commerce-undermined average Americans' sense that they could control events in their local communities" (Fischer 2010, p. 187).…”

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Social desire paths: a new theoretical concept to increase the usability of social science research in society

Nichols

2014

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Social scientists are well-trained to observe and chart social trends, but less experienced at presenting scientific findings in formats that can inform social change work. In this article, I propose a new theoretical concept that provides a mechanism by which social science research can be more effectively applied for proactive policy, organizational, and program development. The approach is to use the metaphor of "desire paths" from landscape architecture to show how social scientists can identify and analyze social desire paths that appear on the social structural landscape. Social desire paths usually emerge because existing formal structures do not meet individual or group needs. Such paths are generally started at the individual level, followed by others through individual actions, and ultimately leave an (usually informal) imprint on the social structure, even though the motivations behind those actions are not usually social change. Using what we know about the sociology of interests and what we have learned from trying to apply social science findings to policy, I propose seven criteria for phenomena to be defined as social desire paths. I then apply the criteria to two case studies related to housing, and discuss social desire paths usefulness to social scientists involved in any research that captures interests, deviance, or innovation; and that also has the potential to inform formal structures such as policy, organizations, program development, and participatory democracy.

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Participatory program planning: including program participants and evaluators

Cited by 55 publications

References 25 publications

Supporting Inuit food security: A synthesis of initiatives in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Northwest Territories

Supporting Inuit food security: A synthesis of initiatives in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Northwest Territories

Stakeholder Approach: What Effects Should We Take into Account in Contemporary Societies?

Social desire paths: a new theoretical concept to increase the usability of social science research in society

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