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Table 7 Process Evaluation Data Collection in Taking Action Together

From: Taking Action Together: A YMCA-based protocol to prevent Type-2 Diabetes in high-BMI inner-city African American children

Variables

Methods and Frequency1

Adherence to schedule of lessons

Observation - monthly for child component; twice per year for adult component

Log - recorded weekly; reviewed monthly

Fidelity of lesson delivery

Observation - monthly for child component; twice yearly for adult component

Session evaluation forms - recorded weekly, reviewed monthly

Training, support and monitoring of staff

Observation of attendance and engagement

Observation of lesson delivery - bimonthly (child component), twice per year (adult)

Response of participants to sessions

Attendance log - by session; reviewed monthly

Session evaluation form - administered lesson-by-lesson (child component), twice per year (adult)

Response of staff and volunteers to sessions

Session evaluation form - administered lesson-by-lesson for child sessions

Meeting of staff and volunteers - twice per year

Family response to mailings

Telephone survey - contact intervention families once per year

Overall assessment of program

Confidential telephone survey of intervention families - end of year