Multi-Cultural Approaches to Program Evaluation

Hanh Cao Yu, Ph.D. Leadership and Multicultural Evaluation October 4, 2006The California Endowment Multi-Cultural Approaches to Program Evaluation www.spra.com

Moving the Field of Evaluation The California Endowment Diversity in Health Evaluation Project • Affect a paradigm shift • Establish guiding principles • Identify culturally competent evaluators

The Power Triangle of Foundation-Commissioned Evaluation

The Paradigm Shift

Guiding Principles for MCE • inclusion in design and implementation • acknowledgement & infusion of multiple world views • appropriate measures of success • cultural and systems analysis • relevance to communities

Multicultural Evaluation Continuum Stages of MCE Principle Implementation • Cultural incompetence: diverse cultures are unacknowledged in evaluation • Cultural blindness: awareness of diversity may exist, but not presumed a critical factor n evaluation design or implementation • Cultural sensitivity: acknowledgement of cultural differences and steps taken to incorporate cultural considerations in evaluation models • Cultural proficiency: evaluations design and implementation are fundamentally shifted to honor and capitalize upon the diverse cultural contexts

Culturally Competent Evaluators • experience in diverse communities • openness to learning • flexibility in design and practice • rapport and trust • acknowledgement of power differentials • self reflection on biases • translation and mediation • comprehension of historical and institutional oppression

Resources on MC Evaluation The California Endowment website: www. calendow.org (Evaluation Reports)

Multi-Cultural Approaches to Program Evaluation

Multi-Cultural Approaches to Program Evaluation

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