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Download full textKot, Veronika; Bruner, Charles – 1999
This publication presents information on how neighborhood residents can be involved in collecting needed information about their community which they can use to guide reform efforts. Researchers interviewed people with experience collecting information at the neighborhood level, other researchers, leaders of community based organizations, and…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Change, Community Involvement, Community Planning
Lake, Celinda C.; Harper, Pat Callbeck – 1987
This book presents hands-on information on how to plan, administer, and analyze opinion polls. Guidance is also offered on how to make this strategy accessible to public interest groups. Several examples, checklists, warnings of possible pitfalls, and lists of material and human resources occur throughout the chapters. Major sections address the…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Study, Community Surveys, Data Collection
Hustedde, Ron; And Others – 1984
Designed to assist individuals who need to bring information to citizen groups or decision makers concerned with community economic development, this manual uses a question-answer format to cover topics that might occur to someone just starting to build an understanding of community economic analysis. Among topics covered are: strategies for…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Change, Community Development, Community Planning
National Institutes of Health (DHEW), Bethesda, MD. High Blood Pressure Information Center. – 1979
As part of the National High Blood Pressure Education Program effort, the conference explored the implications and impact of the prevalence of hypertension in Spanish-speaking populations in California. Approximately 150 experts in health fields, representing all levels of government, public and private health care providers, consumers, and health…
Descriptors: Cardiovascular System, Community Health Services, Data Collection, Disease Control
Society for Participatory Research in Asia, New Delhi (India). – 1982
Participatory research is an approach that calls for a democratic interaction between the researcher and those among whom the research is conducted. While this approach has been implemented with both individuals and groups in a wide variety of settings such as geographic communities, workplace situations, adult learning groups, community issue…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Data Collection, Definitions
Peace Corps, Washington, DC. Information Collection and Exchange Div. – 1982
This manual, the Spanish translation of a separately available English handbook on program design, is intended to assist volunteers and staff of volunteer organizations in the systematic design of projects in various health, community, and social service areas. The first section of the manual is a guidebook that addresses such aspects of the…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Community Programs, Community Services, Data Collection
Peace Corps, Washington, DC. Information Collection and Exchange Div. – 1982
This manual is intended to assist volunteers and staff of volunteer organizations in the design of projects in various community and social service areas. The first section of the manual is a guidebook that addresses such aspects of the planning, implementation, and evaluation process as situational analysis, needs assessment, task-oriented…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Community Programs, Community Services, Data Collection
