Return-Path: <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g5PK0MX28350; Tue, 25 Jun 2002 16:00:22 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 16:00:22 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <1025035093.3d18cb55474ff@webmail.tulane.edu> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Michele Lempa <mlempa@tulane.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:3725] community capacity research study X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Status: O Content-Length: 2293 Lines: 46 Dear List Serve Members: Members of a research team at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine and the Xavier University Deep South Center for Environmental Justice seek your help on a project to develop measures of community capacity funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. We are currently assessing the reliability and validity of a survey instrument that will ultimately assist community-based organizations in examining factors that help and hinder them in achieving their goals. The survey is to be administered to a national sample of 400 grass roots organizations in order to assess the properties of the survey - not the capacity of organizations who complete it. We are seeking groups with diverse constituencies and causes from various geographic areas across the United States to add to our understanding of the survey’s utility and applicability across a broad range of issues and communities. We believe that you, as members of this list serve, can be a great resource for our team in identifying grassroots, community-based organizations from your area to complete the survey. We are seeking three respondents from each organization working on a specific initiative. Respondents should be: -One central leader of the initiative, - One staff person or volunteer who works closely and regularly on the initiative, - One individual who works or volunteers with the initiative from time to time, as available. PLEASE NOTE: This survey is not an assessment of the organizations who complete it. Rather, we are administering the survey for reliability testing and refinement of the instrument. What we can offer in return to groups participating is the instrument once it is tested and results of the reliability testing when they are complete. If you would be interested in helping identify some candidate organizations in your area, please contact Michele Lempa, Research Assistant, at capacity@tulane.edu or (504) 585-7100. We expect to begin contacting survey respondents in July of this year. Any help or direction you can provide as soon as possible will be appreciated! Please do not hesitate to contact us with questions or for additional information. Thank you for your consideration.
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