Hello everyone, A while back I asked if anyone on the listserve had information/tools pertaining to the evaluation of coalitions. I got a lot of feedback and have finally summarized the emails that were sent to me directly. If anyone knows of any more tools, please let me know. Sorry this has taken so long.... A big thank you to everyone who responded, I really appreciate your feedback. Here it goes.... ARTICLES/Documents Abatena, H. (1997). The significance of planned community participation in problem solving and developing a viable community capability. Journal of Community Practice, 4 (2), 13-34. Butterfoss, F.D. et al. (1996) Community coalitions for prevention and health promotion: Factors predicting satisfaction, participation, and planning. Health Education Quarterly, 23 (1) 65-79. Goodman, R.M. et al. (1998) Identifying and defining the dimensions of community capacity to provide a basis for measurment. Health Education & Behavior, 25 (3), 258-278. Goldstein, S. (1997). Community Coalitions: A Self-assessment Tool. , American Journal of Health Promotion, 11(6) p. 430-435. Coalition evaluation survey in Minkler, M. 1997, Community Organizing and Community Building for health Butterfoss, Frances D., Goodman, Robert M., & Wandersman, Abraham (1993). Community coalitions for prevention and health promotion. Health Education Research, 8(3), 315-330. Black, T. R. (1983). Coalition building: Some suggestions. Child Welfare, 63(3), 263-267. Dluhy, M. J. (1990). Building coalitions in the human services. Newbury Park, CA: Sage. Francisco, Vincent T., Paine, Adrienne L., & Fawcett. Stephen B. (199?) A methodology for monitoring and evaluating community health coalitions.Health Education Research, 8(3), 403-416. Healthy Lifestyles Promotion Program (1990). Building effective coalitions training module: Participant's workbook. Community Health Promotion in Action, Health Information Centre. Toronto, Ontario: Ontario Ministry of Health. How to build and manage a healthy coalition (1999, July). Based on lessons learned along the way by Algoma Best Start. 3rd edition. (15pp) WEBPAGES with very useful information: The University of Wisconsin Extension Department has a wonderful publication on its website, called "Evaluating Collaboratives". Here's the url for evaluating coalitions. (pdf doc) http://cf.uwex.edu/ces/pubs/pdf/G3658_8.PDF Other evaulation documents including Evaluating Collaboratives: http://bluto.uwex.edu/ces/pdande/evaluat.html Working together: intersectoral action for health June 1995 Commonwealth of Australia. Elizabeth Harris, Marilyn Wise, Penelope Hawe, Penelope Finlay, Don Nutbeam AUD15.00 The full report on which it is based can be ordered from: http://www.health.usyd.edu.au/achp/publ.html#wt Community Tool Box: http://ctb.lsi.ukans.edu Partnership Guidelines from the Alberta Public Health Association : http://www.apha.ab.ca/ptnr-m.html. Sincerely, Sandra Newton Coordinator Greater Kingston Area Safe & Sober Community Alliance c/o KFL&A Health Unit 221 Portsmouth Avenue Kingston ONTARIO K7M 1V5 email: [log in to unmask]