TABLE 3—
Participants’ Frequency of Use of Data and Application of Community Assessment Skills: Data & Democracy Wave 2 Follow-Up Survey, California, Cycle 2 (2008–2010)
| Participant Skill | No. (Valid %) |
| Community assessment skills used most since coursea | |
| Developing a community partnership to conduct assessment | 6 (17) |
| Developing goals and objectives to focus a community assessment | 17 (48) |
| Identifying good sources of health data for community advocacy | 12 (34) |
| Determining when to collect new health data | 5 (14) |
| Identifying pros and cons of various data collection methods | 10 (29) |
| Identifying appropriate data analysis methods | 6 (17) |
| Communicating assessment findings to targeted audiences | 10 (29) |
| Developing community assessment plan | 2 (6) |
| Working with other researchers | 9 (26) |
| Telling my community's story to funders and policymakers | 8 (23) |
| Planning or implementing program or policy change | 8 (23) |
| Changes in approach to assessments since courseb | |
| Approach not changed | 2 (6) |
| Enhanced current work on community assessments | 20 (56) |
| Will apply skills to future community assessments | 8 (22) |
| Applied skills to other research processes | 11 (31) |
| Frequency of use of data since course | |
| Much more frequently | 4 (11) |
| More frequently | 11 (31) |
| About the same frequency | 16 (44) |
| Less frequently | 3 (8) |
| Don't use data in work | 2 (6) |
| Frequency of presenting data since course | |
| More often than before | 11 (31) |
| With about the same frequency | 20 (56) |
| Less frequently | 3 (8) |
| Have not presented data | 0 |
| Organization's frequency of use of data for funding since course | |
| Yes, more often than before | 15 (42) |
| No, frequency the same | 15 (42) |
| Not tried to use data for funding since course | 5 (14) |
| Organization's frequency of use of data for advocacy since course | |
| Yes, more often than before | 15 (42) |
| No, frequency the same | 19 (53) |
| Not tried to use data for advocacy since course | 0 |
| Organization's frequency of use of data for program or policy development since course | |
| Yes, more often than before | 14 (40) |
| No, frequency the same | 13 (37) |
| Not tried to use data for program or policy since course | 6 (17) |
Note. The sample size was n = 36.
a
Respondents could check up to 3 responses.
b
Respondents could check all that apply.