Citation

Cartwright K, Gray D, Fewings E. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2018; 15(3): ePub.

Affiliation

Queensland Aboriginal & Islander Health Council, 55 Russell St, South Brisbane, QLD 4101, Australia. eddie.fewings@qaihc.com.au.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, MDPI: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute)

DOI

10.3390/ijerph15030450

PMID

29510586

Abstract

In this paper, we describe the innovative way in which the Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council uses "clicker technology" to gather data to report on the key performance indicators of its "AOD-our-way" program, and how, with the subsequent combination of those data with other performance measures, it was possible to go beyond the initial evaluation. The paper also illustrates how the application of survey research methods could further enable enhanced reporting of program outcomes and impacts in an Indigenous context where Indigenous community controlled organisations want to build the evidence base for the issues they care about and ultimately drive their own research agendas.

Language: en

Keywords

Aboriginal community organisations; clicker technology; evaluation methodology; research capacity building