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Increasing the Power of Intergenerational Programs: Advancing an Evaluation Tool
Intergenerational practitioners responding to a 2018 national survey identified a need for evidence-informed evaluation tools to measure program impact. The Best Practices (BP) Checklist, a 14-item (yes/no) measure assessing the extent to which an intergenerational program session maintained effecti...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8847764/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34105401 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/07334648211015459 |
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author | Jarrott, Shannon E. Turner, Shelbie G. Naar, Jill Juris Juckett, Lisa M. Scrivano, Rachel M. |
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description | Intergenerational practitioners responding to a 2018 national survey identified a need for evidence-informed evaluation tools to measure program impact. The Best Practices (BP) Checklist, a 14-item (yes/no) measure assessing the extent to which an intergenerational program session maintained effective intergenerational strategies, may help meet this need. Yet, researchers have not validated the measure. In this study, we begin the empirical validation process by completing an exploratory factor analysis (EFA) of the BP Checklist to offer insight into possible item reduction and an underlying latent factor structure. Using BP Checklist data from 132 intergenerational activities, we found a 13-item, 3-factor structure, reflecting dimensions of: (a) pairing intergenerational participants, (b) person-centered strategies (e.g., selecting activities reflecting participants’ interests), and (c) staff knowledge of participants. Our study represents a foundational step toward optimizing intergenerational program evaluation, thereby enhancing programming quality. |
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spelling | pubmed-88477642022-02-17 Increasing the Power of Intergenerational Programs: Advancing an Evaluation Tool Jarrott, Shannon E. Turner, Shelbie G. Naar, Jill Juris Juckett, Lisa M. Scrivano, Rachel M. J Appl Gerontol Intergenerational Relationships Intergenerational practitioners responding to a 2018 national survey identified a need for evidence-informed evaluation tools to measure program impact. The Best Practices (BP) Checklist, a 14-item (yes/no) measure assessing the extent to which an intergenerational program session maintained effective intergenerational strategies, may help meet this need. Yet, researchers have not validated the measure. In this study, we begin the empirical validation process by completing an exploratory factor analysis (EFA) of the BP Checklist to offer insight into possible item reduction and an underlying latent factor structure. Using BP Checklist data from 132 intergenerational activities, we found a 13-item, 3-factor structure, reflecting dimensions of: (a) pairing intergenerational participants, (b) person-centered strategies (e.g., selecting activities reflecting participants’ interests), and (c) staff knowledge of participants. Our study represents a foundational step toward optimizing intergenerational program evaluation, thereby enhancing programming quality. SAGE Publications 2021-06-09 2022-03 /pmc/articles/PMC8847764/ /pubmed/34105401 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/07334648211015459 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Intergenerational Relationships Jarrott, Shannon E. Turner, Shelbie G. Naar, Jill Juris Juckett, Lisa M. Scrivano, Rachel M. Increasing the Power of Intergenerational Programs: Advancing an Evaluation Tool |
title | Increasing the Power of Intergenerational Programs: Advancing an Evaluation Tool |
title_full | Increasing the Power of Intergenerational Programs: Advancing an Evaluation Tool |
title_fullStr | Increasing the Power of Intergenerational Programs: Advancing an Evaluation Tool |
title_full_unstemmed | Increasing the Power of Intergenerational Programs: Advancing an Evaluation Tool |
title_short | Increasing the Power of Intergenerational Programs: Advancing an Evaluation Tool |
title_sort | increasing the power of intergenerational programs: advancing an evaluation tool |
topic | Intergenerational Relationships |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8847764/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34105401 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/07334648211015459 |
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