Stakeholder Interviews

Select potential center directors & evaluators telefocus group participants

Review Center Directors and Evaluators telefocus group design

Finalize telefocus group participants

Disseminated telefocus group session goals and questions to telefocus participants

Center Director telefocus group (ca. Feb 12)

Evaluator telefocus group (ca. Feb 14)

Interview Guide Design

Edit and refine semi-structured exit interview guide (Feb)

Data Collection

Construction of on-line reporting form and database  (March)

Beta testing of on-line database

Option to Opt out of center staff involvement email to evaluators

Email requests to Center Evaluators and center administrators or CDs requesting IDs of sponsors that terminated sponsorships (bimonthly, April 08-April 09)

Follow up email/phone calls to Evaluators to complete exit interviews (May 08-May 08)

Evaluators exit interviewing (May 08-May 08)

Analysis and Reporting

Frequencies and categorical descriptive analysis (May 09)

Qualitative content analysis: data reduction, data display and model verification (July 08 to May 09)

Project Progress Report – June 2009 Evaluators Meeting. 

Final report writing (June 09-Aug 09)

Presentation/recommendations at January 2010 I/UCRC Evaluators Conference (early January 2010)