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Presented at the 20th Annual Research Conference

A Community Perspective on the Value and Challenges of a Cross-Cultural Evaluation Process

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Presenting: Laura Baez

All Authors for this paper: Laura Baez

Presentation Type: element of symposium

Synopsis: The Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation is a graduated CMHS system of care community that used the national evaluation effort as a means to increase their local evaluation capacity. A remote health care facility located in southwestern Alaska that serves a primarily Yupƕik Eskimo population, the Yukon-Kuskokwim behavioral health program is steeped in experience in the challenges of implementing standard evaluation protocols within a culturally distinct population. Discussion will range from linguistic and conceptual interpretation of evaluation protocols to the recruitment and retention of external and internal evaluators. The capacity of the local community and governing board to recognize the value of outcome evaluation contributes to the ongoing sustainability of holistic, life enhancing, and culturally based behavioral health services for the people of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.

American Indian and Alaska Native Systems of Care: The Path to Evaluation

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Presenting: Brigitte Manteuffel; Holly Echo-Hawk

All Authors for this paper: Brigitte Manteuffel; Holly Echo-Hawk

Presentation Type: element of symposium

Synopsis: The federal legislation that authorizes funding for the CMHS systems of care requires a national evaluation to evaluate the system and functional improvements of each funded community. Since 1994, over 10% of the total number of funded system of care communities across the country have been tribes or tribal organizations. This has provided an ongoing forum of rich discussion between these local communities and the national evaluation team on ways to best assess the effectiveness of services and system level changes within culturally specific communities. A summary of this decade-long experience has been compiled and key highlights will be presented.

The Circle of Care Initiative: Participatory Action Research Fit with Cultural Engagement

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Presenting: Doug Novins; Candace Fleming

All Authors for this paper: Doug Novins; Candace Fleming

Presentation Type: element of symposium

Synopsis: Funded by the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS), the Circles of Care initiative provides funding to plan, design, and assess the feasibility of implementing a culturally appropriate mental health service model for American Indian and Alaska Native children with serious emotional disturbances and their families. Three cohorts of tribal programs have been funded since 1998 and the importance of community-based participatory planning and evaluation efforts have emerged as key principles. The University of Colorado Health Sciences Center serves as the technical assistance provider for the Circle of Care evaluation effort and will share their observations of the evolution of the tribal experience in evaluation with particular attention to the essential nature of a cultural competence approach to research and evaluation.

The Path to Cultural Competence Within a National Evaluation Framework: The American Indian and Alaska Native Experience

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Session Number: 43 Room: Salon C

Presenting: Holly Echo-Hawk

All Authors for this paper: Holly Echo-Hawk

Presentation Type: brief symposium

Synopsis: Efforts to reform the delivery of children's mental health services through new approaches to partnership with both children's service providers and the ethnic minority communities have raised the bar in expectations of cultural competence. Finding balance between a national evaluation framework and local community strengths and expectations has long been a challenge, particularly within ethnic minority communities. Federal funding for the system of care philosophy has provided a unique window to observe the 10-year evolution of the dance between local minority communities and the national evaluation effort. The window we will present for your learning experience is the mutual evaluation experience and growth in partnership between the American Indian and Alaska Native communities and the National Evaluation team.

Date: Tuesday, March 6, 2007

Session Time: 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM