title: Work through the valley: evaluate.
abstract: While all stages of a community-partnered participatory research (CPPR) initiative involve evaluation, the main focus is the evaluation of the action plans, which often involves the most rigorous evaluation activities of the project, from both a community-engagement and scientific perspective. This article reviews evaluation principles for a community-based project, and describes the goals and functions of the Council's research and evaluation committee. It outlines 10 steps to partnered evaluation, and concludes by emphasizing the importance of asset-based evaluation that builds capacity for the community and the partnership.
authors.affiliation: Healthy African American Families II (HAAF), Los Angeles, CA 90008, USA.
authors.forename: Kenneth
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wells
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Koegel
authors.forename: Loretta
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Meade
mesh_terms: D057191:Capacity Building; D003256:Community Participation / Q000379:methods*; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D006292:Health Priorities; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008128:Logic; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000379:methods*; D012106:Research