title: Giving the community a voice: Lessons learned from a comprehensive survey in an urban neighborhood.
abstract: Weinland Park, an urban neighborhood adjacent to The Ohio State University, has been targeted for revitalization following several decades of disinvestment. The goal of these efforts is to develop holistic solutions that break the cycle of poverty. Such an undertaking requires collecting baseline data to understand community needs, inform programming, and guide revitalization efforts. This paper describes the development and implementation of the Weinland Park Evaluation Project (WPEP) - a collaborative and comprehensive neighborhood survey and needs assessment. Using the RE-AIM framework as a conceptual model, the paper describes how the WPEP was designed to meet short-, medium-, and long-term community needs. In addition, it offers lessons learned as a guide for researchers designing neighborhood surveys and conducting community assessments. An Appendix A includes indicators measured via the survey tool.
authors.affiliation: Department of Geography at The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA. Electronic address: forrest.97@osu.edu.
authors.forename: Tamar Mott
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Forrest
authors.affiliation: Children's Defense Fund-Ohio, Columbus, OH, USA. Electronic address: wallace-pascoe.103@osu.edu.
authors.forename: Dawn M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Wallace-Pascoe
authors.affiliation: Center for Urban and Regional Studies at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. Electronic address: mdwebb@unc.edu.
authors.forename: Michael D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Webb
authors.affiliation: College of Behavioral & Community Sciences and Professor, Communication Sciences & Disorders at the University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA. Electronic address: hgoldstein@usf.edu.
authors.forename: Howard
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Goldstein
mesh_terms: D003256:Community Participation; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006801:Humans; D020380:Needs Assessment / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012947:Social Work / Q000458:organization & administration; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014505:Urban Population
keywords: Baseline data; Collaborative; Community survey; Comprehensive; Evaluation; Focus groups; Needs assessment; Poverty; Urban neighborhoods