Since its inception in 2000, the Missouri Foundation for Health (MFH) has invested in policy change in Missouri. Recognizing a dearth of organizations with the capacity to advocate for Missouri health consumers, MFH broadened its grantmaking vision to building a field of consumer health advocates. Using the Framework for Evaluating Advocacy Field Building, Innovation Network and the Center for Evaluation Innovation are currently gauging how MFH shapes this field through its grantmaking. This presentation will focus on evaluating two dimensions of the Framework of this field: Adaptive Capacity and Skills & Resources. A discussion of data collection activities will give the audience ideas about how to evaluate these dimensions, lessons learned from the process, and what has been revealed through the evaluation about Skills & Resources and Adaptive Capacity in a field.
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Evaluating Adaptive Capacity and Skills + Resources
1. Evaluating
Adaptive Capacity and
Skills + Resources
in the Consumer Health Advocacy Field in Missouri
Kat Athanasiades
@KatAthanasiades
kathanasiades@innonet.org
AEA 2014, Denver, CO
3. 1 What and Why
2 How
3 So What?
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4. 1 What and Why
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5. 2 How
Theory of Change- Advocacy for Positive
Health System Change
State of the Field 2013 5 Year Strategies Ideal Future Field 2018
Skills + Resources Skills + Resources
Different
strategies
affect
different field
dimensions
Connectivity Connectivity
Composition
Adaptive Capacity
Composition
Adaptive Capacity
Field Frame Field Frame
6. 2 How
Theory of Change- Advocacy for Positive
Health System Change
State of the Field 2013 5 Year Strategies Ideal Future Field 2018
Skills + Resources Skills + Resources
Connectivity Connectivity
Composition
Adaptive Capacity
Composition
Adaptive Capacity
Field Frame Field Frame
7. 2 How
Adaptive Capacity-
Participatory Assessment
Interviews
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8. 2 How
Adaptive Capacity-
Participatory Assessment
Interviews
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9. 2 How
Adaptive Capacity-
Strongly
Disagree
Strongly
Agree
Reasons
to
Disagree
Reasons
STATEMENT to Agree
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10. 2 How
Adaptive Capacity-
Strongly
Disagree
Strongly
Agree
Reasons
to
Disagree
Reasons
to Agree
“We respond to the
moves of the opposition
in a timely way.”
My organization
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11. 2 How
Adaptive Capacity-
Strongly
Disagree
Strongly
Agree
Reasons
to
Disagree
Reasons
to Agree
“We respond to the
moves of the opposition
in a timely way.”
My organization
The field of consumer health
advocates
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15. 3 So What
Are there significant skill or knowledge gaps we need to address among certain
types of advocates?
Where should we build skills within organizations vs. linking advocates with different
skill sets together?
Between what kinds of advocates is there a connectivity problem and why? And
with what kinds of policy issues will this trip us up?
Do “missing constituencies” in the policy arena warrant supporting new
organizations or building the capacity of existing organizations who represent them?
Where and among whom do we need to support increased time for shared political
analysis?
What other constraints to adaptive capacity can be addressed via grantmaking or
auxiliary supports?
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16. 3 So What
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21. Policy focus: Medicaid (blue) & Nutrition (red)
(n = 34 organizations)
Advocacy Capacity Building
Coalition Building
Communications and
Messaging
Community Mobilization
Community Organizing
Demonstration Programs
Public Education Campaign
Influencer Education
Leadership Development
Litigation
Lobbying
Media Advocacy
Model Legislation
Political Will Campaigns
Policy Analysis/Research
Policymaker Education
Public Education
Public Forums
Public Polling
Regulatory Feedback
Voter Outreach
Outcomes
Audiences
AWARENESS WILL ACTION
PUBLIC INFLUENCERS DECISION MAKERS