Development of a fidelity measure for community integration programmes for people with acquired brain injury

Objective: The paper describes development of the Assessment of Community Integration Programme Attributes (ACIPA) measure based on a descriptive community integration framework. The purpose of this measure is to allow evaluation of community integration programmes for adults with acquired brain inj...

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Main Authors: Parvaneh, S., Cocks, Errol, Buchanan, A., Ghahari, S.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Informa Healthcare 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19177
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author Parvaneh, S.
Cocks, Errol
Buchanan, A.
Ghahari, S.
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Cocks, Errol
Buchanan, A.
Ghahari, S.
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description Objective: The paper describes development of the Assessment of Community Integration Programme Attributes (ACIPA) measure based on a descriptive community integration framework. The purpose of this measure is to allow evaluation of community integration programmes for adults with acquired brain injury (ABI). Methods: The Community Integration Framework (CIF) was used to design a fidelity evaluation measure through consultation with 37 participants from five stakeholder groups (practitioners, researchers, policy-makers, people with ABI and family members of people with ABI) using semi-structured interviews, focus groups, iterative surveys and a multi-attribute utility (MAU) method. Results: The resultant measure included seven themes and 21 attributes. Each attribute included indicators and probing questions. Weights were assigned to each theme and constituent attributes. Conclusion: Programme evaluation commonly focuses on outcomes, often overlooking analysis of programme processes. Although it requires further psychometric (reliability and validity) development, the Assessment of Community Integration Programme Attributes may be used to assess the relationship between programme processes and specific outcomes and also to inform the development of programmes aiming to enhance community integration for adults with ABI.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-191772017-09-13T15:44:54Z Development of a fidelity measure for community integration programmes for people with acquired brain injury Parvaneh, S. Cocks, Errol Buchanan, A. Ghahari, S. Objective: The paper describes development of the Assessment of Community Integration Programme Attributes (ACIPA) measure based on a descriptive community integration framework. The purpose of this measure is to allow evaluation of community integration programmes for adults with acquired brain injury (ABI). Methods: The Community Integration Framework (CIF) was used to design a fidelity evaluation measure through consultation with 37 participants from five stakeholder groups (practitioners, researchers, policy-makers, people with ABI and family members of people with ABI) using semi-structured interviews, focus groups, iterative surveys and a multi-attribute utility (MAU) method. Results: The resultant measure included seven themes and 21 attributes. Each attribute included indicators and probing questions. Weights were assigned to each theme and constituent attributes. Conclusion: Programme evaluation commonly focuses on outcomes, often overlooking analysis of programme processes. Although it requires further psychometric (reliability and validity) development, the Assessment of Community Integration Programme Attributes may be used to assess the relationship between programme processes and specific outcomes and also to inform the development of programmes aiming to enhance community integration for adults with ABI. 2015 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19177 10.3109/02699052.2014.976592 Informa Healthcare restricted
spellingShingle Parvaneh, S.
Cocks, Errol
Buchanan, A.
Ghahari, S.
Development of a fidelity measure for community integration programmes for people with acquired brain injury
title Development of a fidelity measure for community integration programmes for people with acquired brain injury
title_full Development of a fidelity measure for community integration programmes for people with acquired brain injury
title_fullStr Development of a fidelity measure for community integration programmes for people with acquired brain injury
title_full_unstemmed Development of a fidelity measure for community integration programmes for people with acquired brain injury
title_short Development of a fidelity measure for community integration programmes for people with acquired brain injury
title_sort development of a fidelity measure for community integration programmes for people with acquired brain injury
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19177