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Questionnaire Development Web-Based Teleconference

Wednesday, January 25, 2006

12:00 noon to 1:30 pm CST


Do you want to design an effective questionnaire to evaluate your program? Do you want to learn "dos" and "don'ts" for asking survey questions? This teleconference for Healthy Tomorrows and CATCH grantees and others interested implementing community-based initiatives can help you. This teleconference provided suggestions on how to design a quality questionnaire for your target population and discuss guidelines for planning and implementing questionnaires. This teleconference did not focus on research design or sampling methods. This Web-based teleconference features 2 presentations from survey experts, followed by a question and answer period.


About your speakers
Holly Ruch-Ross, ScD, is an evaluation consultant for the Healthy Tomorrows and CATCH programs at the American Academy of Pediatrics. Ms Ruch-Ross works with AAP staff to assist Healthy Tomorrows projects in modifying and enhancing the project's evaluation plan. Ms Ruch-Ross also works with Children's Memorial Medical Center in Chicago, Proviso Township Schools, the Illinois Violence Prevention Authority, and the Chicago Public Schools in project evaluation.

Diane O'Rourke, PhD, is an independent consultant. She has over 30 years of professional experience from the University of Illinois Survey Research Laboratory, where she served as a project coordinator, coordinator of research of programs, managing editor and assistant director for survey operations.


Web Resources

Click here to access the PowerPoint slides.

Click here to access the audio file. You will need Real Player to listen to the audio file. To download a free copy of Real Player click here. Then click on "Free Real Player."


Questions
If you have any questions regarding this teleconference, please contact Karla Palmer at 800/433-9016 x 4279 or e-mail at kpalmer@aap.org.

 

 

 

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