Checklist:
Here you’ll find a checklist of core tasks.
1. Define the community and identify problems or goals the group is interested in addressing.
__ Identify the community of place, experience, &/or interest to focus the group's efforts.
__ Identify the broad issues the group will address in the community to focus the analysis & assessment of information.
2. Engage local people and other key stakeholders in analyzing information about the problem.
__Provide an opportunity for local people & other stakeholders with varied interests to participate in analyzing the issue.
3. Collect and assess information about the extent of the problem or goal and its importance within the community.
__ Collect & assess information about the history & context of the community & its importance to the problem or goal.
__ Collect & assess information about the extent of the problem or goal & its importance to the community & key stakeholders.
__ Populations affected by the problem have been identified & engaged in assessing its importance.
__ The group has identified & assessed the consequences of the problem for people affected by it.
4. Identify the key behaviors of whom and related environmental factors that affect them.
__ Identify whose behavior needs to change to affect the immediate problem or conditions contributing to the problem.
__ Identify personal factors & environmental factors that put people at risk for (or protect them from) the problem.
5. Identify resources and barriers to addressing the problem or goal.
__ The group has identified potential barriers or resistance to addressing the problem or goal.
__ The group has identified organizational or community resources/assets that can be used to help address the problem or goal.
6. Identify the promising interventions that address the key factors affecting the problem or goal.
__ Provide an opportunity for local people & other key stakeholders to propose potential solutions for addressing the problem/goal.
__ Review evidence of the effectiveness of promising approaches & consider whether what worked elsewhere might work well in the local situation.
7. Use the analysis in developing, adapting, and evaluating the approach for addressing the problem or goal.
__ The group uses or references the assessment or analysis of the problem or goal to inform or support decision-making.
__ The data or information collected in the assessment or analysis is used in evaluating the efforts of the initiative or group.