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I want to measure the impacts of my initiative on governance… 
…by assessing its impact policy

Aggregate indicator title

Change in policies & practices 

Description

Formal and informal processes and outcomes related to policies and practices are changed

Domain

Governance

Qualitative/Quantitative

Quantitative & Qualitative

Primary/Secondary data

Primary data 

Source of data

Primary: Project partners, participants

Time series

No

Unit of measurement (observation)

Absolute values & nominal 

Unit of analysis

Project/Initiative

Analytical level (logic model)

No

Links with indicators in other domains

N/A 

Data collection method(s)

(web-based) surveys completed by the CBPR Principal Investigator (PI) and participants; interviews with participants; focus-group discussions with local and national partnerships, observations

Data collection item(s)

As a result of this partnership, have any (IRB) policy, procedures, or practices been developed or revised? [check all that apply: developed/revised/neither] Were there other institutional policies or practices that were changed as a result of this study or partnership? [yes/no/don't know] Please describe the institutional policies or practices that were changed as a result of this study or partnership. [open field]

Matrix with six-point scale answer [not at all - to a complete extent]: Better coordination betw. agencies, researchers and community groups

Changes in the nature of debates about important health issues in the community

Useful findings for the development of community practices, programs or policies

Changes in policy

Indicator building

Not specified

Availability of data

Low

Feasibility

Slightly resource demanding 

Comments/caveats
Source of indicator definition

Lucero et al. (2018