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

Aggregate indicator title

Change in power relations 

Description

Change in power relations that facilitates communities to express their voices 

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)

Our partnership reflects on issues of power and privilege within our partnership [7 point scale: completely disagree - completely agree]

Power relations: How much do you agree or disagree that community members…[7 point scale: completely disagree - completely agree]

  • Have increased participation in the research process
  • Can voice their opinions about research in front of researchers
  • Have the power to promote research that will benefit the community
Indicator building

Not specified

Availability of data

Low

Feasibility

Slightly resource demanding

Comments/caveats

The indicator building cell includes both outcome and impact indicators

Source of indicator definition

Lucero et al. (2018