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I want to measure societal impacts of my initiative…
...by assessing its impact on societal outcomes

Aggregate indicator title

Societal outcomes

Description

Societal outcomes of community engagement in an Academic Medical Centre

Domain

Society

Qualitative/Quantitative

Quantitative & Qualitative

Primary/Secondary data

Primary  and Secondary data

Source of data

Primary: project partners, participants

Secondary: review of documents

Time series

Yes, ex ante and ex post

Unit of measurement (observation)

Absolute values & nominal

Unit of analysis

Project

Analytical level (logic model)

Outcome, impact

Links with indicators in other domains

Science & tech.

Data collection method(s)

Review of documents (e.g., activity logs, minutes); interviews with key individuals (practitioners, community, and national scientific leaders); quantitative surveys of practitioners; observations

Data collection item(s)

Not indicated, but can be derived from the 'indicator building' field

Indicator building
  • Improvement in the health of community
  • Change in credibility/trust (in AMC)
  • Increase in generalizable knowledge and practices
Availability of data

Low

Feasibility

Resource demanding

Comments/caveats
Source of indicator definition

Szilagyi et al. (2014