Health Program Evaluation: Using a Culturally Responsive, Racialized and Equity Perspective

Patricia B. Campbell, PhD, is the president of Campbell-Kibler Associates, Inc. She has been involved in research and evaluation with a focus on issues of race/ethnicity, gender, and disability for many years. Formerly an associate professor of research, measurement and statistics at Georgia State University, Dr. Campbell is an Association for Women in Science (AWIS) Fellow and was awarded the Willystine Goodsell Award by the American Educational Research Association (AERA) and the Betty Vetter Award by the Women in Engineering ProActive Network (WEPAN). Dr. Campbell has authored more than 120 publications including coauthoring, with  Veronica Thomas, Evaluation in Today’s World: Respecting Diversity, Improving Quality, and Promoting Usability. Her other publications include Building Evaluation Capacity: Guide I Designing A Cross Project Evaluation and Guide II Collecting and Using Data in Cross-Project Evaluations; A Framework for Evaluating Impacts of Informal Science Education Projects, Good Schools in Poor Neighborhoods: Defying Demographics; Achieving Success“ and The AAUW Report: How Schools Shortchange Girls. Her current research interests focus on supports and barriers to biomedical researcher success, pathways to effective multidisciplinary research and the complexities of student engagement. Dr. Campbell’s websites are www.BeyondRigor.org, which provides easy to use tips to improve the quality of evaluations with diverse populations, www.FairerScience.org which provides researcher and evaluators with tips and tools to more effectively communicate their diversity related research and evaluation findings to the media and the public and www.Campbell-Kibler.com, which provides free access to a number of her publications.

Veronica G. Thomas, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Human Development and Psychoeducational Studies at Howard University. She also serves as the Evaluation and Continuous Improvement (ECI) director for the Georgetown–Howard Universities Center for Clinical and Translational Science (GHUCCTS). Dr. Thomas’s research interests include culturally responsive evaluation, the physical and psychological well-being of Black families, with a particular focus on women and girls, and the academic and professional development of students of color. Her work has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Department of Education, and the Women’s College Coalition. In addition to co-authoring, with Patrica B. Campbell, Evaluation in Today’s World: Respecting Diversity, Improving Quality, and Promoting Usability, over the years, Dr. Thomas has published numerous book chapters and refereed journals in outlets such as the American Journal of Evaluation, New Directions for Evaluation, Women and Health, the Journal of the National Medical Association, Journal of Community Genetics, Journal of Black Psychology, International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling, Family Relations, Adolescence, Journal of Adult Development, just to name a few.  She has also served as an evaluator or evaluation training consultant for organizations and projects, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention OD2A (Overdose Data to Action), the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD), Gaston & Porter Health Improvement Center (Prime Time Sister Circle Program), Northern Virginia Urban League (Resource Mothers’ Program), Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), and the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP).