Saini Manpreet
a Department of Population Medicine , University of Guelph , Guelph , Canada.
Int J Circumpolar Health. 2017;76(1):1343637. doi: 10.1080/22423982.2017.1343637.
Engaging stakeholders is crucial for health promotion and programme evaluations; understanding how to best engage stakeholders is less clear, especially within Indigenous communities. The objectives of this thesis research were to use participatory methods to: (1) co-develop and evaluate a whiteboard video for use as a public health promotion tool in Rigolet, Nunatsiavut, and (2) develop and validate a framework for participatory evaluation of Inuit public health initiatives in Nunatsiavut, Labrador. Data collection tools included interactive workshops, community events, interviews, focus-group discussions and surveys. Results indicated the whiteboard video was an engaging and suitable medium for sharing public health messaging due to its contextually relevant elements. Participants identified 4 foundational evaluation framework components necessary to conduct appropriate evaluations, including: (1) community engagement, (2) collaborative evaluation development, (3) tailored evaluation data collection and (4) evaluation scope. This research illustrates stakeholder participation is critical to develop and evaluate contextually relevant public health initiatives in Nunatsiavut, Labrador and should be considered in other Indigenous communities.
让利益相关者参与对于健康促进和项目评估至关重要；然而，如何以最佳方式让利益相关者参与却不太明确，尤其是在原住民社区中。本论文研究的目标是采用参与式方法：（1）共同开发并评估一部白板视频，用作努纳武特地区里戈莱特的公共卫生促进工具；（2）为拉布拉多努纳武特地区因纽特人公共卫生倡议的参与式评估制定并验证一个框架。数据收集工具包括互动式工作坊、社区活动、访谈、焦点小组讨论和调查。结果表明，白板视频因其与背景相关的元素，是一种引人入胜且适合用于传播公共卫生信息的媒介。参与者确定了进行适当评估所需的4个基础评估框架组成部分，包括：（1）社区参与；（2）协作式评估开发；（3）量身定制的评估数据收集；（4）评估范围。本研究表明，利益相关者的参与对于在拉布拉多努纳武特地区开发和评估与背景相关的公共卫生倡议至关重要，其他原住民社区也应予以考虑。
