Olfert Melissa D, Hagedorn Rebecca L, White Jade A, Baker Barbara A, Colby Sarah E, Franzen-Castle Lisa, Kattelmann Kendra K, White Adrienne A
Division of Animal and Nutritional Sciences, Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources & Design, West Virginia University, G025 Agricultural Science Building, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA.
4-H Youth Development, University of Maine Cooperative Extension, 307 Maine Avenue, Bangor, ME 04410, USA.
Methods Protoc. 2018 Jul 17;1(3):25. doi: 10.3390/mps1030025.
Ripple Effect Mapping (REM) is an evaluation approach that has traditionally been used in community settings to visually map the impact of programming and community interventions. This manuscript utilizes the Community Capitals Framework (CCF) to inform REM and to better highlight the changes and impact between various levels of a community, following a childhood obesity prevention intervention. The addition of in-depth qualitative analyses makes this approach particularly useful for the evaluation of interventions with a research-community partnership focus. The objective of this study was to describe a CCF-informed REM approach with detailed protocol, training, and application to the community-based, childhood obesity prevention intervention, iCook 4-H, which targeted youth and adult pairs. This protocol includes the steps required to prepare for REM sessions of, ideally, six youth and adult pairs, one facilitator, and one or two evaluators/note takers. REM sessions typically begin with an icebreaker and appreciative inquiry activities that inform the REM mapping process that follows. In-depth qualitative analysis of the notes and map images captured during REM sessions ensure the rigor required for research-related interventions. Researchers, community members, and participants can use CCF-informed REM collectively as a robust evaluation tool to demonstrate, through visual mapping, the positive effects of community-partnered research programs.
涟漪效应映射（REM）是一种传统上用于社区环境的评估方法，用于直观地描绘项目规划和社区干预措施的影响。本手稿利用社区资本框架（CCF）为REM提供信息，并更好地突出在儿童肥胖预防干预之后社区不同层面之间的变化和影响。深入的定性分析的加入使得这种方法对于评估以研究-社区伙伴关系为重点的干预措施特别有用。本研究的目的是描述一种基于CCF的REM方法，包括详细的方案、培训以及将其应用于以社区为基础的儿童肥胖预防干预项目“iCook 4-H”，该项目针对青少年和成年配对群体。该方案包括为REM会议做准备所需的步骤，理想情况下，会议参与人员包括六对青少年和成年配对群体、一名主持人以及一两名评估人员/记录员。REM会议通常以破冰活动和肯定性探究活动开始，这些活动为后续的REM映射过程提供信息。对REM会议期间记录的笔记和映射图像进行深入的定性分析，确保了与研究相关的干预措施所需的严谨性。研究人员、社区成员和参与者可以共同使用基于CCF的REM作为一种强大的评估工具，通过可视化映射展示社区合作研究项目的积极效果。
