Health
The California Wellness Foundation
Urban and Rural Health Association Initiative • California
The California Wellness Foundation funded 13 urban and rural health consortia and their associated primary health clinics throughout California in order to strengthen their infrastructures and support the provision of primary care to uninsured patients. In collaboration with Schacht & Associates, Korwin Consulting evaluated the impact that Foundation funding has had on the long-term sustainability of the urban and rural consortia and their associated clinics.
Marin County Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention Collaborative
Five-Year Strategic Plan Implementation Evaluation • Marin
Korwin Consulting, in partnership with M.K. Associates, evaluated implementation of the Marin Collaborative’s Five-Year Strategic Plan for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention. We used an empowerment evaluation model, fostering participation and interpretation of evaluation findings by key education, health, and alcohol prevention service providers making up the Collaborative.
Southwest Community Health Center, Petaluma Health Center, and West County Health Centers
Sonoma County Health Needs Assessment • Sonoma
The Southwest Community Health Center, Petaluma Health Center, and West County Health Centers provide community-based primary health care to Sonoma County residents. Korwin Consulting conducted a needs assessment to determine what health services people living in their target communities’ need, the barriers that patients and community members face in accessing or using services, and any differences that specific subpopulations (e.g., Latinos, teens, seniors) experience in both health needs and access issues. As a result of this study, these community health centers are better positioned to meet community need.
Southwest Community Health Center
Needs Assessment • Sonoma County
The Southwest Community Health Center, a community-based primary health care provider, receives more requests for health care services than it can provide. And the demand keeps growing. The Center contracted with Korwin Consulting to see whether and how it might expand to best meet growing community need. Through a combination of demographic data and service utilization research, key informant interviews, and community resident surveys, Korwin Consulting provided the Center with information needed to inform its 60,000-square-foot expansion and consolidation project.
SUNSET Russian Tobacco Education Project
Three-Year Evaluation • San Francisco
SUNSET Russian Tobacco Education Project seeks to reduce San Francisco’s Russian-speaking community’s exposure to environmental tobacco smoke and to increase the number of smoke-free public spaces, worksites, and school communities. Korwin Consulting’s evaluation measured the project’s success in developing and implementing a culturally-relevant tobacco education project for the Russian-speaking community.
Tobacco Advocacy Mentoring
Project Evaluation • Bay Area
The Tobacco Advocacy Mentoring Project paired community college students with middle schools to effect change in the tobacco environment of each. Korwin Consulting’s evaluation measured the impact this project had on campus and targeted community tobacco-related policies, student and college administrators’ attitudes related to tobacco, and ultimately, the prevalence of tobacco use in these targeted sites.
UC Berkeley—Center for Infectious Diseases and Emergency Readiness
Workforce Readiness training Evaluation • National
The University of California at Berkeley’s Center for Infectious Diseases and Emergency Readiness prepares the public health workforce for public health emergencies and threats. Korwin Consulting evaluated the program’s effectiveness in preparing frontline public health staff to detect, investigate, and respond to infectious disease threats through collaborative learning, continuous training, evaluation, and research.
Women’s Health
The California Wellness Foundation
Women’s Health Clinic Research • California
In implementing its Women’s Health priority area, the California Wellness Foundation sought to define and map the universe of women’s health clinics in California and to better understand the complex factors that affect them. Working in collaboration with Schacht & Associates, Korwin Consulting conducted key informant interviews, a literature review, and surveyed women’s clinics and patients throughout California. Findings from the study were used to better target foundation resources and to inform decisions regarding funding and technical assistance to these clinics.
Women’s Cancer Resource Center
Multicultural Outreach Project Evaluation and Agencywide Evaluation • Berkeley
The Women’s Cancer Resource Center (WCRC) empowers women with cancer to be active consumers and survivors, provides a community for women with cancer and their supporters, educates the general public about cancer, and advocates for a cancer-free society. Korwin Consulting evaluated several WCRC programs, including their In-Home Support Services, Volunteer, and Legal Services programs. In addition, Korwin Consulting evaluated WCRC’s Multicultural Outreach to Latinas and African American Women, funded by the California Endowment. This evaluation captured WCRC’s efforts to improve Latinas (including limited English-speaking and monolingual Spanish-speaking) and African American women with cancer access to comprehensive, coordinated, and affordable health care.