Introduction to Gender, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning

Bowman, Kimberly; Sweetman, Caroline

doi:10.1080/13552074.2014.934525

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“…The measurement of change (120 vs. 90 min per week, satisfaction of parents expressed by answers to a questionnaire) does not really reflect the true complexity of the process of change. In contrast to popular belief, process performance has the biggest impact on organizational and business success and not people performance (e.g., performance improvements, employee feedback, or communication effectiveness) (32).…”

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Prospective Randomized Observational Pilot Trial Evaluating the Effect of Different Durations of Interdisciplinary Early Intervention and Family Support in Parents of Very Low Birth Weight Infants (Early Bird Study)

Resch

Hofbauer-Krug

Pansy

et al. 2020

Front. Public Health

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Background: Early childhood intervention (ECI) is a holistic approach for infants with or at risk for psychomotor and/or cognitive and/or behavioral impairment. It aims to optimally support them and positively influence their neurodevelopmental outcome. The right dosage of intervention and when the intervention should start are still to be determined. Hypothesis: Parents are more satisfied when the duration of ECI is longer (120 min once a week) than the usual 90-min session. Methods: We developed a parental questionnaire (both mother and father) that evaluated the level of satisfaction of parents with the intervention. We compared 120 with 90 min of ECI per week during the school year 2017/18. Included were parents of very low birth weight infants (<1,500 g) following informed consent. ECI was initiated at the NICU at an infant age of ≥ 2 weeks. Parents were randomized (https://www. randomizer.at/) to a 120-or 90-min duration and had to answer the questionnaire to the approximate time-point of 1, 3, and 6 months. Answers were classified as strongly agree, agree, neither agree nor disagree, disagree, and strongly disagree except for the last question, which directly rated the ECI professional. Results: Eleven fathers (55%) and 19 mothers (95%) of the 10 parents of each group participated in the study. Demographic data did not differ between groups, and the median time-points of questionnaire answers were 77, 137, and 220 days, respectively. Overall, 120-min ECI sessions were not superior to 90-min sessions for both parents regarding parental satisfaction during the study time. We found no differences between fathers and mothers and minimal changes over time. All parents were satisfied with the ECI professionals, irrespective of ECI duration. Resch et al. Effect of Different Duration of Early Intervention Conclusion: An ECI duration of 120 min once per week was not superior to a 9-min duration regarding parental satisfaction with ECI professionals and their work.

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Prospective Randomized Observational Pilot Trial Evaluating the Effect of Different Durations of Interdisciplinary Early Intervention and Family Support in Parents of Very Low Birth Weight Infants (Early Bird Study)

Resch

Hofbauer-Krug

Pansy

et al. 2020

Front. Public Health

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“…Many agencies believe that the collection of sex-disaggregated data on programme outcome indicators is sufficient to address gender inequities. However, gender research has clearly documented that the continued disadvantage of women on a broad range of development indicators is explained by systems of social control that are supported by complex interactions among legal, economic, political, labour market, socio-cultural, historical and psychological factors (Bowman and Sweetman 2014). These mechanisms are subtle and cannot usually be captured by exclusively QUANT surveys or by a review of government and agency reports.…”

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Innovations in the use of mixed methods in real-world evaluation

Bamberger

2015

Journal of Development Effectiveness

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This article illustrates a number of recent developments in mixed methods evaluation. These include how mixed methods can: strengthen the design of quantitative impact evaluations, help identify unintended outcomes of development programmes, contribute to the evaluation of complex development programmes and strengthen the focus of evaluations on equity and gender equality. Reference is made to some of Howard White's important contributions to these different areas of mixed methods. This article concludes with an assessment of the strengths and limitations of mixed methods when conducting evaluations under real-world budget, time, data and political constraints.

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“…Many agencies have traditionally relied on the collection of sex-disaggregated data on program outcome indicators to address gender inequities. However, gender research has clearly documented that the continued disadvantage of women on a broad range of development indicators can only be explained by the articulation of systems of social control that are supported by complex interactions among legal, economic, political, labor market, socio-cultural, historical, and psychological factors (Bowman & Sweetman, 2014). These mechanisms are subtle and cannot usually be captured by exclusively QUANT surveys or by a review of government and agency reports.…”

Section: The Contribution Of Mmmr To the Evaluation Of Equity And Genmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…MMMR triangulation is a valuable tool for confronting the value perspectives of different groups and for uncovering subjugated knowledge (Hesse-Biber, 2012). Interested readers are referred to the very extensive literature on the application of MMMR to the analysis of gender inequality (Bamberger 2013;Bamberger, Segone, et al, 2016;Bowman & Sweetman, 2014;Brisolara, Seigart, & SenGupta, 2014;Brown, 2000;Monitoring, evaluation & learning, 2014;Hay, 2014;Hesse-Biber, 2012;Hesse-Biber & Griffin, 2015;Mertens & Hesse-Biber, 2012;Mulder & Amariles, 2014).…”

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New Challenges and Opportunities for Multi and Mixed Methods Research (MMMR) in the Evaluation of International Development Programs

Bamberger¹,

Consultant²

2018

IJMRA

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Independent Evaluation Consultant, OR, USAAlthough the term multi-method research has been around at least since the publication of Brewer and Hunter's (1989) Multimethod Research: A Synthesis of Styles, as yet, there is no consensus on how multi-method research should be defined and what is the distinction between multi-method and mixed methods (MM) approaches (see, however, the International Journal of Multiple Research Approaches website; it offers related operational definitions of these terms). Although multi-method approaches are widely applied by researchers in many disciplines, more attention has been focused on MM research, which has become increasingly popular over the past 20 years (sometimes referred to as the Third Research Paradigm) as evidenced by the publication of the Journal of Mixed Methods Research, three handbooks (i.e., Sage [with two editions] and Oxford University Press), and many books. One proposed way to distinguish between multi-method research and MM is that, whereas multi-method research usually involves the mixing, combining, or integration of techniques, approaches, concepts, language, and philosophies within a research tradition, in contrast, MM research usually involves the integration of techniques, approaches, and so forth across research traditions. Furthermore, MM usually involves a focus on integrating quantitative (QUANT) and qualitative (QUAL) methods. However, these distinctions are probably too limiting. Many evaluations involve combining both QUANT and QUAL approaches within a particular discipline (e.g., using sample surveys to develop a typology for selecting follow-up case studies or focus groups), whereas, on the other hand, multiple methods are frequently used in cross-disciplinary studies (Bevan, 2009).An important dimension that has received less attention concerns the need to understand the different ways that QUANT methods are used in different social science disciplines. For example, the econometric methods that are widely used in both macro-and microeconomics involve quite different assumptions than those underlying QUANT methods used in sociology, demography, ethnography, or public-sector research. For example, ABSTRACTThe purpose of this article is to review potential opportunities for the application of Multi and Mixed Methods Research (MMMR) in the evaluation of international development programs. MMMR is used to cover the mixing, combining, and integration of techniques, approaches, concepts, language, and philosophies within a particular social science discipline; and the mixing, combining, and integration across different social science disciplines. In this article, multimethod and mixed methods research approaches are not distinguished. Rather than focusing in depth on 1 or 2 potential applications, the article discusses 6 areas of development evaluation (i.e., integrating new information technologies, strengthening experimental and quasiexperimental designs, evaluating complexity and equity, evaluating gender equality and women's empowerment, and ide...

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Introduction to Gender, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning

Cited by 8 publications

References 3 publications

Prospective Randomized Observational Pilot Trial Evaluating the Effect of Different Durations of Interdisciplinary Early Intervention and Family Support in Parents of Very Low Birth Weight Infants (Early Bird Study)

Prospective Randomized Observational Pilot Trial Evaluating the Effect of Different Durations of Interdisciplinary Early Intervention and Family Support in Parents of Very Low Birth Weight Infants (Early Bird Study)

Innovations in the use of mixed methods in real-world evaluation

New Challenges and Opportunities for Multi and Mixed Methods Research (MMMR) in the Evaluation of International Development Programs

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