Advancing an ethical imperative for collaborative approaches to evaluation with low incidence and underserved communities: Insights from a DeafBlind Support Services pilot program evaluation
| Published date | 01 September 2023 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/1035719X231179984 |
| Date | 01 September 2023 |
| Subject Matter | Practice Articles |
Practice Article
Evaluation Journal of Australasia
2023, Vol. 23(3) 150–162
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Advancing an ethical
imperative for collaborative
approaches to evaluation with
low incidence and
underserved communities:
Insights from a DeafBlind
Support Services pilot
program evaluation
Vannesa Joly, Colleen McClure and Cheryl Poth
University of Alberta, Canada
Navida Bachan
University of West Indies, Trinidad and Tobaggo
Roni McCarthy and Cheryl Redhead
Connect Society, Canada
Jacqueline Pei
University of Alberta, Canada
Abstract
This practice article advances an ethical imperative for guiding collaborative approaches to
evaluation with low incidence and underserved communities. We describe our evaluation
processes for building transformative partnerships during a DeafBlind Support Services pilot
program evaluation in Western Canada using collaborative approaches to evaluation. This
program was designed to enable adults living with dual sensory loss to experience self-
Corresponding author:
Vannesa Joly, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Alberta, 6-102 Education North, 116
St. and 85 Ave., Edmonton, AB T6G 2G5, Canada.
Email: vannesa@ualberta.ca
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