The Formula – 1. Explore

Research and Analysis: getting to know the community

“The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.”
– Marcel Proust, novelist

Actions:

• 1a. Identify and outreach:
  • Local research resources
    • Local colleges and universities
    • Local professional societies and organizations
• 1b. Assess specific environments according to:
  • Demographics
  • Geographics
  • Health status
  • Social factors
• 1c. Develop list of initial participants:
  • Permission grantors
  • Inluencers
  • Investors
• 1d. Identify and outreach:
  • Local activity resources
    • Existing agencies
    • Existing resources/capacity
• 1e. Ongoing research and analysis:
  • Community involvement
  • Relevance to mission
  • Expansion

Resources:

• CoH Group and CoH Leadership
• Local colleges and universities
• Local chapters of national advocacy groups
• Community-based research facilitators (e.g., from community-based participatory research [CBPR] projects)

Deliverables:

• Baseline assessment of local health status, key indicators and determinants
• Targeted participants (inluencers, investors)
• Network of local support resources