Main description:

This training book is designed to help professionals enhance their knowledge of community quality-of-life indicators, and to develop viable community projects. Chapter 1 describes the theoretical concepts that guide the formulation of community indicator projects. Chapter 2 creates a sample community indicator project as a template of the entire process. Chapter 3 describes the planning process: how to identify sponsors, secure funding, develop an organizational structure, select a quality-of-life model, select indicators, and so on. Chapter 4 focuses on data collection. Finally, Chapter 5 describes efforts related to dissemination and promotion of community indicators projects. Written by a stalwart in the field of quality-of-life research, this book provides the tools of sound community project planning for quality-of-life researchers, social workers, social marketers, community research organizations, and policy-makers.

Contents:

- Part I Introduction. - 1. Introduction. - 2. Theoretical Foundations. - 3. An Example. - Part II Planning. - 4. Organizing. - 5. Making Decisions About Indicators. - Part III Implementation. - 6. Data Collection. - 7. Data Analysis. - 8. Data Reporting. - 9. Promotion. - 10. Follow-Up.