A process evaluation of participatory community activities for Revitalizing Informal Settlements and their Environments in Makassar, Indonesia and Suva, Fiji Open Access
Mink, Thea (Spring 2022)
Abstract
Inclusive community engagement is essential for transformative water and sanitation interventions that attempt to address infrastructure and behavior change in complex environments like urban informal settlements. The aim of this process evaluation was to assess participatory design activities’ reach and participant-reported influence over program decision-making with a focus on gender and social inclusion. The process evaluation was a sub-study within Revitalizing Informal Settlements and their Environments, a water-sensitive randomized control trial in Makassar, Indonesia and Suva, Fiji. Data on reach and influence were collected from 320 respondents across 5 settlements in Makassar and from 503 respondents across 6 settlements in Suva. Cross tabulations and chi-square tests were used to describe and analyze the relationships between participation in activities and participants’ socio-demographic characteristics, as well as to assess the relationship between participants’ experienced and desired influence levels. Multivariable models assessed socio-demographic predictors of participation in primary activities. The results indicated that most target audiences were reached for primary participatory activities, with notable exceptions for ethnic minorities, younger residents, and unmarried residents in Makassar and residents living with disabilities and residents with less education in Suva. The majority of participants in both countries also reported having at least a little influence over RISE-related decision-making, however a substantial proportion of participants would have preferred to have had more influence. The findings highlight the importance of formative community engagement to understand context-specific social dynamics and to appropriately include groups of interest in participatory activities. This process evaluation also demonstrates the use of participant-reported influence as a measure of dose received to better evaluate equitable community engagement.
Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Literature Review 3
Methods 19
Results 25
Discussion 44
References 53
Appendix 68
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