Applied Survey Research

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About

Applied Survey Research (ASR) based in Watsonville and San Jose, United States and was founded in 1980. ASR is a nonprofit social research firm dedicated to helping people build better communities.

"We help communities to measure and improve their quality of life. We help organizations to measure and improve the impact of their services." ^[1]

The ASR works with various different organisations on national and regional levels for example with the federal government or non-profit organisations. Together with its partner the ASR is able to include different ways of measurements and the amount of indicators. For example 130 Indicators are used to measure health such as health insurance coverage, immunization, prenatal care, infant mortality, teen births, asthma, diabetes, obesity and nutrition, dental care, drug and alcohol use, disabilities, intentional and unintentional injuries, cancer rates, or causes of death.^[2]

The main research areas are:

• Community Quality of Life
• Family Support and Well-being 
• Family Violence
• Health
• Homeless Census and Surveys
• Youth Development

Progress Initiatives

Applied Survey Research uses Results Accountability in the evaluation, strategic planning, and assessment work. Results Accountability (RA) means that the project starts with the outcomes that the community wants to achieve such as "Children Are Ready for School" and "Neighborhoods Are Safe" and then the way how to achieve these goals has to be developed.

The Seven Basic Steps of Results Accountability:^[3]     

• Step 1: What are the quality of life conditions we want for the children, adults and families who live in our community?
• Step 2: What would these conditions look like if we could see or experience them?
• Step 3: How can we measure these conditions?
• Step 4: How are we doing on the most important measures?
• Step 5: Who are the partners that have a role to play in doing better?
• Step 6: What works to do better, including no-cost and low-cost ideas?
• Step 7: What do we propose to do?
  

References

1. ↑ http://www.appliedsurveyresearch.org/about/index.html
2. ↑ http://www.appliedsurveyresearch.org/areas/health.html
3. ↑ http://www.appliedsurveyresearch.org/capabilities/ra.html

See also

• United States
• Community Assessment Project (CAP)
• Correspondents
• Community Indicators Consortium (CIC) Online Conference
  

External Links

• Applied Survey Research

Progess Papers and Publications

Santa Cruz Community Assessment Project (CAP)