Coding Qualitative Data with Limited Resources

Bekka Lee will present an overview of rapid qualitative analysis that builds on our May meeting: Qualitative Evaluation 101. The session includes:

• a pragmatic approach for streamlining analysis to use data for action
• strategies for ensuring rigor
• consideration of evaluation teams for the best use of time and skills available

Bekka is a research scientist at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She has spent over a decade working at the Prevention Research Center on Nutrition and Physical Activity, where she uses mixed methods to conduct research and evaluation with partners at the Boston Public Health Commission, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, and YMCA. Her research focuses on designing and evaluating community-based interventions that translate into real world policy and environmental change, focusing in particular on investigating the contextual factors that impact effective implementation and promote health equity. She also serves as the Director for the Community Engagement Program at Harvard Catalyst: The Harvard Clinical and Translational Science Center and teaches courses on program planning and program evaluation.

Programming Type: Presentation (One subject matter expert presents on a topic with time for a large group Q & A discussion)