Qualitative Data Elements and Their Collection
| Qualitative Data Collected | What Was Collected | How Were Data Obtained | When Were Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artifacts | Documents related to Cooperatives’ work (e.g., grant application, training materials) | Obtained from Cooperatives | Throughout initiative |
| Online Diaries | Platform to share real-time implementation experiences | Online text entries from Cooperative teams prompted by ESCALATES | Throughout initiative |
| Field Observation | Visits to learn about each Cooperative team, and understand the work they were doing (e.g., startup, recruitment, implementation activities, including observing facilitators work with practices) | Fieldnotes, including observation of 41 facilitators with 54 unique practices | August 2015 – March 2016; July 2016 – April 2017 |
| Semi-structured Interviews | Interviewed Cooperative leadership, members of partner organizations, and facilitators to explore start-up and implementation experiences | 39 interviews with Cooperative leadership and partners; 89 unique facilitator interviews; 66 interviews with practice members | Throughout the initiative |
| Context Assessments | Cooperatives completed assessments to provide information about their local contexts, including team’s experience, regional attributes, experiences with recruitment and implementation of external support | Two written assessments; Cooperative teams answered 5 to 6 broad questions | Recruitment and implementation phases |
Abbreviations: ESCALATES, Evaluating System Change to Advance Learning and Take Evidence to Scale.