Communities Advancing Resilience Toolkit (CART ... - OU Medicine

officially recognized boundaries that dictate significantly the flow of resources, natural
boundaries created by terrain features, and traditionally recognized boundaries known to
local residents.
Step 2: Prepare additional survey questions and finalize the instrument. Review the
CART survey instrument. Consider gathering additional organization- and communityspecific
questions (e.g., perceptions about the adequacy of local shelters or the
availability of educational opportunities in the community) that can be useful to your
organization and community. Develop questions to gather this information, recognizing
that people may not complete a lengthy questionnaire. Pilot test your survey instrument
with friends or colleagues to be sure new questions are appropriately worded and to
determine how long it takes to complete the survey.
Step 3: Select the survey delivery method and the sample. The survey can be
administered in person, over the telephone, through postal mail, or online. In
determining which method to use, consider which method will reach the greatest number
of subjects, generate the highest response rate, require the least time and skills for data
entry and analysis, and cost the least to administer and analyze. A random sample of your
community is ideal to the extent that it permits you to generalize from survey responses
to the entire community, but some organizations do not have ready access to a database
to generate such a sample at reasonable cost. Alternative, purposive samples may include
a mix of community leaders, neighborhood members, selected professionals, and/or
representatives of community organizations.
Step 4: Invite participation in the survey. Prepare an introductory statement that you will
use to invite participation in the survey. The introduction should include information
about your organization and the purpose of the survey. You should explain how the
results will be used and discuss confidentiality issues. CART survey results are generally
presented for an entire sample or sub-samples so that identifying information about
individual participants need not be collected and, if it is, should not be reported.
Step 5: Implement the survey. Implement the survey in accordance with your chosen
delivery method(s). Send follow-up requests for responses at least once after your initial
contact and in accordance with a deadline you establish.
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