%0 Generic
%9 Master's Thesis
%A Risser, Lauren
%D 2020
%F pittir:38930
%K participatory evaluation, intergenerational trauma
%T The Intergenerational Healing Project: community-academic partnerships to evaluate trauma interventions within the African American community
%U http://d-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu/38930/
%X Through a community-academic partnership, a participatory evaluation of a Western Pennsylvania victim services agency’s trauma programming was conducted. There were four components of the evaluation: development of an agency-wide comprehensive strategic planning process for research and evaluation, inventory of routine training and education programs, evaluation of a trauma-informed experiential learning exhibit, and evaluation of the Intergenerational Healing Project. This thesis will focus on the qualitative portions of the evaluation, including the staff interviews and Intergenerational Healing Project focus groups. The focus groups resulted in four recommendations for Intergenerational Healing Project programming: the need for intergenerational programming, content related to grief and loss, content related to healing and wellbeing and program accessibility. Staff interviews revealed both opportunities and challenges in implementing evaluation within an agency. Future work should include expanding the Intergenerational Healing Project to both men and women, as well as hosting groups in multiple locations throughout the city. Further, there is a need for additional literature related to intergenerational trauma in the African American community.