National Community Health Partners, Tucson, AZ; School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
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0Most terms were constructive with very few critical comments. Original terms (ORIG) were converted by adding close synonyms, related terms, and other reasons, whereas critical comments, which were less common, were subtracted. Row 7 with “MI” (Motivational Interviewing) represents a popular training, sometimes capitalized, sometimes written with other terms such as “motivation,” hence the need to render each of these the same as Word Cloud input terms
Conversion procedures were applied when a comment identified least effective (capitalized, bottom rows) or inverted the question when someone did not feel that anything was least effective (small case, top rows). Three columns (Close Synonym; Related Terms; Other Reason) were affective-supportive comments added to Original (ORIG) and Critical Comment was negative (thus, subtracted). Time comments usually mentioned “Too-Long” or prolonged breaks/lunch.
Comments coded by theme and topic, whereas the word cloud produced proportional image of 50 common terms. CODES: STR=strength (Affective-Supportive) such as Facilitator sensitive to participant needs (112); Training, “Everything was effective” (99); Networking was “beneficial” (62); Notebook “useful” (18). “Will apply” refers to reflection on how information would be used, especially by mentioning “clients.” For a few, the topic was “review” (12) or “new” (11). Inverts Question (10)=negative comment that countered, “What was most effective?” Content-Specific identified general or specific tools (129) and activities (107), at the high end, and definitions (11) and power-point (8), at the low end. Infrequent terms were merged into one representation, e.g., exercises ~ activities; group work ~ small-group; trainer ~ facilitator, among others. No “negative” terms among these top fifty.
Comments coded by theme and topic, whereas the Word Cloud produced proportional image of 50 common terms. CODES: NEG=no corrective suggestions; Arrangements=outside trainer control, e.g., no coffee; CC (critical comments) what aspect needs more or needs less; Specific Content=ineffective, sometimes with a suggestion; Inverts Question with approval to affective-supportive (e.g., “all was beneficial”). Infrequent terms were merged. Owing to slight variation in aggregations, few proportions in appendix might not visually match proportions in Word Clouds. Capitalized terms at top in left column show those that were used in a critical or negative comment.
Theme of response | Question 16 |
Question 17 |
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No. | % | No. | % | |
General comments | ||||
Strength (STR) | 371 | 28.8 | None | |
Negative (NEG) | None | 71 | 5.5 | |
Content-specific | 654 | 50.9 | 155 | 12.1 |
Inverts the question | 10 | 0.8 | 270 | 21.0 |
Critical suggestion (CS) | None | 64 | 5.0 | |
Extraneous responses | ||||
Arrangements (site) | None | 16 | 1.2 | |
Review/new material | 23 | 1.8 | 18 | 1.4 |
Non-responsive | ||||
No response (blank) | 219 | 17.0 | 439 | 34.1 |
"Don't know" | None | 15 | 1.2 | |
"N/A" | 9 | 0.7 | 238 | 18.5 |
Total | 1,286 | 100 | 1,286 | 100 |
QUESTION 16 | Word Cloud | ORIG terms | Added to ORIG | Close synonym | Related terms | Other reason | Critical comment | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Facilitator | 143 | 77 | + | 66 | 6 | 9 | 52 | -1 |
Activities | 131 | 118 | + | 13 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Learning | 96 | 80 | + | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
Role-play | 95 | 6 | + | 89 | 0 | 87 | 2 | 0 |
Discussion | 93 | 93 | + | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Interactive | 70 | 73 | + | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 |
"MI" [training] | 67 | 13 | + | 54 | 0 | 52 | 2 | 0 |
Small-groups | 66 | 4 | + | 62 | 3 | 59 | 0 | 0 |
Effective | 65 | 55 | + | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
Client | 57 | 57 | + | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Information | 57 | 32 | + | 25 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
Knowledge | 54 | 56 | + | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 |
Training | 53 | 55 | + | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 |
Everything | 42 | 29 | + | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
Good | 41 | 41 | + | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Skills | 39 | 39 | + | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Exercises | 38 | 2 | + | 36 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 |
Different | 36 | 36 | + | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Helpful | 31 | 31 | + | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Group discussion | 24 | 19 | + | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
QUESTION 17 | Word Cloud | ORIG terms | Total altered | Close synonym | Related terms | Other reason | Critical comment | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
none | 112 | 64 | + | 48 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 0 |
effective | 62 | 53 | + | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
everything okay | 43 | 23 | + | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
all was effective | 36 | 22 | + | 9 | 0 | 14 | 0 | -5 |
nothing | 36 | 23 | + | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
time | 35 | 46 | + | -11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -11 |
training | 25 | 38 | + | -13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -13 |
information | 22 | 20 | + | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
need more time | 19 | 1 | + | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
facilitator | 14 | 6 | + | -2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | -8 |
relevant | 6 | 6 | + | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
exercises | 4 | 5 | + | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
Too-Long | 28 | 9 | + | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
Activities | 20 | 22 | + | -2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -5 |
Role playing | 19 | 8 | + | 11 | 15 | 0 | 0 | -4 |
Presentation | 10 | 11 | + | -1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 3 |
Discussion | 10 | 16 | + | -6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -8 |
Power-point | 7 | 10 | + | -3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -4 |
Few-examples | 8 | 2 | + | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -2 |
General comments | No. | Percent | Content-specific | No. | Percent |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
STR: Facilitator | 112 | 10.6 | Tools | 129 | 12.2 |
STR: Training | 99 | 9.4 | Activities | 107 | 10.1 |
STR: Will Apply | 70 | 6.6 | Group Work | 99 | 9.4 |
STR: Networking | 62 | 5.9 | Role Playing | 76 | 7.2 |
STR: Notebook | 18 | 1.7 | Topic/Theme | 50 | 4.7 |
STR: Seli-Learning | 8 | 0.8 | Discussion | 44 | 4.2 |
STR: Arrangements | 2 | 0.2 | Skills-Build | 36 | 3.4 |
Topic Was Review | 12 | 1.1 | Information | 36 | 3.4 |
Topic Was New | 11 | 1.0 | Interactive | 31 | 2.9 |
Inverts Q: Training | 5 | 0.5 | Handouts | 14 | 1.3 |
Inverts Q: Content | 2 | 0.2 | Examples | 13 | 1.2 |
Inverts Q: Trainer | 2 | 0.2 | Definitions | 11 | 1.0 |
Inverts Q: Time | 1 | 0.1 | Power-Point | 8 | 0.8 |
TOTAL | 404 | 38.2% | TOTAL | 654 | 61.8% |
"N/A" or Left Blank | 346 | 404 + 654 + 228 = | 1,286 |
General comments | No. | % | Specific content | No. | % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
NEG: Organization | 33 | 5.6 | Tools | 31 | 5.2 |
NEG: Miscellaneous | 22 | 2.7 | Activities | 28 | 4.7 |
NEG: Facilitation | 16 | 1.3 | Role Plays | 21 | 3.5 |
Time Too Long | 21 | 3.5 | Power-Point | 15 | 2.5 |
Time Too Brief | 7 | 1.2 | Skills-Build | 14 | 2.4 |
Lunch Too Long | 3 | 0.5 | Topic/Theme | 14 | 2.4 |
CC: Need More Time | 18 | 3.0 | Discussion | 11 | 1.9 |
CC: Need Guiding | 8 | 1.3 | Examples | 6 | 1.0 |
CC: Need More Activity | 4 | 0.7 | Handouts | 6 | 1.0 |
CC: More Interactive | 3 | 0.5 | Statistics | 3 | 0.5 |
Arrangements (Org) | 16 | 2.7 | Video Clip | 3 | 0.5 |
Not my job/Unrelated | 8 | 1.3 | Ice Breaker | 3 | 0.5 |
Review or Refresher | 6 | 1.0 | Inverts Q: General | 136 | 22.9 |
New at Job / Position | 4 | 0.7 | Inverts Q: "All okay" | 79 | 13.3 |
Inverts Q: Affective | 48 | 8.1 | |||
Inverts Q: Facilitator | 7 | 1.2 | |||
TOTAL | 169 | 28.5% | TOTAL | 425 | 71.5% |
N/A; blank; DK | 692 | 424 + 170 + 692 = | 1,286 |
0Most terms were constructive with very few critical comments. Original terms (ORIG) were converted by adding close synonyms, related terms, and other reasons, whereas critical comments, which were less common, were subtracted. Row 7 with “MI” (Motivational Interviewing) represents a popular training, sometimes capitalized, sometimes written with other terms such as “motivation,” hence the need to render each of these the same as Word Cloud input terms
Conversion procedures were applied when a comment identified
Comments coded by theme and topic, whereas the word cloud produced proportional image of 50 common terms. CODES:
Comments coded by theme and topic, whereas the Word Cloud produced proportional image of 50 common terms. CODES: NEG=no corrective suggestions; Arrangements=outside trainer control, e.g., no coffee; CC (critical comments) what aspect needs more or needs less; Specific Content=ineffective, sometimes with a suggestion; Inverts Question with approval to affective-supportive (e.g., “all was beneficial”). Infrequent terms were merged. Owing to slight variation in aggregations, few proportions in appendix might not visually match proportions in Word Clouds. Capitalized terms at top in left column show those that were used in a critical or negative comment.