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Program Sustainability Index

Qualitative/Quantitative:
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  • Quantitative

Type of Instrument:
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  • Survey

Number of Items:
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53

Subscale Information:
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Leadership Confidence (7)
Effective Collaboration (12)
Understanding the Community (9)
Demonstrating Program Results (7)
Strategic Funding (5)
Staff Involvement and Integration (10)
Program Responsivity (3)

Language Availability:
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  • English

Brief Description:
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The Program Sustainability Index (PSI) is a tool to help organizations and planning team members gauge its status on the seven essential elements of sustainability.

Citing Literature - Development/Original:
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Mancini, J. A., & Marek, L. I. (2004). Sustaining community‐based programs for families: conceptualization and measurement. Family Relations, 53(4), 339-347. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0197-6664.2004.00040.x

Marek, L. I., Mancini, J. A., & Brock, D. J. (2003). National State Strengthening Program Sustainability Study: Patterns of early sustainability. Blacksburg, VA: Virginia, 2033.

Citing Literature - Empirical Use/Application:
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Website:
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Attachments:
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  • Program Sustainability Tool (PSAT)
  • Intended Focus

      Levels of Data Collection:
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      • Organizational

      Intended Priority Population:
      information tooltip image Intended priority population from whom data are collected using the assessment instrument

      • Researcher/Evaluator
      • Administrator
      • Employer

      Intended Priority Setting:
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      • Community Organization
      • Workplace

      Policy:
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      • Public (Laws, Regulations)
      • Healthcare Financing/Reimbursement
      • Clinical Practice

      Equity Focus:

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  • Psychometric Properties

      Scoring:
      information tooltip image The assessment instrument produces a composite score

      No

      Norms:
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      Responsiveness:
      information tooltip image The ability of the assessment instrument to detect change over time (i.e., sensitivity to change or intervention effects).

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      Validity:
      information tooltip image The extent to which an instrument measures what it is intended to measure accurately.

      • Unspecified Validity

      Reliability:
      information tooltip image The extent to which results are consistent results over time, across raters, across settings, or across items intended to measure the same thing.

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      Factor Analysis:
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  • Pragmatic Properties

      Time to Administer:
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      Secondary Data:

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      Cost:
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      Free

      Literacy:
      information tooltip image Readability of the items reported on.

      Yes

      Interpretation:
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      No

      Training:
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      No

      Resources Required to Administer:
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      None/Low

      User Guidance:
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      • Guidance to Administer
      • Guidance to Analyze
      • Guidance to Interpret
      • Guidance for Action/Decision

      Obtrusiveness:
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      • Medium: Asyncronous collection of data

      Interactivity:
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