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What works to reduce prejudice and discrimination? - A review of the evidence
A review of international evidence on prejudice reduction interventions
Appendix 1
From Sutton et al (2007) 'Getting the Message Across'
Figure 4.1: Checklist for assessing initiatives to reduce racial prejudice or
Discrimination
| Design | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. Are the likely mechanisms of successful practices in place? | Y | N |
| 2. Are the objectives and aims well defined? | Y | N |
| 3. Are the specified aims and outcomes realistic? | Y | N |
| 4. Are target audiences identified? | Y | N |
| 5. Is the initiative sustainable (sustained change may take time)? | Y | N |
| 6. Is it modelled after other successful initiatives? | Y | N |
| 7. Is it practical? | Y | N |
| 8. Is it replicable? | Y | N |
| 9. Is it generalisable? | Y | N |
| Nature of message | ||
| 1. Does the message avoid the use of unrecognisable stereotypes? | Y | N |
| 2. Does the message emphasise positive similarities? Y N | Y | N |
| 3. Does the message include positive role models of in- and outgroups? | Y | N |
| 4. Is the message unambiguous? | Y | N |
| 5. Is the medium appropriate? | Y | N |
| 6. Is the medium readily available and/or widely circulated or visible? | Y | N |
| Evaluation | ||
| 1. Are the impacts of the initiative measurable? | Y | N |
| 2. Have mechanisms such as pre-initiative baseline measures, budgeting and allowing time for evaluation been built in? | Y | N |
| 3. Has evaluation been conducted of the proposed type of initiative. If so, how well? Have evaluation mechanisms such as pre-initiative baseline measures, budgeting and allowing time for evaluation been built in? |
Y | N |
| 4. How were target audiences identified? | Y | N |
| 5. How were target audiences' responses measured (quantitatively or qualitatively, both, or neither)? | Y | Y |
| Resources for implementation, monitoring and evaluation | ||
| 1. Is the leading organisation appropriate (given its mandate etc.)? | Y | N |
| 2. What is the organisational base of the body responsible for implementation? What is the history of its "success" in other initiatives? | Y | N |
| 3. Are the staff implementation, monitoring and evaluation resources adequate given the scope of the initiative? | Y | N |
| 4. Are there community partners, or is there multi-agency support? Y N | Y | N |
| Definition of problem | ||
| 1. Are the particular requirements and sensitivities of the target audiences understood and accounted for in the design of the initiative? | Y | N |
| 2. Are the problems of racial prejudice and/or discrimination to be targeted adequately identified, defined, conceptualised or understood? | Y | N |
| 3. Who is doing what to whom, in which way, why, where, when and with what effects? | Y | N |
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