Contribution analysis
/Contribution analysis is a way to show the impact or progress of an activity or piece of work by focusing on how things that are more easy to measure ‘contribute’ to longer term, or higher-level outcomes.
It can be hard to show how work at a local, or community, level helps reduce health inequality or improves environmental sustainability. However, it is easier to measure the benefits to those who directly participate in your group’s activities.
Contribution analysis is a way of modelling how relatively local, or immediate, impact leads to positive change at a societal level. It does this by applying tried and tested results measured from other data, in order to show the likelihood that your work will contribute in a similar way.
More information
The Scottish Government has produced an introductory guide to contribution analysis. Click to download (pdf).
CHEX’s ‘Evidence Journeys’ briefing doesn’t use the term contribution analysis, but it covers similar approaches in the context of community-led health. Click to download from CHEX’s website.
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