This is a formative evaluation study of the California Primary Care Association's (CPCA) Leadership Equity Program, developed in response to the need for greater alignment between the communities accessing care provided by Community Health Centers and the representativeness of their future executive leaders. Community Health Centers (CHC) are a critical network of primary healthcare systems that deliver high-quality, comprehensive healthcare services to patients predominantly from under-resourced and marginalized communities of color. The study used a mixed-method concurrent triangulation design to describe how participants perceived the program achieved its goals and objectives using Kirkpatrick's Model and systems thinking. The study integrated quantitative data collected from retrospective pre-post surveys and qualitative data collected using the Most Significant Change (MSC) technique. Findings demonstrated that the Leadership Equity Program successfully reached its immediate goals and objectives in the first year of implementation to impact change at the individual level and build capacity at the organizational, community, and system levels. This study identified barriers and opportunities for this program to catalyze collective and collaborative leadership to advance Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) in CHC organizations and communities. The findings extend the leadership literature on how equity-grounded leadership development programs can advance diverse leaders who can create and sustain environments that advance health equity.
","abstract_html":"<p>This is a formative evaluation study of the California Primary Care Association's (CPCA) Leadership Equity Program, developed in response to the need for greater alignment between the communities accessing care provided by Community Health Centers and the representativeness of their future executive leaders. Community Health Centers (CHC) are a critical network of primary healthcare systems that deliver high-quality, comprehensive healthcare services to patients predominantly from under-resourced and marginalized communities of color. The study used a mixed-method concurrent triangulation design to describe how participants perceived the program achieved its goals and objectives using Kirkpatrick's Model and systems thinking. The study integrated quantitative data collected from retrospective pre-post surveys and qualitative data collected using the Most Significant Change (MSC) technique. Findings demonstrated that the Leadership Equity Program successfully reached its immediate goals and objectives in the first year of implementation to impact change at the individual level and build capacity at the organizational, community, and system levels. This study identified barriers and opportunities for this program to catalyze collective and collaborative leadership to advance Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) in CHC organizations and communities. The findings extend the leadership literature on how equity-grounded leadership development programs can advance diverse leaders who can create and sustain environments that advance health equity.</p>","abstract_has_math":false,"creators":["Bayardo Cardenas, Lizbeth"],"institution":null,"degree_name":"Public Health, DPH","degree_level":"Open Access Dissertation","degree_discipline":"School of Community and Global Health","degree_department":null,"school":null,"contributors":["Shamini Dias","Rachaline Napier","Buddy Orange"],"advisors":[],"committee_chairs":[],"committee_members":[],"year":2023,"date_issued":"2023-01-01T08:00:00Z","date_published":"2023-01-01T08:00:00Z","updated_at":"2026-07-24T01:40:22Z","subjects":["Community Health Center","Equity","Evaluation","Kirkpatrick","Leadership","Most Significant Change","Health Services Administration","Public Health","Public Health Education and Promotion"],"languages":[],"rights":[],"rights_urls":[],"identifier_entries":[]},"links":{"outbound_url":"https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgu_etd/576","outbound_label":"Repository record","outbound_source":"dc:identifier"},"metadata_groups":[{"id":"people","label":"People","entries":[{"key":"dc:contributor","label":"Contributor","values":["Shamini Dias","Rachaline Napier","Buddy Orange"]},{"key":"dc:creator","label":"Author","values":["Bayardo Cardenas, Lizbeth"]}]},{"id":"academic_context","label":"Academic Context","entries":[{"key":"dc:date.available","label":"Dc Date Available","values":["2023-11-08T08:00:00Z"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_discipline","label":"Discipline","values":["School of Community and Global Health"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_level","label":"Degree Level","values":["Open Access Dissertation"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_name","label":"Degree Name","values":["Public Health, DPH"]}]},{"id":"subjects_keywords","label":"Subjects and Keywords","entries":[{"key":"dc:subject","label":"Dc Subject","values":["Community Health Center","Equity","Evaluation","Kirkpatrick","Leadership","Most Significant Change","Health Services Administration","Public Health","Public Health Education and Promotion"]}]},{"id":"identifiers","label":"Identifiers","entries":[{"key":"dc:identifier","label":"Identifier","values":["https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgu_etd/576"]}]},{"id":"additional","label":"Additional Metadata","entries":[{"key":"dc:description.abstract","label":"Abstract","values":["This is a formative evaluation study of the California Primary Care Association's (CPCA) Leadership Equity Program, developed in response to the need for greater alignment between the communities accessing care provided by Community Health Centers and the representativeness of their future executive leaders. Community Health Centers (CHC) are a critical network of primary healthcare systems that deliver high-quality, comprehensive healthcare services to patients predominantly from under-resourced and marginalized communities of color. The study used a mixed-method concurrent triangulation design to describe how participants perceived the program achieved its goals and objectives using Kirkpatrick's Model and systems thinking. The study integrated quantitative data collected from retrospective pre-post surveys and qualitative data collected using the Most Significant Change (MSC) technique. Findings demonstrated that the Leadership Equity Program successfully reached its immediate goals and objectives in the first year of implementation to impact change at the individual level and build capacity at the organizational, community, and system levels. This study identified barriers and opportunities for this program to catalyze collective and collaborative leadership to advance Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) in CHC organizations and communities. The findings extend the leadership literature on how equity-grounded leadership development programs can advance diverse leaders who can create and sustain environments that advance health equity.
"]},{"key":"dc:title","label":"Title","values":["The Future of Community Health Center Executive Leadership A Mixed-Method Formative Evaluation"]}]}],"canonical_facts":{"dc:contributor":["Shamini Dias","Rachaline Napier","Buddy Orange"],"dc:creator":["Bayardo Cardenas, Lizbeth"],"dc:date.available":["2023-11-08T08:00:00Z"],"dc:description.abstract":["This is a formative evaluation study of the California Primary Care Association's (CPCA) Leadership Equity Program, developed in response to the need for greater alignment between the communities accessing care provided by Community Health Centers and the representativeness of their future executive leaders. Community Health Centers (CHC) are a critical network of primary healthcare systems that deliver high-quality, comprehensive healthcare services to patients predominantly from under-resourced and marginalized communities of color. The study used a mixed-method concurrent triangulation design to describe how participants perceived the program achieved its goals and objectives using Kirkpatrick's Model and systems thinking. The study integrated quantitative data collected from retrospective pre-post surveys and qualitative data collected using the Most Significant Change (MSC) technique. Findings demonstrated that the Leadership Equity Program successfully reached its immediate goals and objectives in the first year of implementation to impact change at the individual level and build capacity at the organizational, community, and system levels. This study identified barriers and opportunities for this program to catalyze collective and collaborative leadership to advance Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) in CHC organizations and communities. The findings extend the leadership literature on how equity-grounded leadership development programs can advance diverse leaders who can create and sustain environments that advance health equity.
"],"dc:identifier":["https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgu_etd/576"],"dc:subject":["Community Health Center","Equity","Evaluation","Kirkpatrick","Leadership","Most Significant Change","Health Services Administration","Public Health","Public Health Education and Promotion"],"dc:title":["The Future of Community Health Center Executive Leadership A Mixed-Method Formative Evaluation"],"thesis:degree_discipline":["School of Community and Global Health"],"thesis:degree_level":["Open Access Dissertation"],"thesis:degree_name":["Public Health, DPH"]},"updated_at":"2026-07-24T01:40:22Z"}