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Equity and Evaluation Focus Group

Process Evaluation Questions

1. How would you describe your experience in the policy academy so far?

   1. What have you most enjoyed about your experience?

   2. Are there ways your experience could be improved?

2. The Policy Academy includes a lot of material, some of which may be familiar to you, while other content is hopefully new to you. Tell me about your experience with how the material has been presented.

   1. Did you find the training calls useful? If so, how?

   2. What could be improved?

3. In what ways has coaching and technical assistance contributed to your progress in implementing alcohol policies?

   1. Do you feel adequately supported in working towards your outlined alcohol policy goals?

   2. What additional support would benefit you?

4. How do you envision your coalition contributing to the long-term impact of substance misuse prevention policies? How will you evaluate your progress?

Equity Questions

1. How has the Policy Academy affected the way you think about addressing equity in your work?

2. How can the Policy Academy better support coalitions to center (or consider) equity in alcohol policy efforts?

3. What success have you had incorporating equity into your alcohol policy work? Consider even small wins.

   1. Are there specific best practices or success stories related to incorporating equity that your coalition would like to share with others in the Policy Academy?

4. Have you identified any barriers or challenges related to equity in the context of alcohol policy development?

   1. How does your coalition plan to address or overcome these barriers to promote equitable outcomes?