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SF State Commencement |
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| Agency: |
Office of the Provost and Academic Affairs, SF State |
| Date: |
October 2006 - January 2007 |
| Description: |
The purpose of this study was to assess student opinions
about the structure of Commencement ceremonies at SF State. PRI
conducted an overview of Commencement practices at other Universities,
as well as a student survey and focus groups with current students and
recently graduated alumni. |
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California Workers' Compensation Surveys |
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| Agency: |
University of California Los Angeles/California Department of
Industrial Relations, Division of Workers' Compensation |
| Date: |
October 2005 - December 2006 |
| Description: |
This study includes two surveys regarding California Workers’ Compensation claims:
1) Provider Survey: medical providers who have treated workers filing Workers’ Compensation claims in the past 5 years and
those who have provided such treatment in the past but no longer provide services; n = 1200; administered by mail, telephone, and
internet. 2) Injured Workers Survey. conducted in English or in Spanish of workers who have filed claims within the past year; n=1000; administered by mail and telephone.
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Adolescent Family-Based Alcohol Prevention |
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| Agency: |
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation/National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism |
| Date: |
August 2005 - January 2007 |
| Description: |
This study examines the effectiveness of
two theory-based, universal family prevention programs that have shown
efficacy for reducing adolescent alcohol and other drug use when
implemented with families randomly assigned to: 1) a family "choice"
condition, and 2) a traditional random control trail condition. The two
conditions (choice vs. assigned) is compared for differences in: (a)
adolescent outcomes related to alcohol use and related behaviors; (b)
family characteristics for those who participate; (c) family
recruitment, retention and completion rates; (d) costs for program
implementation. The sample is drawn from families (N=725) with a child
age 11 or 12 currently enrolled in Kaiser Permanente Health Care Plan,
in one of four medical centers in Northern California. PRI is conducting
baseline face-to-face interviews at the four Kaiser Permanente
facilities. |
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Brisbane Community Survey |
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| Agency: |
City of Brisbane |
| Date: |
February 2006 - April 2006 |
| Description: |
PRI conducted data entry, analysis, and report
preparation for the survey assessing residents of Brisbane, California
opinions on "Community Issues, Goals and Policies" administered by the
City of Brisbane. |
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SFPUC
Wastewater Master Plan Public Participation Services |
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| Agency: |
CirclePoint / San Francisco Public Utilities Commission |
| Date: |
October 2005 - August 2006 |
| Description: |
Multilingual baseline telephone survey (n=800) of San
Francisco households to help the SFPUC involve and partner with diverse
stakeholders to develop a mutually acceptable wastewater management
plan. Analysis included cross tabulations and GIS spatial analysis of
survey results. |
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SFListens |
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| Agency: |
City and County of San Francisco / Office of the Mayor |
| Date: |
February 2006 - April 2006 |
| Description: |
PRI planned and implemented this two-phase Town Hall
Meeting at SF State which was focused on budgetary priorities facing The
City. Phase I consisted of moderated Small Group sessions in which
participants discussed and deliberated on specific topics which
culminated in Phase II, a Town Hall Meeting in which all participants
could vote and prioritize on the topics and priorities providing the
Mayor's Office with valuable feedback regarding the needs and priorities
of San Francisco residents. |
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Community Images of SF State |
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| Agency: |
Office of University Advancement and Office of Public Affairs and Publications |
| Date: |
April 2006 - August 2006 |
| Description: |
A telephone survey to measure attitudes and opinions of
the San Francisco community concerning SF State. |
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Ranked
Choice Voting Exit Poll |
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| Agency: |
Department of Elections, City and County of San
Francisco / SF State |
| Date: |
October 2004 - November 2004; October 2005 - December
2005 |
| Description: |
Exit polls and mail survey for assessing the impact of
newly instituted system of Ranked Choice Voting on the voters in the
City and County of San Francisco. |
| Report: |
2004 Report
 2005 Report
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California
Association of Museums |
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| Agency: |
California Association of Museums / Getty Foundation |
| Date: |
October 2006 - September 2006 |
| Description: |
A web-based and print survey of California museums with
the purpose to assess the state and needs of the museum community.
Products included an organizational and economic profile of museums, and
a salary survey. |
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Public Trust and Confidence in the California Courts |
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| Agency: |
Judicial Council of California, Administrative Office of
the Courts |
| Date: |
June 2004 - December 2005 |
| Description: |
Statewide telephone survey of California residents
(n=2418) and practicing attorneys (n=527) concerning public trust and
confidence in the California Courts. The study included oversamples of
African American and Asian American respondents, and interviews were
conducted in English, Spanish, Cantonese, and Mandarin. PRI calculated
sampling weights, performed comprehensive analysis (including
adjustments for design effects), and participated in presentations and
reporting for California's Judicial Branch of government. |
| Report: |
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Getting Behind the Headlines: Families Leaving San Francisco |
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| Agency: |
City and County of San Francisco; Department of Children, Youth and Their Families |
| Date: |
October 2005 - December 2005 |
| Description: |
PRI produced a policy white paper includes demographic
analysis (US Census) concerning the status of families with young
children in San Francisco from 1990-2000, and includes additional
analysis from two recent surveys of parents. The report synthesizes the
survey and census data, as well as information from other sources, to
create a
portrait of the current situation of families with young children in San
Francisco. |
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Hunger in America Survey |
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| Agency: |
San Francisco Food Bank |
| Date: |
January 2005 - May 2005 |
| Description: |
An in-person survey (n=400) of clients of emergency food
distribution sites in San Francisco, using a random stratified sample
selection based on number of food assistance program clients, to
catalogue the identities, needs, frustrations and survival strategies of
low-income families and individuals. |
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San Francisco City Survey (formerly Citizen Survey) |
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| Agency: |
City and County of San Francisco; Office of the
Controller |
| Date: |
1997 - 2005 |
| Description: |
Multi-year mixed-mode survey (phone, mail, internet) of San
Francisco residents to gauge satisfaction with use of City-provided
services and feelings of safety (n=3736 in 2005). Conducted in English,
Spanish, and Chinese. |
| Report: |
2004
2005
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BART Training Needs Assessment |
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| Agency: |
City College of San Francisco |
| Date: |
August 2006 - June 2006 |
| Description: |
This project involved the development needs assessment and goals of the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) workforce includes
literature review, key informant interviews, employee survey, and focus groups. |
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Used Oil
Recycling Survey, Focus Groups, and Extended Analysis |
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| Agency: |
California Integrated Waste Management Board |
| Date: |
2000 - 2005 |
| Description: |
PRI conducted focus groups, a pilot survey (n = 619), and a statewide survey (n
= 3,808) to provide current information about the oil disposal behavior, media
use, attitudes, and message and incentive receptivity of Californians who change
their own motor oil (do-it-yourselfers—DIYers); address the problem of response
bias in past used oil surveys in order to obtain more accurate estimates of the
used-oil recycling behavior of DIYers; and improve the methodology for
estimating used-oil-recycling behavior. The project consisted of a review of
recent research on survey methodology and environmental issues and recycling;
focus groups of DIYers not previously studied; design and execution of pilot
studies to assess the effectiveness and efficiency of alternative survey methods
to produce more accurate reports of used-oil recycling behavior in diverse
populations; a statewide survey, incorporating the results of the pilot study, to
estimate DIY and improper disposal statewide; and an extended analysis
integrating census and recycling collections data with the survey results. |
| Report: |
2005 Report
2004 Presentation
2002 Report
May 2002 Presentation
January 2002 Presentation
State Wide Questionnaire (English)
State Wide Questionnaire (Spanish)
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First 5 Preschool for All Telephone
Survey |
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| Agency: |
City and County of San Francisco, Low Income Investment Fund |
| Date: |
August 2004 - December 2004 |
| Description: |
This study consisted of county wide phone survey of 800 parents of children age 6 and under regarding parental choices and perception of barriers to preschool access. |
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REACHing Vietnamese Women: A Community Model for Promoting Cancer Screening |
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| Agency: |
UCSF's Vietnamese Community Health Promotion Project (VCHPP) |
| Date: |
April 2000 and September 2004 |
| Description: |
This survey, administered by telephone, was designed to reduce the incidence of cervical cancer among
750 Vietnamese women residing in Santa Clara County, California and a
comparison group of 750 Vietnamese women in Harris County, Texas
(n=1500). The study included a 2-year follow-up telephone survey
(n=1566) in both counties to assess the effectiveness of a health
promotion intervention. This project, was developed by VCHPP in
partnership with several San Francisco Bay Area health care providers
and community service agencies. |
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Safety Evaluation of Vaccinia Vaccine |
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| Agency: |
Kaiser Permanente, Division of Research |
| Date: |
March 2003 - July 2003 |
| Description: |
PRI conducted follow-up telephone interviews with 716 smallpox vaccine recipients in 2002 for a
national study sponsored by the Centers of Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) to investigate the prevalence and severity
of adverse events following the receipt of smallpox vaccinia vaccine among a
sample of participants identified by CDC as potential "first respondents" to
smallpox bioterrorism incident. Although the study was terminated because of the vaccine's
adverse effects, PRI developed and implemented successful systems for
managing information exchange with Kaiser Permanente under demanding
constraints for the timing of interviews, interview protocols, data
integrity, and respondent confidentiality. |
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Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM) |
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| Agency: |
National Opinion Research Center / US Department of Justice |
| Date: |
1999 - 2003 |
| Description: |
PRI administered the San Jose site of the nationwide
Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring System funded by National Opinion
Research Center. This study involved interviewing arrestees in a
jail setting with a highly specified, rigorous protocol that included the collection of urine specimens.
Interviewing was performed for two weeks per calendar quarter throughout
the study period. |
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AC Transit 2002 On-Board Riders Surveys (& Market Area Survey) |
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| Agency: |
Alameda-Contra Costa Transit |
| Date: |
2002 - 2003 |
| Description: |
Comprehensive study of ACTransit riders via an onboard riders' survey, (n=15370) phone survey of market area, and
a literature search and review of transit survey methodology. |
| Report: |
Systemwide Results
Results by Service Type
Portraits of Special Rider Population
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Access and Early Cancer Detection for the Underserved |
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| Agency: |
Northern California Cancer Center |
| Date: |
Fall 2001 - Spring 2002 |
| Description: |
Study to improve initial breast and cervical cancer screening and maintenance of interval
screening under conditions of shifting access to medical care in a
low-income, multiethnic sample of women in Alameda County. PRI conducted
1173 follow-up interviews for this randomized controlled trail with a
cohort of ethnically diverse women in Alameda County (African American,
Caucasian, Chinese, Filipina, and Latina), achieving a response rate of
83%. |
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Barriers to Colon Cancer Screening in Minority Populations |
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| Agency: |
UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center |
| Date: |
Fall 2001 |
| Description: |
This study, administered by telephone, investigated knowledge of and attitude towards colon cancer
screening in low-income minority populations of adult Caucasian,
Hispanic, and Vietnamese men and women, age 50 to 79, residing in San
Jose, California (n=777). The results were used to help identify
barriers to colon cancer screening and develop intervention and
educational strategies. |
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Interpersonal Process of Care |
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| Agency: |
UCSF Center for Health and Aging |
| Date: |
Fall 2000 |
| Description: |
Survey of former patients at UCSF and Mt. Zion hospitals to examine interpersonal
processes of care as a mechanism for explaining racial and ethnic
disparities in health and technical care (n=1600). |
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