Where’s the Data?
We blogged about the Avalon Hills outcome studies because it is important that our incoming, current, and past residents understand how they are contributing to that goal. Understandably people are going to start asking, “Where’s the data?” We saw that coming.
Jodi -our diligent researcher – has been collecting data for over a year now. Some of that time has been spent working out kinks in the system. She’s also been working on figuring out what do we make of this data. We could “cherry pick” one index or scale and use it to show how nearly everyone at Avalon Hills recovers, but that isn’t our style.
At present we aren’t publishing our data because we feel that we need more time to collect a bigger sample and to figure out a way of presenting the information in a way that is transparent and responsible. You’ve heard there’s lies, dang lies and statistics. Well, we’d like to avoid being part of that problem.
We appreciate everyone’s patience as we continue to move toward transparent reporting of outcome data. We further wish to thank the past residents that continue to support this effort through their participation in the 3, 6 and 12 month follow-up outcome measures. We are determined to see that their commitment to the process of recovery will benefit girls and women years to come.
