GEARS Inc.

GEARS Inc. is a consulting firm that helps public bodies and community organisations check and improve their programmes and services. It has spent more than 20 years evaluating programmes in health, education and training, with a focus on reducing health disparities and serving underserved groups.

What GEARS Inc. offers

• Evaluation and applied research — designs and runs studies using a participatory, advisory method built on participatory research and attentive to culture, social norms and gender.
• Focus groups and qualitative work — plans and analyses focus groups alongside other data collection.
• Technical assistance and training — training, data management help and consultation for funders and grantees.
• Project management — builds work plans and manages multi-task projects with web-based tracking and data warehousing.
• Meetings, events and planning — event management, strategic planning and team building, plus its own administrative professionals and small business leadership conferences.

Who it works with

Clients are federal, state and local government, foundations and community-based organisations, with work often centred on the behavioural and social sides of health.

Key facts

• Co-founder: Dr Deborah Brome, a former tenured university professor
• Experience: more than 20 years of programme evaluation
• Expertise: clinical psychology, social psychology and education