| In a 90 minute Roundtable session, the first
rotation uses the first 45 minutes and the second rotation uses the last 45 minutes.
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| Roundtable Rotation I:
Collaborative Evaluation Policy Development With a State Office of Minority Health |
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Roundtable Presentation 302 to be held in the Sandstone Boardroom on Thursday, Nov 6, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
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Sponsored by the Health Evaluation TIG
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| Presenter(s):
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| Betty Yung,
Wright State University,
betty.yung@wright.edu
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| Peter Leahy,
University of Akron,
leahy@uakron.edu
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| Robert Fischer,
Case Western Reserve University,
fischer@case.edu
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| Lucinda Deason,
University of Akron,
deason@uakron.edu
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| Carla Clasen,
Wright State University,
carla.classen@wright.edu
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| Manoj Sharma,
University of Cincinnati,
manoj.sharma@uc.edu
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| Abstract:
This roundtable will describe the collaborative development of evaluation policies by a statewide evaluation panel and the Ohio Commission on Minority Health (OCMH), a state grant-making agency. The policy development effort was designed to standardize and improve the evaluation of the health promotion and disease prevention projects funded by OCMH. The 7-member statewide panel, composed of faculty from four universities and a community agency representative, has worked with OCMH to: select uniform key outcome indicators in their funding priority areas; establish a pool of culturally competent program evaluators approved to provide external evaluation of OCMH projects; produce an Evaluation Guidance manual for OCMH grantees, potential grantees, and evaluators; modify the OCMH Request for Proposals, the grant review process, and grantee start-up meetings to emphasize evaluation expectations; and design a standardized format for reporting of program outcomes.
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| Roundtable Rotation II:
Discovering Who Is "At The Helm" of Evaluation Practice in Public Health: Implications for the Content and Structure of Public Health Academic Programs |
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Roundtable Presentation 302 to be held in the Sandstone Boardroom on Thursday, Nov 6, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
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Sponsored by the Health Evaluation TIG
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| Presenter(s):
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| Leslie Fierro,
Claremont Graduate University,
leslie.fierro@cgu.edu
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| Abstract:
The public health community has been addressing the topic of public health workforce training for more than two decades. Large attendance by public health practitioners at evaluation trainings and the introduction of new cross-cutting public health competencies (which include evaluation) provide evidence of the need for evaluation training in the public health sector. A potential underlying reason for these needs may lie within the organization of public health disciplinary tracks. Five public health disciplines are currently recognized, not one of which is evaluation. Primary responsibility for conducting evaluation currently resides in the health policy and social and behavioral science disciplines yet, in practice, there appears to be no clear delineation of responsibility for evaluation to either. This roundtable will explore who is “at the helm” of public health evaluation practice, and discuss a variety of different options available for approaching evaluation education within public health academic institutions.
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