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Session Title: Using Systems and Translation Frameworks to Examine Multi-site and Multi-level Evaluations
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Panel Session 800 to be held in Sebastian Section I3 on Saturday, Nov 14, 11:50 AM to 12:35 PM
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Sponsored by the Cluster, Multi-site and Multi-level Evaluation TIG
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| Diane Dunet, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, ddunet@cdc.gov
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| Abstract:
This panel session will discuss how two programs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) used systems and translation frameworks to evaluate their programs. Panelists will highlight how each program incorporated a theoretical framework to guide their evaluation design. We will briefly discuss how these theoretical frameworks influenced our evaluation design and data collection strategies. The benefits of early evaluation planning, and how these evaluation results will be used for future public health programming will also be noted. In addition, we will describe the strengths and weaknesses of incorporating contextual factors in the early stages of an evaluation. Lessons learned about how panelist prospectively considered contextual factors in their evaluation design will be shared.
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Use of a Translation Framework to Guide Cross-site Evaluation of the Dissemination and Implementation of Community-based Public Health Interventions
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| Teresa Brady, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, tbrady@cdc.gov
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| Mari Brick, National Association of Chronic Disease Directors, maribrick@gmail.com
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Bridging the gap between research and public health practice is a critical challenge to success of public health interventions, yet our understanding of translation processes is limited. The National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) developed a Translation Schematic to highlight essential processes in moving from scientific discovery to widespread public health practice. CDC's Arthritis Program is using the Translation Schematic as an organizing framework to structure the cross-site evaluation of intervention dissemination and implementation by state health departments. This evaluation will use quantitative methods to document the extent of translation; qualitative methods will be used to explore factors that influence intervention dissemination and implementation, as well as organizational engagement and decision-making. Contextual factors and supporting structures will also be explored. This presentation will describe how using the Translation Schematic as an organizing framework has shaped this cross-site evaluation.
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A Prospective Evaluation Plan of Best Practices Initiatives in Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention
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| Rashon Lane, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, rlane@cdc.gov
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| Pat Shifflett, Cloudburst Consulting Group Inc, ps@cloudburstgroup.com
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| Steven Sullivan, Cloudburst Consulting Group Inc, sts@cloudburstgroup.com
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| Diane Dunet, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, ddunet@cdc.gov
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The Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention incorporated the Interactive Systems Framework into a design for evaluation of public health policy and systems change in three separate, yet related initiatives which include: (1) strategies and recommendations from the Institute of Medicine, (2) a comprehensive framework for heart disease and stroke prevention and (3) tools and guidance for state health departments. The evaluation purpose is to assess the uptake, use and impact of the initiatives, and the effectiveness of the three-initiative approach. We identified contextual factors including funding, existing research and theory, macro policy, and social climate that might impact both the initiatives' implementation and our data collection strategy. We present the benefits and challenges of prospectively developing an evaluation plan while the evaluand-initiative is still under development.
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