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Maximizing Quality in a Portfolio Review of the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control’s (NCIPC) Core State Injury Program
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| Presenter(s):
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| Elyse Levine, Academy for Educational Development, elevine@aed.org
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| Sue Lin Yee, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, sby9@cdc.gov
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| Derek Inokuchi, Academy for Educational Development, dinokuchi@aed.org
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| Angela Marr, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, aiy4@cdc.gov
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| Abstract:
The Core State Injury Program was initiated by CDC in 1997 to help states develop “core” capacity building and surveillance activities to prevent and control injuries. Since 2005, 30 states have been awarded seed money towards this objective. With the program nearing the end of a five-year cycle, CDC sought a portfolio review to inform future development of the initiative. The presentation will describe use of state progress reports, survey data, and interviews to assess the implementation of the Core State Injury Program and triangulate on factors associated with its success. Having these ingredients for quality evaluation was a strength going into the portfolio review. However, as with most complex programs, the difficulty lay in the details. We will briefly discuss the challenges of ensuring a quality evaluation in this context, including operationalizing measures, political sensitivities, and quality control measures instituted to analyze large volumes of qualitative and quantitative data.
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