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Session Title: Emerging Strategies and Tools for Evaluating Environmental and Policy Change Approaches to Chronic Disease Prevention
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Multipaper Session 118 to be held in TRAVIS D on Wednesday, Nov 10, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
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Sponsored by the Health Evaluation TIG
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| Chair(s): |
| Nicola Dawkins,
ICF Macro, nicola.u.dawkins@macrointernational.com
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| Discussant(s): |
| Laura Leviton,
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, llevito@rwjf.org
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Shifting Landscapes: Overview of Environmental and Policy Change Approaches and Measurement Tools for Chronic Disease Prevention
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| Presenter(s):
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| Dana Keener, ICF Macro, dana.c.keener@macrointernational.com
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| Amber Robinson, ICF Macro, amber.b.robinson@macrointernational.com
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| Abstract:
As more public health initiatives are shifting attention towards systems, policies, and environments that encourage healthy behaviors for chronic disease prevention, evaluators are being asked to adapt tools and measures to fit the changing landscape of public health interventions. Accordingly, this presentation will: (1) describe a range of environmental and policy change efforts currently underway at local and national levels; (2) highlight the use of this approach in major federal initiatives such as Communities Putting Prevention to Work; (3) identify challenges and solutions associated with evaluating environmental and policy initiatives; and (4) describe existing tools that can be used to measure outcomes related to environmental and policy level change.
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