| Session Title: Health Evaluation TIG Business Meeting and Presentation: Bridging the Evidence Gap in Obesity Prevention - A Framework to Inform Decision Making |
| Business Meeting Session 400 to be held in REPUBLIC B on Thursday, Nov 11, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM |
| Sponsored by the Health Evaluation TIG |
| TIG Leader(s): |
| Robert LaChausse, California State University, San Bernardino, rlachaus@csusb.edu |
| Jenica Huddleston, University of California, Berkeley, jenhud@berkeley.edu |
| Debora Goldberg, Virginia Commonwealth University, goetzdc@vcu.edu |
| Chair(s): |
| Laura Leviton, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, llevito@rwjf.org |
| Presenter(s): |
| Shirki Kumanyika, University of Pennsylvania, skumanyi@mail.med.upenn.edu |
| Discussant(s): |
| Jennifer Greene, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, jcgreene@illinois.edu |
| Madhabi Chatterji, Columbia University, mb1434@columbia.edu |
| Abstract: In 2008, the Institute of Medicine of The National Academies convened a committee of experts to examine innovative ways in which the existing evidence base and research on obesity and obesity prevention programs could be accessed, evaluated and made useful to a wide range of policy-makers and decision-makers. The charge was to develop a framework to guide decision-makers in locating and using evidence to make effective decisions. A practical, action-oriented framework was developed to guide policymakers on how to use the available base of research evidence, and supplement that with complementary forms of credible evidence relevant to problem-solving and decision-making in obesity-prevention contexts. The framework, contained in the report “Bridging the Evidence Gap in Obesity Prevention: A framework to Inform Decision Making,” was released in April 2010. This session will unveil the L.E.A.D. framework for evidence-based decision-making and speaks directly to the theme of the 2010 AEA conference: Evaluation Quality. |