| Session Title: Health Evaluation TIG Business Meeting and Demonstration: Uniting TEAMS: North Carolina's Web-based Tobacco Evaluation and Management System (TEAMS) |
| Business Meeting Session 523 to be held in El Capitan A on Thursday, Nov 3, 6:10 PM to 7:00 PM |
| Sponsored by the Health Evaluation TIG |
| TIG Leader(s): |
| Robert LaChausse, California State University, San Bernardino, rlachaus@csusb.edu |
| Jenica Huddleston, Deloitte Consulting, jenicahuddleston@gmail.com |
| Presenter(s): |
| Kearston Ingraham, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, kearston_ingraham@med.unc.edu |
| Abstract: Strong data infrastructure and consistent collection practices are essential to program evaluation. An internal assessment of the North Carolina Health and Wellness Trust Fund Teen Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Initiative's evaluation data collection system- Web-based Indicator Progress Tracking System (WiPTS)- led to the development of the Tobacco Evaluation and Management System (TEAMS). This database incorporates the needs of program funders, evaluators, technical assistance providers, and grantees. TEAMS, an innovative multi-faceted program management and evaluation tool designed to track statewide programmatic activities, provides a centralized location for monthly data entry, program management, technical assistance services, and data analysis which can be used by program managers and evaluators. New strategies are needed to provide cost-effective ways to collect program data utilizing a paperless conduit that can be employed by program funders and evaluators. This demonstration will show attendees how the TEAMS database functions and improves programmatic activities and evaluation results. |