| In a 90 minute Roundtable session, the first
rotation uses the first 45 minutes and the second rotation uses the last 45 minutes.
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| Roundtable Rotation I:
Assessing Evaluation Implementation: Reflections From Communities Putting Prevention to Work Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity States |
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Roundtable Presentation 810 to be held in Conference Room 12 on Saturday, Nov 5, 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
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Sponsored by the Health Evaluation TIG
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| Presenter(s):
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| Lynn Mongkieu Huynh, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, jso4@cdc.gov
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| Syreeta Skelton, ICF Macro, sskelton@icfi.com
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| Abstract:
The CDC's Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity, in collaboration with ICF Macro, is conducting a systematic assessment of evaluation implementation among states operating initiatives under Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW), a federally funded program working to decrease the prevalence of obesity and tobacco use. This round table presents reflections on implemented evaluations among CPPW states and territories making policy and environmental changes within nutrition, physical activity and obesity. The systematic assessment focuses on 'high performing' (e.g. possess diverse stakeholders, plans for use, and evaluate changes pre/post interventions) grantees, and attempts to document promising practices and lessons learned in successful policy and environmental change evaluation to increase knowledge of essential components and steps. High performing grantee selection methods, key learnings, and results from the assessment will be discussed. In addition, we will explore the role of evaluation technical assistance with respect to evaluation planning, implementation, and results dissemination.
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| Roundtable Rotation II:
Dinosaurs, Astronomy, and...Heart Health? Oh My! Lessons Learned from Evaluating Museum-Based Community Health Education |
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Roundtable Presentation 810 to be held in Conference Room 12 on Saturday, Nov 5, 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
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Sponsored by the Health Evaluation TIG
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| Presenter(s):
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| Elizabeth Danter, Institute for Learning Innovation, danter@ilinet.org
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| Claudia Figueiredo, Institute for Learning Innovation, figueiredo@ilinet.org
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| Abstract:
Heart Smart is a wellness-focused science museum exhibit. It addresses the role of behavior in heart health by emphasizing nutrition, physical activity, and stress management through computer interactive stations and interpretive panels. The stations offer personalized feedback to users on measures including blood pressure, waist size, body-mass index, and lifestyle choices. Heart Smart provides a venue for visitors' knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors to change, and the evaluation focused on measuring whether healthy behavior changes occurred as a result of spending time in the exhibit. Lessons learned included issues such as suitability of the host organization, Heart Smart competition with other exhibits, the validity of health results, and challenges in working with a culturally diverse, multigenerational audience. Positive outcomes included the success of targeted lifestyle choice feedback, the nonjudgmental anonymity of the experience, and the increase in visitors' self-efficacy for adopting healthy behaviors.
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