5252.0: Wednesday, October 24, 2001: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM | ||||
Oral Session | ||||
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| Session overview: In July 1998 the South Carolina General Assembly appropriated $10.5 million dollars over a 3-year period, to fund local adolescent pregnancy prevention initiatives in each of the 46 S.C. counties. Presentations in the session will describe the advocacy which led to legislative approval, the legislative mandates, implementation realities, creation of evaluation schema and interim 2-year results. | ||||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement. | ||||
| Learning Objectives: Learning Objectives: By the end of the session attendees will be able to 1) describe advocacy activities that were effective in funding health promotion initiatives for teen pregnancy prevention, 2) understand necessity of multi-method evaluations in evaluating teen pregnancy prevention initiatives, 3) describe lessons learned during first two years of evaluation and their implication for public health practice. | ||||
| Carrie Murray, MS | ||||
| South Carolina legislative mandate to fund adolescent pregnancy prevention programs in South Carolina counties Murray L. Vincent, EdD, Joy Campbell, Molly C. Talbot-Metz, MPH | ||||
| Using traditional and empowerment evaluation methods: Overview of evaluation design and methods Belinda M. Reininger, DrPH, Sarah F. Griffin, MPH, Murray L. Vincent, EdD, Deborah M. Parra-Medina, PhD, Robert F. Valois, PhD, MPH, Doug J. Taylor, MPH, Michelle A. Rousseau, MPH, Alexandra E. Evans, PhD | ||||
| Developing evaluation tools that work: Experiences in teen pregnancy prevention program evaluation Deborah M. Parra-Medina, PhD, Robert F. Valois, PhD, MPH, Murray L. Vincent, EdD, Belinda M. Reininger, DrPH, Doug J. Taylor, MPH, Michelle A. Rousseau, MPH, Alexandra E. Evans, PhD | ||||
| Implications for practice based on lessons learned from a statewide evaluation Alexandra E. Evans, PhD, Doug J. Taylor, MPH, Murray L. Vincent, EdD, Belinda M. Reininger, DrPH, Deborah M. Parra-Medina, PhD, Robert F. Valois, PhD, MPH, Michelle A. Rousseau, MPH, Sarah F. Griffin, MPH | ||||
| Sponsor: | Public Health Education and Health Promotion | |||
| Cosponsors: | Public Health Nursing; School Health Education and Services; Social Work; Socialist Caucus; Women's Caucus | |||
| CE Credits: | CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work | |||