The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA

Abstract #41625

Carolyn E. Crump, PhD¹, Robert J. Letourneau, MPH², and Shelley Golden, MPH¹. (1) Dept. of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, CB# 7505, 248 Chase Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7505, (919) 966-5598, carolyn_crump@unc.edu, (2) UNC Injury Prevention Research Center, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, CB#7505, Chase Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7505

This presentation describes the methods, results, and recommendations of an external evaluation, conducted by University of North Carolina staff with assistance from a working group of IHS staff, of three Short-Courses integral to the Indian Health Service (IHS) Injury Prevention Training Program. Five sources of evaluation data included: 1) observation of the three Short-Courses; 2) review of six years of training course evaluations; 3) review of course materials and teaching methods; 4) three focus groups with the IHS and Tribal staff (n=19); and 5) surveys of recent participants of the Short-Courses Training Program (n=84, response rate=46%). Evaluation results describe a successful short-course training program that could benefit from improvement. Results provided information for each of the 10 evaluation components used to guide the Short-Course Training Program Evaluation: History and Mission; Target Audience; Course Goals and Learning Objectives; Course Instructors; Teaching Methods; Course Content; Course Sequencing, Frequency and Settings; Recruitment and Marketing; Preparation; and Follow-up. Ten overall recommendations were provided to IHS to improve the effectiveness of the Short-Courses. The most important recommendation was to develop a conceptual framework to guide course content development, including the distribution of seven core training topics within and across the three IHS Short-Courses. The seven core training topics included: 1) Injuries as a Public Health Problem; 2) Program Design and Implementation; 3) Coalitions and Collaboration; 4) Program Evaluation; 5) Injury Data; 6) Marketing/Advocacy; and 7) Program Management. The results from the evaluation guided improvements made to the IHS Injury Prevention Short-Courses.

Learning Objectives: At the end of this session, the participant will be able to

• Describe the methods used to evaluate three Indian Health Service injury prevention training courses.
• List 10 evaluation components used to guide the evaluation.
• Discuss seven core injury prevention training topics used to develop an integrated and sequential injury prevention training program.

Keywords: Evaluation, Training

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.