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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
Lynda A. Anderson, PhD, Prevention Research Centers (MS K-45), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 4770 Buford Highway NE, Atlanta, GA 30341-3724, 770 488-5998, laa0@cdc.gov, Ross C. Brownson, PhD, Prevention Research Center, Saint Louis University School of Public Health, 3545 Lafayette Ave., Salus Center, St. Louis, MO 63104, Daniel McLinden, EdD, Concept Systems, 303 Delcy Drive, DeKalb, IL 60115, and Margaret K. Gwaltney, PhD, COSMOS Corporation, 3 Bethesda Mero Center, Suite 950, Bethesda, MD 20814.
The Prevention Research Centers (PRCs) is CDC's largest extramural research program consisting of a national network of 26 academic centers committed to prevention research and the translation of that research into programs and policies. The PRCs work with members of their communities to develop and evaluate community-based interventions that address the leading causes of death and disability. This presentation describes the results of an evaluation project that is developing a menu of evaluation strategies that can be incorporated into the operations of the PRCs. This is a participatory evaluation process based on CDC's Framework for Program Evaluation. Emphasis is given to describing the rationale, methods, and findings of concept mapping used to engage national and local stakeholders in identifying key perspectives for the PRC program at the national and community levels. The session also examines how the results of concept mapping influenced the development of logic models and evaluation indicators.
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Keywords: Planning, Evaluation
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.