Back to Annual Meeting Page		American Public Health Association 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA

Abstract #110048

Ross C. Brownson, PhD, Prevention Research Center, Saint Louis University School of Public Health, 3545 Lafayette Ave., Salus Center, St. Louis, MO 63104 and Leslie McIntosh, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, Salus Center, Ste. 300, 3545 Lafayette Ave., St. Louis, MO 63104, 3149778140, mcintold@slu.edu.

Evidence-based public health (EBPH) is a process that engages key stakeholders in the development, implementation, and evaluation of effective programs and policies in public health through application of principles of scientific reasoning, including systematic uses of data and information systems and appropriate use of behavior science theory and program planning models. Recognizing the importance of cultivating a more systematic approach to the practice of public health, the Prevention Research Center at Saint Louis University has developed an EBPH training course to increase the capacity of public health practitioners to find and use existing information and assessment tools in their daily work and to practice EBPH. The course has been successfully delivered in the United States, Europe, and Latin America. With seven years experience delivering this course, this presentation will focused on lessons learned. These lessons focus on four key areas: Training approaches that are particularly successful; How best to find and use local data; Resources (physical and human) needed to deliver a course; Differences in applying this information in the United States and around the globe.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the importance of EBPH training program.
• Explore lessons from this EBPH training program that may be applicable to their own training endeavors.

Keywords: Evidence Based Practice, Training

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

I wish to disclose that I have NO financial interests or other relationship with the manufactures of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services or commercial supporters.

Recorded presentation