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

Abstract #112361

Karen A. Monsen, RN, MS¹, Patricia Galligher, RD MPH LN¹, Connie M. Waldera, RN PHN¹, and Madeleine J. Kerr, PhD, RN². (1) Washington County Public Health and Environment, 14949 62nd St. N, Stillwater, MN 55082, 651-430-6697, monsen@co.washington.mn.us, (2) School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, 5-160 Weaver-Densford Hall, 308 Harvard Street S.E, Minneapolis, MN 55455

Public health agencies working to improve population health outcomes often struggle for words to describe their community assessments, service delivery strategies, and outcomes. While population level indicators change slowly and can often only be measured through national or state systems at aggregate levels, intermediate measures implemented at local levels can show progress toward the ultimate goals. Data generated by public health practitioners using the Omaha System, a standardized classification, has been used to describe the needs of local populations, services provided, and the outcomes following those services for priority public health problems such as domestic abuse (15-34. Reduce the rate of physical assault by current or former intimate partners), childhood obesity (19-3. Reduce the proportion of children and adolescents who are overweight or obese), suicide (18-2. Reduce the rate of suicide attempts by adolescents), and fall prevention (15-28. Reduce hip fractures among older adults). This session will provide an overview of the process by which Washington County Minnesota Department of Public Health and Environment standardized documentation on health topics related to Healthy People 2010 objectives, collected and analyzed data, and formatted it for local administrators and officials. Specific information on analysis of Omaha System data using common software applications will be demonstrated.

Learning Objectives:

Objective
• Explain how to use the Omaha System’s Problem Classification Scheme to describe health problems experienced by a population or group. Objective
• Explain how to use the Omaha System’s Intervention Scheme to describe services provided at the individual, family, or community level. Objective
• Explain how to use the Omaha System’s Problem Rating Scale for Outcomes to describe differences in knowledge, behavior and status related to a particular problem, following intervention.

Keywords: Healthy People 2000/2010, Practice-Based Research

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.

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