Intervention MICA: Putting evidence into public health practice


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

3268.0: Monday, December 12, 2005 - 2:50 PM

Abstract #112500

Laura K. Brennan Ramirez, PhD, MPH¹, Beth Baker, PhD, MPH², Julie M. Bender, MPH, CHES¹, and Garland Land, MPH³. (1) Transtria, LLC, 3525 Watson Road, Suite R, St. Louis, MO 63139, 314-781-1562, laura@transtria.com, (2) School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, 3545 Lafayette Avenue, Suite 300, St. Louis, MO 63104, (3) Center for Health Information Management and Evaluation, Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, P.O. Box 570, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0570

Over the last several decades public health researchers have developed impressive interventions to decrease rates of morbidity and mortality. In order to make the best use of this information, it is essential to summarize and translate these practices for public health practitioners and local community-based organizations. The Missouri Information for Community Assessment (MICA) system provides an interactive, evidence-based tool for intervention planning (i.e., Intervention MICA). Intervention MICA is designed to provide users with an increased understanding of evidence-based public health processes as well as specific recommendations regarding interventions that might be useful in a variety of community settings to create changes in known determinants of health problems. The Intervention MICA website has been created in such a way as to ensure that all materials are accessible to multiple audiences (e.g., health practitioners working in state and local health departments, health care administrators and community organizations and agencies). It provides background information on the importance of evidence-based planning, tools and links to other websites on evidence-based planning, information on how to engage in collaboration with various partners, as well as specific implementation guidelines. The development of the Intervention MICA occurred with input from a panel of experts including academicians, public health practitioners and health care administrators. In addition, a comprehensive review of evidence-based public health interventions informed the interventions and information provided in the system. The process of developing this intervention planning, implementation and evaluation tool will be described and illustrated.

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to

• Describe the process of development of a statewide evidence-based intervention system to be used as part of community health planning.
• Identify the criteria used to evaluate the evidence for intervention effectiveness in terms of research and practice-based findings.
• Explain the organization and essential components of the web-based system, including settings, intervention strategies and resources.

Keywords: Interventions, Community Health Planning

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.

Using Technology to Promote Evidence-based Needs Assessment, Priority Setting and Intervention Planning at the State and Local Levels

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