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

Abstract #118254

Judith A. Belfiori, MA, MPH¹, Geraldine Oliva, MD, MPH², Nadia Thind, MPH³, and Brianna Gass, MPH³. (1) Family Health Outcomes Project, Dept of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 3333 California Street Suite 365, San Francisco, CA 94118, (415)502-3247, belfiorij@fcm.ucsf.edu, (2) Family Health Outcomes Project, Dept. of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 3333 California St, Suite 365, San Francisco, CA 94118, (3) Family Health Outcomes Project, Community and Family Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 3333 California Street Suite 365, San Francisco, CA 94118

The Family Health Outcomes Project (FHOP), Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, contracts with the state's Maternal Child and Adolescent Health (MCAH) Branch to provide training and technical assistance in the use of data and planning tools for needs assessment, intervention planning and evaluation. In 2003-04, California's 61 local jurisdiction MCAH programs conducted a 5-year assessment of the community health problems of the MCAH population, as required to receive Federal/State Title V MCAH funding. The culmination of this process was the identification in each jurisdiction of priority problems that will be addressed over the next 5-years. The focus in 2005 is the identification and planning of evidence-based interventions that can be applied to their priority problems. While the identification of these interventions is important, equally important is the successful implementation of those interventions. It is essential that planners/staff understand the relationships between the resources, activities and outcomes that comprise the evidence-based interventions they plan to use to achieve desired outcomes. FHOP provides training on the use of a logic model to plan and evaluate implementation of evidence-based and promising interventions. This presentation will 1) discuss the challenges of implementing evidence-based interventions and the rationale for training directors/staff and others in the use of a logic model, 2) review the training agenda and the experiential educational methods used and 3) discuss the value to an organization of training managers and staff on how to effectively use this tool.

Learning Objectives:

• Discuss the challenges of implementing evidence-based interventions and the rationale for training directors/staff and others in the use of a logic model.
• Describe the training agenda and educational methods used.
• Discuss the value to an organization of training managers and staff in the effective use of the tool.

Keywords: Professional Training, Infrastructure

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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