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APHA Scientific Session and Event Listing

Priti Irani, MS¹, Mary Applegate, MD, MPH², Cate Bohn, MPH³, Barbara A. Brustman, Ed D⁴, Dan Feinberg, MEd⁵, Christopher Maylahn, MPH⁶, Michael Medvesky, MPH³, Anne Radigan, BS⁷, and Ed Skawinski, MEd⁵. (1) New York State Assessment Initiative, Public Health Information Group, New York State Dept of Health, 750 Corning Tower, ESP, Albany, NY NY 12237, 518-474-2543, pri01@health.state.ny.us, (2) Division of Famil y Health, New York State Department of Health, 1820 Corning Tower, ESP, Albany, NY 12237, (3) New York State Assessment Initiative, Public Health Information Group, New York State Department of Health, 750 Corning Tower, ESP, Albany, NY 12237, (4) Bureau of Women's Health, NYS Department of Health, 1805 Corning Tower, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12237, (5) Rockefeller College, SUNY, 211 Husted Hall, 135 Western Avenue, Albany, NY 12222, (6) Bureau of Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, New York State Department of Health, 5th Floor, Corning Tower, ESP, Albany, NY 12237, (7) Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System, Public Health Information Group, New York State Department of Health, 750 Corning Tower, ESP, Albany, NY 12237

The online course at www.ebph.org was released in Spring 2006 after a two-month review phase. In this course, learners are asked to understand and employ the evidence-based process to research and develop an intervention strategy to reduce disparities in birth outcomes in a fictitious community. Learners must navigate through the essential steps required in evidence-based decision making, receiving relevant feedback after taking each step. Participants must balance potential interventions' evidence, effectiveness and feasibility, while being sensitive to local resources and community concerns. Learners meet with experts and community members, conduct focus groups, and mine national, state and local statistics to develop a sound proposal that is ultimately submitted for review by the local health department commissioner. Learners receive instant feedback on their decisions. Submission of a sound proposal receives appropriate feedback, while a flawed proposal is critiqued and adjusted.

This presentation will include feedback from the users who completed the course, pre- and post-test results, and follow-up evaluation findings.

Learning Objectives:

• List knowledge and skills course participants gained after completing the online course.
• State aspects of the course that learners identified as useful towards understanding evidence-based public health concepts.
• Describe if, and how, course participants are applying the knowledge and skills from the course to their area of work.

Keywords: Evidence Based Practice, Maternal and Child Health

Related Web page: www.ebph.org

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Not Answered

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