209312 Challenges and lessons learned in providing training and support for evaluation of CMCA intitatives

Monday, November 9, 2009: 1:06 PM

Jennifer Juras, PhD , Youth Leadership Institute, San Francisco, CA
  
Communities Mobilizing for Change on Alcohol (CMCA) is one of two SAMSHA Model alcohol policy programs that is currently being implemented across the nation. Since 2005, the Youth Leadership Institute (YLI) has been the national trainer and technical assistance provider for communities implementing and evaluating CMCA. Over the past 4 years, YLI has provided training and assistance to local evaluators, community coalitions without evaluators, and state funders of county CMCA coalitions to evaluate CMCA. This presentation will focus on challenges and lessons learned in assessing CMCA implementation fidelity and providing tools and training to assist a variety of stakeholders in CMCA evaluation.

Learning Objectives:
Identify lessons learned for supporting evaluation of CMCA Describe CMCA evaluation strategies

Keywords: Alcohol, Prevention

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: Evaluator/researcher for CMCA Model Program
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

See more of: Taking a Model Program from research to practice: Implementation of Communities Mobilizing for Change on Alcohol (CMCA)
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