228700 Identifying challenges associated with evaluating public health policy

Saturday, November 6, 2010 : 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Kristianna Pettibone, PhD , Center for Community Prevention and Treatment Research, The MayaTech Corporation, Silver Spring, MD
Through discussions of our experiences and minimal lecture, we will explore the various challenges associated with evaluating public health policy, such as the availability of appropriate data to measure outcomes, determining timeframes for measuring change in outcomes, attributing policy to changes in outcomes, and addressing the influence of contextual factors.

Learning Areas:
Implementation of health education strategies, interventions and programs
Public health or related laws, regulations, standards, or guidelines
Public health or related public policy

Learning Objectives:
1) Identify at least 4 challenges associated with evaluating public health policy, 2) Explain why the challenges exist; 3) Evaluate the integrity and comparability of data; 4) Discuss ethical principles used in the collection, maintenance, analysis, and dissemination of data and information

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am the Manager of The MayaTech Corporation's Center for Community Prevention and Treatment Research and have been conducting public health policy evaluations for more than 9 years.
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.

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