252062 Innovative Techniques of Program Evaluation for Public Health Nursing- Part 1

Wednesday, November 2, 2011: 10:30 AM

Lisa Ann Campbell, MSN, RN GNP-BC , Primary Care/Public Health, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
Sonda Oppewal, PhD, RN , Public Health Nursing, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Anne Catherine Heenan, MSN, BS, FNP-C , Primary Care/Public Health, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
Patricia M. Speck, DNSc, FNP-BC, FAAN , Primary Care/Public Health, University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Nursing, Memphis, TN
Cathy Hughes, MSN, RN , Department of Primary Care and Public Health, University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Nursing, Memphis, TN
Part 1 of the workshop will explore effective inter-professional collaboration to identify program gaps, that can be systematic, process based, or as a result of communication errors. Participants will be introduced to root cause analysis (RCA) developed by the airline industry to identify systems errors and discover how to apply RCA to public health program evaluation and public health challenges. Root cause analysis uses many techniques and is one method of program evaluation whereby a series of questions are asked that assist teams indentifying root causes and new strategies to improve programs. The use of qualitative methods developed in the social sciences for program evaluation will also be discussed.

Learning Areas:
Administration, management, leadership
Conduct evaluation related to programs, research, and other areas of practice
Other professions or practice related to public health
Program planning
Public health administration or related administration
Public health or related nursing

Learning Objectives:
1. Identify two strategies to incorporate inter-professional principles, root cause analysis, and social scientific qualitative methods into program evaluation. 2. Describe root cause analysis using the Ishikawa technique or fishbone diagram. 3. Describe key word identification/ categorization of qualitative data and its use in historical program document review as a technique of program evaluation.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: Because I have studied and worked with this method of program evaluation.
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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