142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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Using CORE Group Tools in the Field

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Monday, November 17, 2014 : 8:45 AM - 9:00 AM

Gillian Bath, MA, MPH , ADRA International, Silver Spring, MD
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is the global humanitarian organization of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. ADRA has a long and successful history of providing humanitarian relief and implementing development initiatives. ADRA’s mission is to work with people in poverty and distress to create just and positive change through empowering partnerships and responsible action. ADRA reaches across boundaries to achieve measurable, documented, and durable changes in lives and society. ADRA’s work is divided into five technical portfolios: food security, health and nutrition, emergency management, economic growth, and education. As a long-term member of CORE Group, ADRA frequently uses tools developed and/or promoted through CORE Group for designing, implementing, managing, and monitoring programs around the world. These have included integrated food security programs, family planning programs, nutrition interventions and maternal, newborn and child health programs. In South Sudan, ADRA relied on several CORE tools in the design and implementation of an integrated health and nutrition program. This presentation will focus on several field examples of how the tools have been applied and modified, as well as how they have provided feedback to CORE Group to improve resources for community health.

Learning Areas:

Conduct evaluation related to programs, research, and other areas of practice
Implementation of health education strategies, interventions and programs
Planning of health education strategies, interventions, and programs

Learning Objectives:
Describe how CORE Group tools have been applied and modified in developing countries. Discuss the role of nongovernmental organizations as partners for development and health. Evaluate the impact of collaboration in community health interventions.

Keyword(s): Nutrition, Community Health Programs

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have been working in international development, specializing in health and nutrition and contributing to the design and management of several federally-funded grants around the world.
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.