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Session: Developing A Community-based Infrastructure For Assessment, Planning, And Evaluation-II
4027.0: Tuesday, November 9, 2004: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Oral
Developing A Community-based Infrastructure For Assessment, Planning, And Evaluation-II
This session will present: The use of evidence based interventions to improve health and outcomes of COPD patients; the use of policy changes to improve programming; A Turning Point initiative and the manner of how the outcomes from an online survey was used to improve infant health.
Learning Objectives: Participants will learn about: 1)Developing community-based infrastructure for assessment, planning and/or evaluation; 2)Describe one model of successful community-driven policy change that promotes health; 3)Identifying tools and practices useful for engaging grassroots community people; and 4)Developing an electronic system for program planning and evaluation.
Moderator(s):Azzie Young, PhD, MPA
8:30 AMLinking individual level MCH data: A community -state partnership project  [ Recorded presentation ]
Lee Anne Roman, PhD, RN, Judith K. Lindsay, MPA, RN, Joseph D Moore, MD, Robert E Mack, Lawrence Baer, PhD, Vincent J. Palusci, MD, MS, Molly McCarthy, Thomas Summerfelt, Ph D
8:45 AMSuccessful change in South Carolina communities using MAPP- a community-based assessment approach  [ Recorded presentation ]
Pamela S Gillam, MPA
9:00 AMEnhancing program planning and evaluation: Development of a web-based system  [ Recorded presentation ]
Sabine Jean-Walker, MA, Elizabeth Riggs, MPH, Donald Eisnor, Lila Herndon Vizzard, MPH, Scott D. Berns, MD, MPH
9:15 AMPromoting Community-Driven Policy Change: Lessons from the Partnership for the Public’s Health Initiative  [ Recorded presentation ]
Clarissa Hsu, PhD, Pamela M. Schwartz, MPH, Kathryn Boyle, Bill Beery, MPH, Jessica Finney
9:30 AMModel information infrastructure for local health departments in Connecticut  [ Recorded presentation ]
Lemuel Skidmore, MS
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Community Health Planning and Policy Development
Endorsed by:Black Caucus of Health Workers; Community-Based Public Health Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 132nd Annual Meeting (November 6-10, 2004) of APHA