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Gender-based Health Program Evaluation and Cost Effective analysis: Building a Case for Policy Change
Monday, November 17, 2014
: 3:10 PM - 3:30 PM
Jodi Burke, MSW
,
The National Kidney Foundation of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Arthur Franke, PhD
,
The National Kidney Foundation of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
David Hutton, PhD
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Department of Health Management and Policy, University of MichiganSchool of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI
Patrick Hufnagel
,
Prevention programs, National Kidney Foundation of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Diabetes affects 12% of the women who live in Inkster, Michigan. This project aims to determine the cost-effectiveness of providing community wide gender integrated programs via community partners as a sustainable way to delay or prevent diabetes and improve diabetes outcomes in women. Approximately 2,000 individuals have completed chronic disease self-management (CDSMP) and or health literacy mentoring programs. Knowing the cost effectiveness of community programs can help focus resources on programs that will have the greatest sustained impact on women’s health with limited budgets, and may also support advocacy efforts for increased funding. Published findings in the literature have shown cost-savings and overall effectiveness of evidence-based programs focused on CDSMP, including the use of community health workers, CDSMP programs, Enhance Fitness, and the Diabetes Prevention Program. Emerging evidence exists regarding improved health outcomes and potential cost-savings for people who have improved positive self-perceptions related to their quality of life and self-efficacy. Costs are analyzed to deliver these programs in Inkster and measure health outcomes in the community. The preliminary analysis combines that information with existing cost effectiveness data to estimate the potential cost-savings generated by intervention strategies through improved health conditions or behaviors such as reduced inactivity, depression and improved diabetes control. Adopting a gender-based approach to community programs targeted at preventing and controlling diabetes could have great potential impact in improving public health. Economic evaluation may be an important tool to support decisions for policy makers when allocating health care program budgets at the local, state and national level.
Learning Areas:
Advocacy for health and health education
Chronic disease management and prevention
Conduct evaluation related to programs, research, and other areas of practice
Implementation of health education strategies, interventions and programs
Public health or related public policy
Learning Objectives:
Discuss the benefit of using a cost effective gender-based approach for community programming to impact public health
Identify how evaluation of gender-based cost-effective approaches can build a case for policy change
Keyword(s): Economic Analysis, Gender
Presenting author's disclosure statement:Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am the program manager of a federally funded grant from the Office of Women's Health,Coalition for a Healthier Community, focused on research of gender based analysis including approaches,implementation and evaluation of community led evidence-based programs.
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.
