Prevention Programs That Work

2010 Training Materials

Please use the following citation if you use any of our training materials. Thank you! Escoffery C, Carvalho M. Prevention Programs That Work Training Workshop. April 2010. Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network (CPCRN) of the Emory Prevention Research Center. Albany & Valdosta, GA. Agenda and Acknowledgements Introduction Session 1: What Do We Mean By Evidence-Based? Session 2: Getting to Know Your Audience - Needs Assessment And Program Planning Session 3: Finding an Evidence-Based Program Session 4: Selecting a Program That Fits Your Community Session 5: Adapting the Evidence-Based Program with Fidelity Session 6: Implementing an Evidence-Based Program Session 7: Evaluating Your Program Additional Resources SW GA Mini-Grants Program

This interactive one-day workshop (held in April 2010) provides tools for community organizations and health educators to plan health promotion programs. It covers how to find, select and adopt or adapt evidence-based programs (programs shown to be effective by research).

Through the workshop, participants learn how to:

1. define the term evidence-based and science-based,
2. describe the benefits of using evidence-based programs,
3. describe resources and methods for collecting needs assessment data about their community,
4. locate evidence-based strategies or programs that meet their program’s goals and objectives,
5. select programs that will work in their community,
6. identify what elements of an intervention can and cannot be changed when adapting an evidence-based program,
7. discuss important factors or tasks in each program implementation phase (pre-implementation, implementation, maintenance), and
8. conduct process and outcome evaluation for their program

The workshop uses case studies and exercises from chronic disease and cancer prevention that provide hands-on applications for planning an evidence-based health program. The strategies and skills from this workshop can be applied to a broad range of health promotion topics.

The workshop helps participants to:

1. start program planning with known public health strategies that have been found to work,
2. know where to find examples of programs that work in your topic area of interest, and
3. save time on materials development by using program resources discussed during the training.

For those planning to apply to the mini-grants program, these workshop materials will help you to prepare your application.

Presenters:

• Cam Escoffery, PhD, MPH, CHES – Assistant Professor, Emory Rollins School of Public Health
• Michelle Carvalho, MPH - Coordinator, Emory Cancer Prevention & Control Research Network
• JK Veluswamy - SW GA Program Coordinator, Emory Prevention Research Center/Southwest Georgia Cancer Coalition
• Kirsten Rodgers, MSPH, EdD - Training Specialist, Emory Prevention Research Center
• Linda Ekwenego, MPH - ORISE Fellow, Centers for Disease Control Prevention

For more information, contact Michelle Carvalho at mlcarva@emory.edu or 404-712-8795.

The program is offered by the Emory Prevention Research Center and the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network (CPCRN), members of the Prevention Research Centers Program. The CPCRN is supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Cancer Institute through cooperative agreement number 1U48DP0010909-01-1.