Workshop: Meeting the Challenges of Generating Useful Evidence and Using it Effectively in Obesity Prevention Decision-Making
- When:
- Thursday, January 08, 2009 (9:30 AM)
- Where:
- Keck Center • 500 Fifth St. NW, Washington, DC 20001 Map
- Topic(s):
- Children and Families, Diseases, Environmental Health, Food and Nutrition, Public Health, Select Populations and Health Disparities
- Activity:
- A Framework for Decision-Making for Obesity Prevention: Integrating Action with Evidence
- Board(s):
- Food and Nutrition Board
Workshop Goal: Gain insights from experts on how an evidence framework could be helpful in generating and using evidence for decision-making about obesity prevention and other multifaceted areas of health promotion and disease prevention
PROGRAM
9:30A Registration
10:00A Welcome Remarks
Shiriki Kumanyika, PhD, MPH, Committee Chair
10:10A–11:40A Panel I: Generating and Evaluating Evidence: Alternatives and Trade-offs
Moderator: Larry Green, Dr PH, Committee Member
Key Questions:
· Do null studies or insufficient evidence mean that prevention doesn’t work?
· What determines whether a prevention study “fails” or “succeeds”? What can we learn from evidence generation and evaluation in other disciplines?
· How can systems thinking inform evidence generation and evaluation?
June Stevens, PhD, RD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
J. Michael Oakes, PhD, University of Minnesota
David Abrams, PhD, American Legacy Foundation
Madhabi Chatterji, PhD, Columbia University
1 hour Lunch
12:40P– 2:10P Panel II: Current Approaches to Using Evidence in Obesity Prevention and Related Areas of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Moderator: Ross Brownson, PhD, Committee Member
Key Question: What are the current challenges and limitations in the application of evidence to the development of guidelines and practice standards in public health efforts?
Joseph Hagan Jr, MD, University of Vermont
David L. Katz, MD, MPH, Yale University
Stephen Daniels, MD, PhD, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, The Children’s Hospital
1 presenter to be confirmed
Break
2:30P– 4:00P Panel III: Interface of Evidence and Public Policy
Moderator: Adolfo Valadez, MD, MPH, Committee Member
Key questions:
· Where does evidence fit in to public policy decision-making?
· How do policy-makers gather, use and evaluate evidence in decision-making?
· What challenges do policy-makers face in finding and using evidence?
· What types of evidence are most useful to policy-makers?
Joshua Sharfstein, MD, Baltimore City Health Department
Stephanie Coursey Bailey, MD, MS, Office of Public Health Practice, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Lynn Silver, MD, MPH, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
4:00P– 4:05P Closing Remarks and Adjournment
Shiriki Kumanyika, MPH, PhD, Committee Chair