Workshop: the Application of Systems Thinking to the Development and Use of Evidence in Obesity Prevention Decision Making
- When:
- Monday, March 16, 2009 (9:30 AM)
- 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 a systems science framework and modeling 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
10:05A Susan Jebb, PhD (via videoconference)
Medical Research Council Collaborative Center for Human Nutrition Research, Cambridge, UK
Topic: UK Foresight Programme’s Tackling Obesities: Future Choices project
11:05A Allan Best, PhD
Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute
Topic: Knowledge Synthesis and Integration: Changing Models,
Changing Practices
12:05P Lunch Break
1:00P Bobby Milstein, PhD, MPH and Jack Homer, PhD
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Homer Consulting
Topic: System Dynamics Simulation in Support of Obesity Prevention Decision-Making
2:45P Ana Diez Roux, MD, PhD, MPH
University of Michigan School of Public Health
Topic: Multi-level approaches to understanding and preventing obesity: analytical challenges and new directions
3:45P Closing Remarks
Shiriki Kumanyika, MPH, PhD, Committee Chair
4:00P Adjournment of Workshop