Best Practices in Program Planning for Local Obesity Prevention

Evaluators from the Arizona Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program –
Education Arm (SNAP-Ed) provide an overview of their program planning process,
specifically as related to re-evaluating and defining the focus of their
obesity prevention initiative. This course presents examples of conducting a
root cause analysis, developing a logic model, and utilizing the
Socio-Ecological Model throughout the process of program planning and
evaluation.

 

Goals:

• Develop evaluative thinking in leaders and managers.
• Understand best practice program planning and evaluation in public
  health.

 

Learning Objectives:

• Employ appropriate methods to engage your priority users in program
  planning for obesity prevention.
• Prepare to create or revise a program logic model that is informed by
  root-cause analysis and evidence-based theory.
• Appraise your obesity-prevention program’s current stage of development as it
  relates to best-practice planning.

 

Target Audience:  Dietitians,
Nurses, Policy/ Planner, Public Health

 

Tier(s) and Competency Domain(s): 
Tier Two – Policy Development/ Program Planning Skills, Financial Planning and
Management Skills; Tier Three – Policy Development/ Program Planning Skills.

 

Duration:  ~ 45 minutes

 

Continuing Education Information: 
1.0 CECH for CHES 

Format: Web-based Training,
Self-Study

 

Created/Updated:  July 10, 2016

 

Author(s) and Presenter(s):  Theresa
LeGros, MA; Lauren McCullough, MPH; Laurel Jacobs, DrPH, MPH