Download or read book Key Outcome Indicators for Evaluating Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs written by Department of Health and Human Services and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-02-12 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If the United States were to meet the Healthy People 2010 goal of reducing smoking prevalence to 12% among adults and 16% among young people aged 14 through 17 years, more than 7 million premature deaths after 2010 could be prevented. Studies show that investing in state tobacco control programs and implementing effective tobacco control policies significantly reduces cigarette consumption and improves health outcomes. To continue funding state programs, however, legislators, policy makers, and other funders of state programs want to see evidence that the program is effective and that resources are being used wisely. To produce such evidence, state tobacco control programs must evaluate their programs. Good evaluation is the key to persuading policy makers that your program is producing results that will lead to improved health for the community. If good evaluation is key to proving that your program is effective, then selecting the right indicators to measure is key to a good evaluation. That's where this book will help. This publication is a companion to the 2001 publication Introduction to Program Evaluation for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs, which is based on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) Framework for Program Evaluation. In Introduction to Program Evaluation for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs, we discuss in detail the six steps of a good evaluation as they apply to tobacco prevention and control programs: 1. Engage stakeholders. 2. Describe the program. 3. Focus the evaluation. 4. Gather credible evidence. 5. Justify your conclusions. 6. Ensure evaluation findings are used and share lessons learned. This new publication provides information on selecting indicators and linking them to outcomes. In Introduction to Program Evaluation for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs, we described how to select indicators to measure program outcomes. We also gave examples of indicators and suggested sources of data on those indicators. This publication goes further. Here we discuss in detail 120 evidence-based key indicators that have been scientifically linked to program outcomes. We also document the evidence that shows the value of using these indicators to measure the progress of a state tobacco control program. To help you make informed choices about which indicators are most suitable for your program, we engaged a panel of experts in the field of tobacco control to rate each indicator on various criteria, including overall quality, resources needed, strength of evaluation evidence, utility, accepted practice, and face validity to policy makers. The ratings will help the reader decide, for example, which indicators can be measured within budget or which indicators are likely to carry the most weight with policy makers. In essence, this publication is a consumer's guide to tobacco control indicators for program managers and evaluators. In this publication we provide examples of data sources and survey questions that evaluators can use to gather data from their programs' target populations. We were particularly careful about our choice of example data sources and survey questions. Most come from commonly used state and national surveys and surveillance systems, and using them will allow managers and evaluators to compare their findings with data from other states and over time.
Download or read book Key Outcome Indicators for Evaluating Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs written by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Office on Smoking and Health and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Introduction to Process Evaluation in Tobacco Use Prevention and Control written by U.s. Department of Health and Human Service and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-02-12 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tobacco use in the United States is the single most preventable cause of death and disease. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Office on Smoking and Health (CDC/OSH) created the National Tobacco Control Program (NTCP) to foster and support coordinated, nationwide, state-based activities to advance its mission to reduce disease, disability, and death related to tobacco use. CDC/OSH has identified four program goal areas: Preventing initiation of tobacco use among young people; Eliminating nonsmokers' exposure to secondhand smoke; Promoting quitting among adults and young people; and Identifying and eliminating tobacco-related disparities. To determine the effectiveness of NTCP programs, both their implementation and their outcomes must be measured. This manual is intended to provide process evaluation technical assistance to OSH staff, grantees and partners. It defines process evaluation and describes the rationale, benefits, key data collection components, and program evaluation management procedures. It also discusses how process evaluation links with outcome evaluation and fits within an overall approach to evaluating comprehensive tobacco control programs. Previous CDC initiatives have provided resources for designing outcome evaluations. This manual complements CDC's approach to outcome evaluation by focusing on process evaluation as a way to document and measure implementation of NTCP programs. The content of this manual reflects the priorities of CDC/OSH for program monitoring and evaluation, and augments two other CDC/OSH publications: Key Outcome Indicators for Evaluating Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs and Introduction to Program Evaluation for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs. This manual: Provides a framework for understanding the links between inputs, activities, and outputs and for assessing how these relate to outcomes; and Can assist state and federal program managers and evaluation staff with the design and implementation of process evaluations that will provide valid, reliable evidence of progress achieved through their tobacco control efforts.
Download or read book Introduction to Program Evaluation for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs written by Goldie MacDonald and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Best Practices for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs written by Terry F. Pechacek and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2001-04 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tobacco use is the single most preventable cause of death & disease. Implementing comprehensive tobacco control programs (TCP) produces substantial reductions in tobacco use. States should establish TCP that are comprehensive, sustainable, & accountable. This document draws upon best practicesÓ determined by analyses of State TCP. This best practicesÓ address nine components of comprehensive TCP: community programs to reduce tobacco use; chronic disease programs to reduce the burden of tobacco-related diseases; school programs; enforcement; statewide programs; cessation programs; counter-marketing; surveillance & evaluation; & administration & management.
Download or read book Preventing Initiation of Tobacco Use written by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-02-16 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preventing the initiation of tobacco use is a national public health priority. Tobacco use is the single most preventable cause of disease, disability, and death in the United States, and nearly all tobacco use begins during youth and young adulthood. Furthermore, cigarette smoking by young people has immediate adverse health consequences, including addiction, and accelerates the development of chronic diseases across the life course. Several studies have concluded that comprehensive state tobacco control programs are effective at reducing tobacco use by youth and young adults and have resulted in overall reductions in smoking prevalence, as well as concomitant decreases in state spending on tobacco-related health care.
Download or read book Introduction to Program Evaluation for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs written by Department of Health and Human Services and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-02-12 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tobacco use is the single most preventable cause of death and disease in our society. Annually, in the United States, tobacco use causes more than 430,000 deaths. Direct medical costs related to smoking total at least $50 billion per year; lost productivity adds another $50 billion. Tobacco use is addictive: nearly 70% of smokers want to quit smoking, but only 2.5% are able to quit permanently each year. Most smokers start smoking as adolescents. One in three teenagers who are regular smokers will eventually die of smoking-related causes. Other tobacco products also have serious health consequences. Use of smokeless tobacco is associated with leukoplakia and oral cancer. There is also strong evidence of causal relationships between regular cigar use and cancers of the lungs, larynx, oral cavity, and esophagus. These consequences are of particular concern because in 1999, 15.3% of U.S. high school students smoked cigars and 6.6% used smokeless tobacco. The risks of tobacco use extend beyond the actual users. Nearly 9 of 10 nonsmoking Americans have been exposed to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). Exposure to ETS increases nonsmokers' risk for lung cancer and heart disease. Among children, ETS is also associated with serious respiratory problems, including asthma, pneumonia, and bronchitis. In addition, scientific evidence now links ETS with sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and low birth weight. Tobacco control programs are designed ultimately to help reduce disease, disability, and death related to tobacco use. To determine the effectiveness of these programs, one must document and measure both their implementation and their effect. Program evaluation is a tool used to assess the implementation and outcomes of a program, to increase a program's efficiency and impact over time, and to demonstrate accountability. This document is a “how to” guide for planning and implementing evaluation activities. The manual reflects the priorities of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Office on Smoking and Health (OSH), for program monitoring and evaluation. The purpose of this manual is to assist state tobacco control program managers and staff in the planning, design, implementation, and use of practical and increasingly comprehensive evaluations of tobacco control efforts. The strategy presented in this manual will aid those responsible for evaluation activities to demonstrate accountability to diverse stakeholders. In this case, accountability includes assessing and documenting the effectiveness of programs, measuring program outcomes, documenting implementation and cost effectiveness, and increasing the impact of programs.
Download or read book Best Practices for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs August 1999 written by National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (U.S.). Office on Smoking and Health and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Surveillance and Evaluation Data Resources for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs written by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-04-28 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surveillance of tobacco use and evaluation of tobacco control programs are two keys to the success in reducing the prevalence of smoking since the U.S. Surgeon General first publicized the adverse consequences of tobacco use in a 1964 report. In many areas of health promotion and disease prevention, the behavior of populations has been difficult to track. However, trends in tobacco use have been known since the beginning of the 20th century. Tobacco use rose inexorably from 1900 to 1965, declining only during the early years of the great depression and other economic downturns. These declines gave the first clue that pricing and taxing could significantly affect tobacco use. But price is not the only factor that affects tobacco use. The nonsmokers' rights movement and the Surgeon General's Report on the health hazards associated with secondhand tobacco smoke—as well as a doubling in the federal cigarette tax—all contributed to a decline in tobacco use that began in the mid-1970s.
Download or read book Best Practices for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Surveillance and Evaluation Data Resources for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs written by Sue Lin Yee and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Evaluating ASSIST written by ASSIST (Project) and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Evaluation of the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services Comprehensive Tobacco Control Program written by University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. School of Public Health and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ending the Tobacco Problem written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2007-10-27 with total page 643 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The nation has made tremendous progress in reducing tobacco use during the past 40 years. Despite extensive knowledge about successful interventions, however, approximately one-quarter of American adults still smoke. Tobacco-related illnesses and death place a huge burden on our society. Ending the Tobacco Problem generates a blueprint for the nation in the struggle to reduce tobacco use. The report reviews effective prevention and treatment interventions and considers a set of new tobacco control policies for adoption by federal and state governments. Carefully constructed with two distinct parts, the book first provides background information on the history and nature of tobacco use, developing the context for the policy blueprint proposed in the second half of the report. The report documents the extraordinary growth of tobacco use during the first half of the 20th century as well as its subsequent reversal in the mid-1960s (in the wake of findings from the Surgeon General). It also reviews the addictive properties of nicotine, delving into the factors that make it so difficult for people to quit and examines recent trends in tobacco use. In addition, an overview of the development of governmental and nongovernmental tobacco control efforts is provided. After reviewing the ethical grounding of tobacco control, the second half of the book sets forth to present a blueprint for ending the tobacco problem. The book offers broad-reaching recommendations targeting federal, state, local, nonprofit and for-profit entities. This book also identifies the benefits to society when fully implementing effective tobacco control interventions and policies.
Download or read book Comprehensive Tobacco Prevention and Control written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Developing an Effective Evaluation Plan written by Department of Human Services and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-02-13 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This workbook applies the CDC Frameword for Program Evaluation in Public Health. The purpose of this workbook is to help public health program managers, administrators, and evaluators develop a joing understanding of what constitutes an evaluation plan, why it is important, and how to develop an effective evaluation plan in the context of the planning process.This workbook is intended to assist in developing an evalution plan but is not intended to serve as a complete resource on how to implement program evaluation.
