Understanding evidence: A demonstration of CDC’s interactive tool to support evidence-based decision making for State, National, Territorial and Tribal technical assistance providers

Friday, May 10, 2013
11 AM to 12:30 PM Pacific Time
(2 PM to 3:30 PM Eastern)

Understanding Evidence is a new, interactive web resource developed by CDC’s Division of Violence Prevention that supports public health practitioners in making evidence-informed decisions around violence prevention. The goal of evidence-based decision making is to bring a high standard of research evidence into the decision-making process while taking into account the contextual and experiential factors that influence decisions.

1. Define the multiple forms of evidence involved in evidence-based decision making
2. Identify standards of rigor for best available research evidence
3. Identify sources of and ways to collect best available research evidence, contextual evidence, and experiential evidence
4. Identify key stages and characteristics of an evidence-based decision making process

This web conference will provide an overview of the Understanding Evidence tool and will be focused on many violence prevention topics. The web conference will also provide real-world scenarios illustrating how practitioners, coalitions, and evaluators can use the tool to strengthen practice and evaluation of prevention strategies.

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Host: David Lee, CALCASA, PreventConnect

Presenters: 

• Helen Singer, MPH, Health Scientist, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Sally Thigpen, MPA, Health Scientist, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Natalie Wilkins, Ph.D., Behavioral Scientist, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Materials:

• Understanding Evidence [click here to access]
• Slides [PDF]
• Text chat [PDF]
• Recording [click here to access]

Cost: Free

Learning Objectives?

1. Define the multiple forms of evidence involved in evidence-based decision making
   
2. Identify standards of rigor for best available research evidence
3. Identify sources of and ways to collect best available research evidence, contextual evidence, and experiential evidence
4. Identify key stages and characteristics of an evidence-based decision making process