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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Workshop Agendas." Institute of Medicine. 2009. Community Perspectives on Obesity Prevention in Children: Workshop Summaries. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12705.
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Appendix A
Workshop Agendas

Workshop on Community Perspectives on Obesity Prevention in Children and Youth


June 1, 2008


The California Convergence Conference Sheraton Grand Sacramento

10:30 am

Focus Group with Program Evaluators

Key Questions:

  • What measures are currently in use to evaluate obesity prevention programs?

  • How are decisions made on which measures to use?

  • How effective are current measures in capturing both process and outcome?

  • What are the greatest challenges faced by evaluators?

  • What evaluation strategies are used in culturally diverse neighborhoods?

  • What linkages do evaluators see between environmental and policy changes and outcomes?

  • What gaps exist in the evaluation field with respect to obesity prevention programs?

  • What opportunities exist for collaboration in meeting the challenges faced by evaluators?

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Workshop Agendas." Institute of Medicine. 2009. Community Perspectives on Obesity Prevention in Children: Workshop Summaries. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12705.
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3:30 pm

Focus Group with Program Site Leaders

Key Questions:

  • What types of initiatives are obesity prevention sites currently conducting?

  • What kinds of information are most useful to site leaders in making decisions about which projects to initiate in their communities?

  • How do site leaders go about finding information on potential childhood obesity prevention programs?

  • What kinds of data do they wish they had?

  • Do they believe that their initiatives have had a positive impact on childhood obesity?

  • Do they use evaluation in their work?

  • How do they tailor projects for culturally diverse neighborhoods?

  • Do they believe they have the information they need to decide what programs to initiate and what to evaluate?

  • What information do they need to convince various stakeholders of the progress or success of a community-based childhood obesity prevention program?

  • Do evaluations successfully capture the most important changes their programs have brought about?

  • What are the greatest challenges they have faced?

4:30 pm

Adjourn

Workshop on Community Perspectives on Obesity Prevention in Children and Youth


May 6, 2009


Lecture Room

The National Academy of Sciences Building

2101 C Street, NW

Washington, DC 20418

8:30 am

Registration

9:00 am

Welcoming Remarks

Patricia Crawford, PhD, University of California, Berkeley

Marion Standish, Director of Healthy Environments, The California Endowment

Loel Solomon, National Director of Community Health Initiatives, Kaiser Permanente

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Workshop Agendas." Institute of Medicine. 2009. Community Perspectives on Obesity Prevention in Children: Workshop Summaries. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12705.
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9:45–11:40 am

Panel I: What information do community base programs need to meet their goals?

Moderator: Patricia Crawford, PhD

Key Questions:

  • What information do community-based programs use?

  • How do you find information on how to run and assess programs?

  • Do you link nutrition and physical priorities to broader community priorities?

  • What information do programs need to sustain their efforts?

Speakers:

Gerardo Mouet, Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Agency, City of Santa Ana, California

Leslie Bernard, Associated Black Charities, Baltimore, Maryland

Genoveva Islas-Hooker, Central California Center for Health and Human Services, Fresno, California

Canary Girardeau, Summit Health Institute for Research and Education, Inc., Washington, DC

11:40 am–12:40 pm

Lunch

12:40–2:10 pm

Panel II: What is the level of evidence needed to inform policy?

Moderator: Sarah Samuels, DrPH, Samuels and Associates

Key Questions:

  • What is the practitioner’s experience with informing policy?

  • What evidence does a community-based program need to inform policy?

  • What information does the program feel it needs to inform policy?

  • What is the response of policy makers?

Speakers:

Jeffrey Levi, Trust for America’s Health, Washington, DC

Joseph Curtatone, Mayor, City of Somerville, Massachusetts

Allison Karpyn, The Food Trust, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Workshop Agendas." Institute of Medicine. 2009. Community Perspectives on Obesity Prevention in Children: Workshop Summaries. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12705.
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Shireen Malekafzali, PolicyLink, Oakland, California

Derek Birnie, Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association, Seattle, Washington

2:10–2:30 pm

Break

2:30–4:00 pm

Panel III: How do community perspectives influence decision makers?

Moderator: Mary Story, PhD, RD, University of Minnesota

Key Questions:

  • Where does obesity prevention evidence fit into 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?

  • What are examples of policies in obesity prevention that have been influenced by specific programs?

Speakers:

Dan Drummond, Fairfax City Council Member, Fairfax, Virginia

Ben Thomases, City Food Policy Coordinator, New York, New York

J. Walter Tejada, Arlington County Board Member, Arlington, Virginia

George Leventhal, Montgomery County Council Member, Rockville, Maryland

Gretchen Musicant, Commissioner, Department of Health and Family Support, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Pierre Vigilance, Director, Department of Health, Washington, DC

4:00–4:30 pm

Closing Remarks

Marion Standish

Loel Solomon

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Workshop Agendas." Institute of Medicine. 2009. Community Perspectives on Obesity Prevention in Children: Workshop Summaries. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12705.
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As the public health threat of childhood obesity has become clear, the issue has become the focus of local, state, and national initiatives. Many of these efforts are centered on the community environment in recognition of the role of environmental factors in individual behaviors related to food and physical activity. In many communities, for example, fresh produce is not available or affordable, streets and parks are not amenable to exercise, and policies and economic choices make fast food cheaper and more convenient than healthier alternatives.

Community efforts to combat obesity vary in scope and scale; overall, however, they remain fragmented, and little is known about their effectiveness. At the local level, communities are struggling to determine which obesity prevention programs to initiate and how to evaluate their impact.

In this context, the Institute of Medicine held two workshops to inform current work on obesity prevention in children through input from individuals who are actively engaged in community- and policy-based obesity prevention programs. Community perspectives were elicited on the challenges involved in undertaking policy and programmatic interventions aimed at preventing childhood obesity, and on approaches to program implementation and evaluation that have shown promise. Highlights of the workshop presentations and discussions are presented in this volume.

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