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Suggested Citation:"Appendix F: Agendas from Two Workshops." Institute of Medicine. 2010. Bridging the Evidence Gap in Obesity Prevention: A Framework to Inform Decision Making. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12847.
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Agendas from Two Workshops

AGENDA

Workshop on Meeting the Challenges of Generating Useful Evidence and Using It Effectively in Obesity Prevention Decision Making

January 8, 2009

The Keck Center

Washington, DC


Goal: Gain insights from experts on how an evidence framework 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

Welcoming Remarks

Moderator: Shiriki Kumanyika, PhD, MPH, Committee Chair

Panel I:
Generating and Evaluating Evidence: Alternatives and Trade-offs

Moderator: Larry Green, DrPH, Committee Member


Key Questions:

  • Do null studies or insufficient evidence mean that prevention doesn’t work?

  • What determines whether a prevention study “fails” or “succeeds”? What can we learn from evidence generation and evaluation in other disciplines?

  • How can systems thinking inform evidence generation and evaluation?

June Stevens, PhD, RD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

J. Michael Oakes, PhD, University of Minnesota

Suggested Citation:"Appendix F: Agendas from Two Workshops." Institute of Medicine. 2010. Bridging the Evidence Gap in Obesity Prevention: A Framework to Inform Decision Making. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12847.
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Madhabi Chatterji, PhD, Columbia University

David Abrams, PhD, American Legacy Foundation

Panel II:
Current Approaches to Using Evidence in Obesity Prevention and Related Areas of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

Moderator: Ross Brownson, PhD, Committee Member


Key Question: What are the current challenges and limitations in the application of evidence to the development of guidelines and practice standards in public health efforts?


Joseph Hagan, Jr., MD, University of Vermont

David L. Katz, MD, MPH, Yale University

Stephen Daniels, MD, PhD, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, The Children’s Hospital

Panel III:
Interface of Evidence and Public Policy

Moderator: Adolfo Valadez, MD, MPH, Committee Member


Key questions:

  • Where does 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?

Joshua Sharfstein, MD, Baltimore City Health Department

Stephanie Coursey Bailey, MD, MS, Office of Public Health Practice, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Lynn Silver, MD, MPH, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene


CLOSING REMARKS

Suggested Citation:"Appendix F: Agendas from Two Workshops." Institute of Medicine. 2010. Bridging the Evidence Gap in Obesity Prevention: A Framework to Inform Decision Making. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12847.
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AGENDA

Workshop on the Application of Systems Thinking to the Development and Use of Evidence in Obesity Prevention Decision Making

March 16, 2009

Beckman Center Auditorium

Irvine, California


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

Welcoming Remarks

Shiriki Kumanyika, PhD, MPH, Committee Chair


UK Foresight Programme’s Tackling Obesities: Future Choices Project

Susan Jebb, PhD (via videoconference), Medical Research Council Collaborative Center for Human Nutrition Research, Cambridge, UK


Knowledge Synthesis and Integration: Changing Models, Changing Practices

Allan Best, PhD, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute


System Dynamics Simulation in Support of Obesity Prevention Decision Making

Bobby Milstein, PhD, MPH, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Jack Homer, PhD, Homer Consulting


Multilevel Approaches to Understanding and Preventing Obesity: Analytical Challenges and New Directions

Ana Diez Roux, MD, PhD, MPH, University of Michigan School of Public Health


CLOSING REMARKS

Suggested Citation:"Appendix F: Agendas from Two Workshops." Institute of Medicine. 2010. Bridging the Evidence Gap in Obesity Prevention: A Framework to Inform Decision Making. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12847.
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