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Tools for Identifying and Prioritizing Evidence-Based Obesity Prevention Strategies, Colorado
Gabriel E. Kaplan, PhD; Ashley L. Juhl, MSPH; Indira B. Gujral, MS, PhD; Andrea L. Hoaglin-Wagner, MA; Barbara A. Gabella, MSPH; Kristin M. McDermott, MA
Suggested citation for this article: Kaplan GE, Juhl AL, Gujral IB, Hoaglin-Wagner AL, Gabella BA, McDermott KM. Tools for Identifying and Prioritizing Evidence-Based Obesity Prevention Strategies, Colorado. Prev Chronic Dis 2013;10:120275. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd10.120275.
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Abstract
Colorado’s adult obesity rate has more than doubled since 1995, prompting its Department of Public Health and Environment to list obesity as its top prevention priority. To initiate comprehensive and effective action, the department used a well-known evidence-based public health framework developed by Brownson and others. This article describes the tools and process developed to conduct 2 of the 7 stages in this framework that challenge public health organizations: reviewing the literature and prioritizing effective strategies from that literature. Forty-five department staff members participated in an intensive literature review training to identify physical activity and nutrition strategies that effectively address obesity and worked with external stakeholders to prioritize strategies for the state. Divided into 8 multidisciplinary teams organized by the setting where public health could exert leverage, they scanned the scientific literature to identify potential strategies to implement. These teams were trained to use standardized tools to critique findings, systematically abstract key information, and classify the evidence level for each of 58 identified strategies. Next, departmental subject matter experts and representatives from local public health and nonprofit health agencies selected and applied prioritization criteria to rank the 58 strategies. A team charter, group facilitation tools, and 2 web-based surveys were used in the prioritization stage. This process offered the staff a shared experience to gain hands-on practice completing literature reviews and selecting evidence-based strategies, thereby enhancing Colorado’s obesity prevention efforts and improving public health capacity. Practitioners can use these tools and methodology to replicate this process for other health priorities.Herramientas para la identificación y priorización de las estrategias de prevención de la obesidad, basadas en la evidencia, en Colorado
Gabriel E. Kaplan, PhD; Ashley L. Juhl, MSPH; Indira B. Gujral, MS, PhD; Andrea L. Hoaglin-Wagner, MA; Barbara A. Gabella, MSPH; Kristin M. McDermott, MA
Citación sugerida para este artículo: Kaplan GE, Juhl AL, Gujral IB, Hoaglin-Wagner AL, Gabella BA, McDermott KM. Tools for Identifying and Prioritizing Evidence-Based Obesity Prevention Strategies, Colorado. Prev Chronic Dis 2013;10:120275. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd10.120275.
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