Goal 1.2 - Provide More Evidence-Based Services in the Community

Improve the impact of health department programs/services by increasing from XX to XX the number/percent of programs/services that are evidence-based.

Definition

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Story Behind the Curve

Objective 1.2.2 Update (December 2015) – The department assumes that state mandated programs are evidence based, verification of these assumptions may be implicated. Senior Leadership has expressed that this may be a more long term endeavor than the life of the strategic plan – and that perhaps only the assessment of evidence based programs / practices should be included for the life cycle of the current strategic plan. Additional discussion involving the operational definition of evidence based and the strength of evidence required for a cutoff is needed. The Community Guide and What Works for Health have been provided to Managers. These resources offer starting points for assessing use of evidence based programs / practices in BCPHD operations.

Partners

What Works

Community Guide: http://www.thecommunityguide.org/;
What Works for Health: http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/roadmaps/what-...

Strategy

Strategy 1.2.2.1 - Assess every health department program/service to determine if evidence-based.
Strategy 1.2.2.1 Update (December 2015) – Strategy revised to specify that “Division Directors” will determine what programs within their Division(s) are “evidence-based”

Strategy 1.2.2.2 - Adopt evidence-based programs where possible.

Strategy 1.2.2.3 - Provide supervisors and staff training to understand the criteria for evidence-based determination and available resources for identifying evidence-based practices in public health.

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