OSH's new evaluation and surveillance resources

Audience: All Key Points: See objectives Educational Experience: Lecture Benefits: As the lead federal agency for comprehensive tobacco prevention and control, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Office on Smoking and Health (OSH) develops, conducts, and supports strategic efforts to protect the public's health from the harmful effects of tobacco use. Within OSH, the Epidemiology Branch provides technical assistance to states, territories, national networks, and Tribal Support Centers on surveillance and evaluation methods. One approach that we use in providing technical and scientific assistance is to develop workbooks and guidance documents on a variety of surveillance and evaluation topics. Strong surveillance and evaluation practices improve programs and aid in achieving desired outcomes. The three presentations in this session will be aimed at tobacco program evaluators and program managers and focus on key aspects of OSH evaluation resources developed in the past year, including information on how the resources can be accessed and used, and take home messages for each resource. The two highlighted workbooks (“Developing an Effective Evaluation Plan” and “Writing the Final Evaluation Report”) were developed specifically for tobacco program managers and evaluators, whereas the one page resource on available surveillance and tobacco-related data resources was developed specifically with tobacco program surveillance and evaluation staff in mind. Additional resources, such as OSH’s monthly net-conferences, will also be reviewed.