This is a post-conference workshop of the Society for Prevention Research Annual meeting. Registration is required. Questions? Please contact Sara Brennen at sep104@psu.edu.
This workshop is designed to strengthen policy translation skills and motivate participants to become more engaged and active in public policymaking interactions. The time is ripe for this exercise, now that prevention science has been elevated to the national stage for the first time due to the pandemic. Further reinforcing the significance of prevention science for the public’s health is the recently released NASEM Report on the promotion of mental, emotional, and behavioral health and well-being. The report provides a detailed roadmap of the full spectrum of prevention science: i.e., etiological underpinnings, the wide range of influential factors, strategies to promote healthy development, implementation and scaling, policy, and a national agenda. We will build from the structure and findings of this report as the theme and subtext for this post-conference, which will walk participants through the science to its application in practical settings and the criticality of transferring this knowledge to policy-making bodies for sustainable change.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the role of prevention scientists in the advocacy process.
- Identify effective strategies, mechanisms, and opportunities for communicating with the public and policy-makers in prevention science and its utility.
- Articulate key general advocacy parameters for prevention scientists, identify relevant activities, and describe framing of science for policymakers (what they need and in what form);
- Become familiar with effective Action Steps designed to integrate well-established prevention science findings into legislative agendas;
- Outline essential partners and critical domains to guide the process of high-quality implementation and monitoring of outcomes for sustainable systems change;
- Describe tactics useful for the embedding of prevention practices into supportive systems and national, state, and local policies;
- Know the general framework described in the NASEM Report, highlighting specific “take-home” messages and the value-added to incorporating this information into current thinking and approaches.
- Identify priority areas for both informing policy and implementing solutions in their county, state, or region.
- Understand the bases for a comprehensive, national approach to promoting health and well-being, and preventing adverse social determinants of health.
AGENDA
July 13 – 12-3:30
12:00-12:05 pm – Land Acknowledgement (Dan Edwards)
12:05-12:10 – Introduction to the post-conference (Diana Fishbein and Dan Edwards)
12:10-12:30 pm – Key points from NASEM 2019 Report and purposes for the workshop (Diana Fishbein)
12:30-1:15 pm – Overview of evidence-based strategies across domains, settings, and populations, and including thresholds for evidence (Dan Edwards)
1:15-2:15 pm – Effective implementation (interactive): Core components, adaptation, and strategies to increase usability and reach (Will Aldridge)
2:15-2:30 pm – BREAK with JAMBOARD
2:30-3:30 pm – Effective implementation (interactive): Partners, capacities, and practical challenges in the use of implementation science (Robin Jenkins)
July 14 – 12-3:30
12:00-12:45 pm – Using Federal Policy to Move Prevention Science into State Policy: Opportunities and Examples (Brian Bumbarger)
12:45-1:30 pm – Economics/cost benefits (John Roman)
1:30-1:45pm – BREAK
1:45-2:45pm – Advocacy training (interactive) (Matej Košir)
2:45-3:15 pm – A national agenda (Tony Biglan)
3:15-3:30pm – Open discussion
This event was underwritten by the National Institutes of Health Office of Disease Prevention.
