Research & Evaluation

Research & Evaluation consists of a very broad category of knowledge, with some key indicators for skill acquisition. Click below to review trainings and resources linked to that indicator.

This site is a dynamic resource for public health nutritionists/RDNs. The broad, Public Health Nutrition Categories of Practice (Nutrition, Advocacy, Communication, Research, PSE, and Leadership) contain many sub-categories that are called “indicators.” The easiest way to navigate this site is to find the Category, and then the Indicator that you are interested in, then click on the resources listed below. Some of the resources are actual trainings. Some are references for additional reading or content-based web sites.

MEASUREMENT & EVALUATION

Applies concepts used in biostatistics including principles of data collection and management, basic statistical analysis and interpretation, and appropriate research methods used in public health nutrition and evaluation.

RESOURCES

Rural Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Toolkit – found online at Rural Health Information Hub
Data Collection for Program Evaluation Toolkit – A practical summary of key evaluation processes. Northwest Center for Public Health Practice
High Impact Research Training (by MEASURE Evaluation) – Various free courses to assist researchers in bridging the research-to-practice gap, providing tips and tools that can be applied to the research process to improve data use.
Fundamentals of Implementation Research – Online course, 2 hours
General Health Data Resources – NIH
CDC’s Field Epidemiology Manual, and the Introduction to Program Evaluation for Public Health Programs: A Self-Study Guide –CDC
Community Commons – Maps and Data
Principles to consider for the implementation of a community health needs assessment process – Rosenbaum, S. (2013). George Washington University, School of Public Health and Health Services, Department of Health Policy.
State Epidemiologists – CSTE

EPIDEMIOLOGY

Applies principles of epidemiological approaches (e.g., odds ratio, relative risk) to describe the health, food and nutritional status of populations.

RESOURCES

Nutrition in the Prevention & Treatment of Disease – Science Direct. With an Overview of Nutritional Epidemiology
Leon Gordis, Epidemiology, 2013, 5th edition. ISBN 9781455737338 Saunders/Elsevier Company, Philadelphia.
Understanding nutritional epidemiology and its role in policy. Advances in Nutrition: An International Review Journal, 6(1), 5-18. Satija, A., Yu, E., Willett, W. C., & Hu, F. B. (2015).
Community Commons
State Epidemiologists – CSTE

ETHICS

Adheres to legal and ethical principles in the collection, maintenance, use and dissemination of data and information, and describes how data are used to address scientific, political, ethical, and social public health issues.

RESOURCES

CDC – Public Health Ethics
Guiding Principles for Ethical Research – National Institutes of Health
Ethics and Health – World Health Organization
APHA – Principles of the Ethical Practice in Public Health
Human Subjects Research –CITI Program
Summary of the HIPAA Privacy Rule –DHHS
Disclosures for Public Health Activities –DHHS

LOGIC MODELS

Develops logic models, grounded in theories of behavior change, to describe the sequence of resources/inputs, intervention/program activities, and expected results/outcomes.

RESOURCES

WK Kellogg Foundation Logic Model Development Guide and Enhancing Program Performance with Logic Models, web course (2018)
Sustainability Planning Guide – CDC
Logic Model Process – Guidance and Resources – Minnesota Dept. of Health
Social and Behavioral Theories, Office of Behavioral & Social Sciences Research, NIH
CDC Logic Model guidance

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