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August 18 -20, 2008: Assessment Initiative Conference

The Assessment Initiative Conference is from August 18 to 20, 2008, in Atlanta. Registration deadline: August 4. No registration fee for the conference. Abstracts for the poster session are due by July 18 and should be e-mailed to Nelson Adekoya at nba7@cdc.gov.

Training

Training describes workshops sponsored by the New York State Assessment Initiative that is funded by the CDC Assessment Initiative, and has links to Data Utilization and Interpretation Training and Resources.

Workshops sponsored by the New York State Assessment Initiative

  • Public Health Data: Our Silent Partner - Basic public health statistics training
  • Using Data Effectively: Fundamentals for Policy Planners - Overview of planning and applied statistics to a case study.
  • Building on Community Health Assessments - Focus on Prioritization, Clarifying the problem, and Developing SMART goals and objectives The workshop agenda outlines the course content, and slides will be posted soon.
  • Conducting Evaluations to Meet Your Information Needs - Focus on applying the logic model

Training Links

Data utilization and interpretation, planning process, and locating training/information about training