This tool is intended to facilitate the calculation of the number of infections and other health outcomes averted, and the associated savings in direct medical costs and productivity costs, by STI prevention program activities as described in this User Guide and supporting scientific manuscript and appendix.
This information sheet outlines how the Pennsylvania Department of Health improved STI treatment reporting by partnering with REDCap to streamline its PA-NEDSS system. It highlights key steps and considerations for jurisdictions aiming to enhance data quality or implement new reporting programs.
On this podcast John Fangman, MD discusses opportunities for Medicaid program to cover health-related social needs, such as housing, nutrition and transportation with Katie Garfield, JD, Director of the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation of Harvard Law School’s Whole Person Care initiative and Michelle Collins-Ogle, MD, Director Montefiore Adolescent & Youth Sexual-health Clinic and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
RAISE and NASTAD’s webinar, “Practical Applications of Mixed Methods for Public Health Program Evaluations” took place on Monday, August 5th, 2024. The webinar features a didactic lecture on mixed methods by Dr. Arianna Means and three case studies presented by health department HIV & STI evaluators.
RAISE and NASTAD’s webinar, “Program Evaluation Essentials for EHE” took place on Tuesday, January 23, 2024. Dr. Roxanne Kerani discussed key evaluation methods and provided applied examples of public health HIV program evaluations.
On November 30, NASTAD hosted a webinar, “Program Evaluation – Just the Basics.”This webinar provided a basic overview of program evaluation. It covered the importance of evaluation on the success of a program, common misconceptions about evaluation, and different kinds of evaluation commonly used by HIV prevention programs.
Topics discussed were the general principles and key components of program evaluation processes using CDC’s framework for program evaluation, practical examples of evaluation tools including SMARTIE objectives, and logic models.
This manual provides supervisors with methods for training and tools to assess a health care worker’s field investigation skills including ability to set priorities, locate patients, and provide motivation and education to ensure medical evaluation, utilize appropriate investigation techniques, and disposition investigations in a timely manner. Also presented are recommendations for documenting and retaining work assignments and evaluation of field activities.
This book is designed for medical school faculty who are interested in implementing a TB standardized patient program for medical school students.
This book is for health care workers considering embarking on TB control in prisons and covers structural, administrative, and medical issues. It is designed primarily for use in settings where there is a high incidence of TB and limited resources.
This book is for health care workers considering embarking on TB control in prisons and covers structural, administrative, and medical issues. It is designed primarily for use in settings where there is a high incidence of TB and limited resources.
