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Committee on Evaluating Progress of Obesity Prevention Efforts was formed to develop a concise and actionable plan for measuring progress in obesity prevention efforts for the nation. The Committee was asked to focus the scope of its evaluation plan on assessment of the policy and environmental strategies recommended in the IOM report Accelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention: Solving the Weight 1 This summary does not include references.
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The charge to the Committee was further delineated as follows: (1) develop a plan for evaluating national obesity prevention efforts; (2)
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These APOP strategies serve as the focus of the Committee's evaluation plans and recommended actions for implementing the plan in this report. An Evaluation Framework To guide future obesity evaluation efforts, the Committee developed a vision statement and a framework of an evaluation process that can lead to the achievement of this vision.
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This includes aspects of information/data needs of those interested in obesity prevention and its results, indicators that can act as markers for assessing the progress of obesity prevention efforts recommended in the APOP report, the infrastructure and capacity to support evaluation of APOP recommended strategies, and methods and protocols for conducting evaluation. Evaluation users operate at federal, state, and community levels in at least three contexts: the policy making process; dissemination and diffusion of obesity prevention strategies; and local implementation, quality improvement, and sustainability of policies and programs.
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serve as context for the development and guidance provided in the recommended plans, supporting actions, and measurement ideas that follow. Obesity Evaluation Plans Based on its review of current evaluation efforts and infrastructure and the components identified in the evaluation framework, the Committee developed national and community evaluation plans for measuring the progress of obesity prevention efforts identified in the APOP report.
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is designed to organize the planning, implementation, and evalu ation of obesity prevention and related policies and programs recommended in the APOP report at the national level. The National Obesity Evaluation Plan integrates existing national surveys, evaluation 6 Evaluating Obesity Prevention Efforts
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In this report, the Committee provides detailed activities, support, and guidance for addressing each component identified in the National Obesity Evaluation Plan. The Committee stresses the need to prioritize the activities of the National Obesity Evaluation Plan to leverage existing resources that maximize efficiency of data collection and avoid duplication of efforts.
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BOX S-5 Components of a Community-Level Obesity Intervention Monitoring and Summative Evaluation Plan Purpose: To guide local action and to inform national choices about the most effective and cost-effective strategies in the Institute of Medicine Accelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention report for funding, dis semination, and uptake by other communities.
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Although not shown in the boxes here, the report provides detailed support and guidance for implementing each component, including recommended indicators and methods for collecting and reporting on progress for APOP strategy–focused community assessment/surveillance and intervention monitoring/summative evaluation that can be applied to communities with varying skills and resources. Considerations for Implementing the Obesity Evaluation Plans Most community health efforts are under resourced, and current support and resources for evaluations are limited.
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Taking Action to Support the National and Community Obesity Evaluation Plans Using the considerable number of indicators identified in this report, and guided by methodolo gies and protocols outlined in the plans, stakeholders can take immediate action to begin comprehen sive assessment of the obesity prevention efforts recommended in the APOP report and already under way. The Committee realizes that its obesity evaluation plans will not be fully implemented without organizational changes across multiple federal, state, and local government agencies and departments in collaboration with other nonfederal partners responsible for obesity prevention–related activities.
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, all federal agencies3 and state and local health departments responsible for collecting data relevant to obesity prevention efforts, in coordination with relevant private partners, should identify, coordinate, and maximize current efforts for ongoing collection of recommended indicators and, according to the priorities identified, should address existing evaluation gaps at the national and local levels. Provide Common Guidance for Evaluation Recommendation 3: Relevant federal agencies (e.g., in the U.S.
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, in collaboration with academics, non governmental organizations, and state and local health departments, should coordinate existing efforts to ensure that federal, state, and local assessment, monitoring, surveillance, and summative evaluation sys tems include a mechanism for feedback to users of evaluation data. In addition, local evaluations should continue to build the evidence base for the Accelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention report strategies; be stored, curated, synthesized, and shared to improve generalizable knowledge about implementation barriers and opportunities; and clarify "what works" in different contexts.
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final thoughts The Committee offers an evaluation framework to guide future efforts to inform and improve o besity prevention efforts at national, state, and community levels. The national and community Obesity Evaluation Plans, stakeholder perspectives, indicators of progress, and existing data sources will provide guidance for improving targeted new evaluations of the collective strategies recommended in the APOP report.
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