Case Studies
Strategic Planning Process to Address Tobacco-Related
Disparities in Idaho
Evaluation
Type(s) of Evaluation
Planned or Conducted and Status
What is the status of
your evaluation?
Completed
Do you address
process evaluation?
Yes. A
master’s student and independent evaluator from Boise
State University (as part of her coursework) agreed to
document the strategic planning process including
activities conducted, challenges faced, milestones
reached and lessons learned. The evaluator attended and
documented all workgroup planning meetings, workgroup
meetings, and workgroup de-briefing meetings. After each
workgroup meeting, the evaluator filled out the “Form
for Observing Workgroup Meetings” and administered the
“Evaluation Checklist Form to Assess Workgroup Meetings”
to all meeting attendees. After each meeting the
evaluator prepared a summary report of the meeting and
of the month’s activities. These summary reports
informed the development of the strategic planning
process.
The evaluator wrote a final process evaluation report
documenting the activities that took place, who
conducted them and who was reached by the activities.
Do you address
outcome evaluation?
Outcome
evaluation was addressed by documenting the achievement
of a final, approved, and adopted strategic plan by the
designated deadline. The plan included goal areas,
strategies, tactics, lead responsible parties and due
date. The achievement of creating a strategic plan
developed by a representative, inclusive and diverse
workgroup who had an equal opportunity for input and
participation was documented by conducting key
participant interviews at the end of the strategic
planning process.
Another outcome included the development of a sustained
process that continued after the three meetings of the
Workgroup. Population group representatives filled out
local assessments; the group agreed to meet again in
January, 2003; the group found a permanent institutional
home at the Tobacco Free Idaho Alliance; the state
designated $57,000 to ensure plan implementation and the
state hired a half-time disparities coordinator.
Briefly describe the
evaluation design.
The
evaluation design was that of a writing a case study
describing and interpreting key activities, players,
challenges, and lessons learned during the strategic
planning process.
Data Collection
Methods
- Self-Report Survey or
Questionnaire
- In-Person Interview/Survey
- Telephone Interview/Survey
Data Source
- Adult Tobacco Survey (ATS)
- Behavioral Risk Factor
- Surveillance System (BRFSS)
- Current Population Survey (CPS)
- Key Informant Surveys
- Smoking-Attributable, Mortality,
Morbidity, and Economic Costs (SAMMEC)
- Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance
System (YRBS)
- Youth Tobacco Survey (YTS)
- Other: Women, Infants and
Children Program Data and Medicaid Program Data
Range of Intended
Outcomes
- Increased Knowledge
- Other:
- adoption of strategic plan
by state
- funding of implementation of strategic
plan
- permanent home for Disparity Workgroup at
Tobacco Free Idaho Alliance
- hiring of permanent half-time BHP disparity coordinator
List key evaluation
findings and/or conclusions for each intended outcome.
N/A
Were evaluation
findings and/or conclusions disseminated to policy
and/or program intervention stakeholders?
A
Case Study of the Process to Develop and Adopt A
Strategic Plan in Idaho was printed and disseminated
to all invited members of the Tobacco Disparities
Working Group; to the staff at the Department of Health
and Welfare, Bureau of Health Promotion; to the staff
and contractors of the Idaho Tobacco Prevention and
Control Program; and to the CDC. The plan was presented
at all state conferences including those convened by
various population groups including tribal and
Hispanic/Latino conferences. The Tobacco Program staff
presented the plan and described the process that led up
to it at a number of national meetings. The plan was
presented to each Idaho local health district which
constitutes the public health infrastructure.
Briefly describe how
evaluation findings and/or conclusions were used to
inform program planning or development?
Findings from the
evaluation instruments administered after each workgroup
meeting were immediately reviewed by the project
director, facilitator and evaluator and used to refine
the strategic planning process. For example, feedback
from the Evaluation Checklist Forms from the first
meeting was used to revise, tighten and clarify the
agenda for the second meeting.
Idaho's Plan to Identify and Eliminate Tobacco Related
Disparities Among Populations will be used to guide all
future activities aimed at increasing Idaho’s capacity
to address tobacco-related disparities.
Evaluation Notes
N/A
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