Translating Evidence Into Practice:
Individual-Centered Implementation Strategies
EPI 246 Spring 2009 (2 units)
Course Director: Margaret Handley, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology
& Biostatistics
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This course will focus on developing interventions for individual
health behavior change and will include behavior change strategies at
the individual, interpersonal, and system/community level. Goals are to
enable students to develop practical frameworks to integrate principles
of behavior change theory, evidence for effective tools, and practical
implementation strategies into the design of health interventions. At
the end of the course, students will be able to:
1. Incorporate behavior change theories into a theoretical
framework that applies to their area of interest;
2. Describe how to adapt principle health promotion and evaluation frameworks
to the planning of an intervention;
3. Design a strategy to apply specific practical tools for behavior change
to one or more components of an intervention project they are considering;
4. Integrate a reach and/or tailoring strategy into their intended intervention;
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5. Incorporate an evaluation plan into their implementation strategy.
| PREREQUISITES |
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Designing Clinical Research
(Epi 202). Exceptions to this prerequisite may be made with the consent
of the Course Director, space permitting.
| FACULTY |
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FORMAT
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Each 2 hour session will consist of 45-60 minutes of didactic material,
followed by case studies of UCSF and non-UCSF researchers on their translational/implementation
sciences research.
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GRADING
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Evaluation of student performance will be based on successful completion
of homework assignments and final protocol presentations.
| ENROLLMENT |
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This course is open to a limited number of individuals outside
of the ATCR and Master's programs. Preference is given to UCSF-affiliated personnel.
We regret that auditing is not permitted. To apply for this course please fill
out and submit the application below. Cost and submission information are in
the application.
Application (Word doc, 20KB)
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