Citation

Armstead TL, Kearns M, Rambo K, Estefan LF, Dills J, Rivera MS, El-Beshti R. J. Public Health Manag. Pract. 2018; 24(Suppl 1): S51-S58.

Affiliation

Division of Violence Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia (Drs Armstead, Kearns, Rambo, and Estefan, and Ms Dills); Research and Evaluation Division, Contracting Resources Group, Inc, San Antonio, Texas (Dr Rivera); and Research and Evaluation Division, Contracting Resources Group, Inc, Baltimore, Maryland (Ms El-Beshti).

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/PHH.0000000000000677

PMID

29189504

Abstract

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) Domestic Violence Prevention Enhancements and Leadership Through Alliances, Focusing on Outcomes for Communities United with States (DELTA FOCUS) program is a 5-year cooperative agreement (2013-2018) funding 10 state domestic violence coalitions and local coordinated community response teams to engage in primary prevention of intimate partner violence. Grantees' prevention strategies were often developmental and emergent; therefore, CDC's approach to program oversight, administration, and support to grantees required a flexible approach. CDC staff adopted a Data-to-Action Framework for the DELTA FOCUS program evaluation that supported a culture of learning to meet dynamic and unexpected information needs. Briefly, a Data-to-Action Framework involves the collection and use of information in real time for program improvement. Utilizing this framework, the DELTA FOCUS data-to-action process yielded important insights into CDC's ongoing technical assistance, improved program accountability by providing useful materials, and information for internal agency leadership, and helped build a learning community among grantees. CDC and other funders, as decision makers, can promote program improvements that are data-informed by incorporating internal processes supportive of ongoing data collection and review.

Language: en