Tiffany Comer Cook – Wyoming Survey & Analysis Center

Background for Identifying Wyoming’s Grand Challenges

Tiffany Comer Cook — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 15:35:03 +0000

This executive summary and associated full report provide an overview of Wyoming’s strengths and challenges according to public priorities and Wyoming’s ranking in key sectors. Their purpose is to inform discussions about what grand challenges the University of Wyoming should tackle with publicly engaged, trans-disciplinary research.

This report and the corresponding executive summary were commissioned by the University of Wyoming’s Grand Challenges Initiative and paid for by the Office of Research and Economic Development.

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Evaluation of Wyoming’s State Public Health Actions to Prevent and Control Diabetes, Heart Disease, Obesity and Associated Risk Factors and Promote School Health

Tiffany Comer Cook — Tue, 25 Sep 2018 20:56:07 +0000

Between 2013 and 2018, the Wyoming Department of Health, Chronic Disease Prevention Program, had a federal grant, the State Public Health Actions to Prevent and Control Diabetes, Heart Disease, Obesity and Associated Risk Factors and Promote School Health (1305).

WYSAC evaluated this CDC-funded work by creating annual evaluation plans, forming evaluation indicators for process and outcome measures, and writing extensive evaluation reports highlighting progress on the evaluation indicators. We also conducted annual partnership assessments to measure synergy in Wyoming.

Over the course of three reports, we used qualitative data to assess operational efficiencies and inefficiencies, to track changes over time, and to make recommendations on how to improve synergy. In the last year of 1305, WYSAC collected, analyzed, and interpreted data to compose all six health impact statements for Wyoming to submit to the CDC.

Wyoming Tobacco Prevention and Control Program Evaluation

Tiffany Comer Cook — Mon, 13 Aug 2018 21:26:24 +0000

WYSAC’s evaluation of the Wyoming Tobacco Prevention and Control Program (TPCP) assesses the effectiveness of the program and provides information for continuous program improvement. WYSAC provides county-level data to help local coalitions understand community needs related to TPCP issues, and to track programmatic outcomes. WYSAC also provides state-level data so the Wyoming Department of Health can make data-driven decisions about state-level TPCP efforts.

The website for the evaluation, including an online survey data tool, is https://wysac.uwyo.edu/wyomingtobacco/

Wyoming Tobacco Prevention & Control Evaluation Website

Tiffany Comer Cook — Fri, 30 Sep 2016 22:03:22 +0000

The Wyoming Tobacco Prevention & Control Evaluation website provides information to coalitions and communities in the areas of tobacco use and prevalence. With interactive data tools, county-level evaluation and analysis, Wyoming TPCP is a resource for state and local assessment and evaluation for programs and help make data-driven decisions in the area of tobacco prevention.

Wyoming TPCP was created using WordPress for content management and utilizes open-source technologies such as High Charts for data interactivity.

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