Health Promotion and Prevention Initiatives HPPI

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Health Promotion and Prevention Initiatives
(HPPI)
Program Overview 2nd Annual DOD Population
Health and Health Promotion Conference 16 August
2002
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Presentation objectives

• Describe the overall purpose of the HPPI Program
• Describe two successful HPPI projects
• Describe two program evaluation metrics that can
  be used in health promotion programs

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What is HPPI?

• The goal of HPPI is to fund new and innovative
  health promotion and prevention initiatives.
• The HPPI Program seeks to identify best practice
  health promotion programs, and then proliferate
  these programs throughout the Army.

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HPPI Program snapshot

• HPPI Program new proposals replication
  sites for successful HPPI projects
• Request for proposals distributed Army-wide
• Funding awarded on a competitive basis
• Replication sites project requirements
• Best practice potential regular project data
  calls program evaluation

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What has HPPI done for the Army?
111 different HPPI projects have received funding
since FY97.

• These projects have resulted in
• Viable products that have been distributed and
  are being used in the Army (and Navy, Air Force)
• Best practices in health promotion and prevention
  (or potential best practices)

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A sample of successful HPPI projects
Performance Power the Nutrition Connection
Fort Knox Tobacco Cessation
Writing Exercise Rx Tech Guide
Climb to Fitness
Corporate Wellness Program Task Force
Suicide Prevention
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Current HPPI replication projects
Soldier Self-care Program
Mouth Protection Program
Pregnancy/Postpartum PT
Personal Responsibility
? AMEDD best practice submissions
Hooah 4 Health
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Practical application of HPPI
Best practices
Information nuggets
Lessons learned
Program design / implementation
Marketing program results
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Process/Impact/Outcome Evaluation

• Why do evaluation?
• Types of Evaluation
• Methods of Evaluation

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Goals Objectives
GOALS are
who?
objectives
what?
statements
on what level?
OBJECTIVES are
time-specific
observable
realistic
specific
measurable
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Good data good evaluation
Work backwards from data analysis
end
beginning
Standardize data collection analysis
protocols
uniform collection
Avoid adding errors to data
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Now what?

• Use the data youve collected and the program
  evaluation to market the program

Describe the change that has occurred
How do you know this change occurred?
How does this change affect the bottom line?
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Summary

• Find out what reasonably works, does not hurt
  anyone, saves us dollars, and increases the
  health and readiness of our force.
• Tina Allen, USACHPPM

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HPPI Resources

• HPPI web page
• http//chppm-www.apgea.army.mil/dhpw/Population/HP
  PI.aspx
• HPPI Program POCs
• Carlla Jones, carlla.jones_at_amedd.army.mil
• Marcie Birk, marcella.birk_at_amedd.army.mil
• CH (LTC) Ron Smith, ronald.smith_at_amedd.army.mil