DIP-IN team members were present at the American Public Health Association (APHA) annual meeting in October to share more about DIP-IN findings with the public health community.
Alisha Jessup (Eskenazi), Phyllis Morgan (Eskenazi), and Elinor Hansotte (MCPHD) presented on the DIP-IN health systems-based community health workers (CHWs) at Eskenazi Health, talking about the reasons CHWs are successful in their communities and specific health outcomes of the DIP-IN CHW intervention.
DIP-IN evaluation team member, Celeste Nicholas, also presented at APHA, discussing the importance of qualitative evaluation (think: words, not numbers) in a complex project like DIP-IN, and using Sunday Suppers as an example of how qualitative evaluation methods are useful to identify what is happening in the community and how to track it over time.
Finally, DIP-IN lead, Lisa Staten, was invited to present at a stakeholder meeting focused on chronic obesity, at the Indiana Statehouse. This meeting brought together community members and experts to discuss legislative and policy interventions that could have the ability to reduce obesity rates, and more importantly, obesity-related health complications.
Lisa was able to showcase DIP-IN, particularly the unique component of Community Health Improvement Projects (CHIP) supported by resident steering committees. DIP-IN was excited to be at the table in a high-level discussion around chronic disease prevention.