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Technical Assistance to North Carolina’s Health & Wellness Trust Fund’s
TUPC Grantees
Presented by: Barri Burrus, Ph.D.
RTI International
Phase IV Orientation meeting
Greensboro, NC
August 13, 2009
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Brief Overview of RTI
RTI International is a not-for-profit research institute dedicated to improving the human condition by turning knowledge into practice.
Our work is conducted at the international, national, state and local levels.
We provide research and technical expertise in various fields. Examples include health, education, training, evaluation, statistics, and economic and social policy.
We deliver technical assistance designed to build capacity through the transfer of information, tools and methods.
We often work in multidisciplinary teams that cut across traditional boundaries.
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Examples of our Experience with Community-based Grantees in Tobacco Control
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Examples of our Experience with Community-based Grantees in Tobacco Control
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Examples of our Experience with Community-based Grantees in Substance Abuse Prevention
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HWTF and RTI
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Priority areas RTI’s work with HWTF Grantees
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Priority areas for RTI’s work with HWTF Grantees
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Priority areas for the HWTF grantees
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Proposed Approach
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Identify Solutions to the Priority Challenges
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Examples of Common Challenges
• Engaging youth from diverse populations to take part in intervention activities
• Recruiting and retaining parents, particularly from vulnerable populations
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Culturally tailored programs
The extent to which ethnic/cultural characteristics, experiences, norms, values, behavioral patterns, and beliefs of a target population as well as relevant historical, environmental, and social forces are incorporated in the design, delivery, and evaluation of targeted health promotion materials and programs.
Resnicow, K., Baranowski, T., Ahluwahlia, J. S. and Braithwaite, R. L. (1999) Cultural sensitivity in public health: defined and demystified. Ethnicity and Disease, 9, 10–21
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Cultural tailoring
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Approach to Working with RTI
- Work will initially focus on five priority population grantees
- Subsequent work will include work with a broader set of grantees
- All technical assistance work with grantees will be coordinated through the HWTF grant managers
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