GOALS AND OBJECTIVES GOAL Objective Intermediate Injury Prevention

GOALS AND OBJECTIVES GOAL Objective . . . Intermediate Injury Prevention August 23 -26, 2011 Billings, MT

Session Objectives By the end of this session you should be able to • develop goals and objectives for your injury prevention plan and/or data collection plan

Goals • General broad statement of intent. • What you hope to accomplish when your program is complete. • Usually health related. • What do you want to change. • First critical step toward prevention. • Accompanied by measurable objectives.

Goals There are two key steps to writing a goal: • Specify a health problem. • Specify a health risk behavior. • Identify the target population that will change as a result of a successful project.

Examples of Goals • Reduce fire and burn injury. • Reduce fatal and non-fatal dog do bite. injuries at the Piney Point reservation. • Reduce motor vehicle injuries and deaths at the Piney Point reservation. • Increase operating smoke alarms in homes of the elderly and children.

Goals There are two key steps to writing a goal: • Specify a health problem. • Specify a health risk behavior. • Identify the target population that will change as a result of a successful project.

Objectives • Measurable, specific statements about how the goal will be achieved. • WHO will do HOW MUCH of WHAT by WHEN. Example: Beginning March 2010, Discharge planners will ensure that 50% of newborns discharged from the hospital will have a properly installed car seat.

Specific Measurable Achievable Reasonable Time specific

SMART Objectives Specific • “Who” and “what” of program activities. • Who (target population). • What (action/activity) of program activities. • Use only one action verb: increase, decrease, train, schedule.

Objectives Objective By December 2012, there will be a 20 percent increase in the proportion of children under one year of age correctly riding in car seats (from 30% to 50%) Breakdown Verb Metric Population Objective Baseline Goal Measure Time Frame Increase Percent Children under one year of age By 2012 Correct car seats use by one year 30% 50%

SMART Objectives • Reasonable – Objectives should be realistic, attainable • Time Specific – A timeframe for completing an objective

Objectives By December 2012, there will be a 20% increase (When: time-frame) (Who/What-specific & relevant) under one year of age correctly riding in car seats (from 30% to 50%). (Measurable/achievable, number, rate, percentage of change and baseline)

G: To develop a comprehensive community- based injury prevention program Objective 1: OEH will collect injury data for the community for years 2004 -2008 by the end of 2009 Objective 2: CHR will organize a community injury prevention coalition by end of February 2010 Objective 3: The coalition will develop a datadriven intervention based on collected injury data by April 2010

G: Develop Injury Surveillance System (Data Collection Plan) Objective 1: Develop a protocol for injury surveillance by the end of 2009. Objective 2: OEH will collect injury data for years 2005 -2008 at five tribal clinics by October 2009 Objective 3: Report findings to key stakeholders and Tribal Council by the end of 2009.

G: To decrease Elderly Fall Injuries (Data Collection Plan) Objective 1: By October 14, 2010, CHRs will have completed analysis of falls in elderly in communities using the injury surveillance data. Objective 2: By December 2010, Community Chapters will conduct a focus group for elderly in each community.

Goals and Objectives Exercise • Based upon the provided injury scenario/problem statement, write a goal and three SMART objectives to reach that goal • Small groups (4 -5 per group) • 15 minutes