1. Prioritizing Obesity Strategies
Obesity Integration Steering Committee Meetings
2.29.12, 3.19.12, 4.2.12, 4.25.12

2. Prioritization Process
When Purpose/Actions
Meeting 1 (2/29) • Getting Started
• Agreements For Moving Forward
Between Meetings Initial Survey
(e-input) • Review/Provide Input on Proposed Criteria
• Identify State Roles for Strategies
Meeting 2 (3/19) • Review/Finalize Criteria
9:30am -12:30pm
Meeting 3 (4/2) • Clarify Strategies
9:30am-12:30pm • Clarify State Roles
Between Meetings Prioritization Survey
(e-input) • Rate Strategies Using Final Criteria
• Refine Concise Statement
Meeting 4 (4/25) • Vote on Concise Statement
1:30pm – 4:30pm • Share Results of Prioritization
• Gather Additional Input for Ex Committee

3. Agenda Review
 Welcome and Overview
 Vote on Concise Statement
 Sharing Results of Prioritization Survey
 Reflecting on Where We’ve Been and Clarifying
What’s Ahead
 Gathering Comments
 Closure and Thank You

4. Decision Making Process
Discussion: All encouraged to participate
Decisions: For Today & Prioritization Survey
 60% super majority vote, motioned by a Steering
Committee Member
 One vote per Steering Committee Member
 Ex Committee, and other observers, do not vote

5. Steering Committee Voting
Members
 Sector Team Leads or Designee (8 reps from PSD)
 Healthy Eating (2 reps from PSD)
 Physical Activity (2 reps from PSD)
 LHAs (5 total: 1 rep each from El Paso, Weld, Boulder,
Pueblo, West-Central Partnership)
 External Organizations (3 total: 1 rep each from Live
Well, Kaiser, Health Foundation)

6. Voting on Concise Statement
Purpose: To build support for the issues with an organization,
policy maker or a funding agency.
 Describes the mission, internal strengths and weaknesses,
external opportunities and threats, and vision.
 Describes gaps between current status and desired goals.
Included:
 Health condition or risk factor considered
 Population affected
 Size and scope of problem
 Prevention opportunities
 Potential stakeholders

7. Sharing Results of
Prioritization Survey

8. Top 5 Criteria
1. Likelihood of Population Impact (new definition
includes reach)
2. Capacity to Implement
3. Impact of Health Disparities
4. Ability to Measure
5. Political/Community Support

9. Reporting of Priorities
1. Strategies Across Sectors (ranked from highest to
lowest priority regardless of sector)
Strategy Sector Evidence Population Capacity Impact Ability to Support Total Potential
Level Impact on HD Measure Score CDPHE
(adjusted) Roles
2. Strategies Within Sectors (ranked from highest to
lowest priority within each sector)
Sector A
Strategy Evidence Population Capacity Impact Ability to Support Total Potential
Level Impact on HD Measure Score CDPHE
(adjusted) Roles
Sector B
Strategy Evidence Population Capacity Impact Ability to Support Total Potential
Level Impact on HD Measure Score CDPHE
(adjusted) Roles

10. Reflecting on Where We’ve Been
and Clarifying What’s Ahead

11. PSD Obesity Project Charter:
Key Activities Accomplished
1. Community assessment
2. Data presentation quantifying the issue
3. Sector teams searched literature (“boot camp”)
4. Steering Committee approved concise statement (in this
meeting)
5. Sector teams rated literature
6. Sector teams submitted literature libraries and ratings to
Steering Committee
7. Steering Committee prioritized strategies

12. PSD Obesity Project Charter:
Next Key Activities
8. Executive Committee reviews and approves prioritized
strategies
9. Executive Committee and Steering Committee refer highly
rated and prioritized strategies to sector teams.
o Sector teams form implementation teams for selected strategies
o Invite stakeholders to participant on teams
o Similar to the MCH process
o Implementation teams consider:
 Applicability to Colorado
 Resources needed
 Consultation with sector teams and/or partners
 Future evidence

13. Gathering Comments

14. Gathering Comments
Three ways
 Individually
 Small Group
 Large Group
What recommendations do you have for the
Executive Committee and/or Implementation
Teams moving forward?

15. Gathering Comments (part 1)
What recommendations do you have for the
Executive Committee and/or Implementation
Teams moving forward?
 Individually – Write down your thoughts (5 min)

16. Gathering Comments (part 1)
What recommendations do you have for the
Executive Committee and/or Implementation
Teams moving forward?
 When the chime rings, we’ll form groups of 4-5
people by counting off 1-4
 Discuss and chart your comments for the Executive
Committee and/or Implementation Teams (20 min)
 Assign a spokesperson
 You will share these with the larger group

17. Gathering Comments (part 2)
What recommendations do you have for the
Executive Committee and/or Implementation
Teams moving forward?
What key themes do you see emerging from
the small group recommendations?

18. Gathering Comments (part 2)
What recommendations do you have for the
Executive Committee and/or Implementation
Teams moving forward?
What else is on your mind?

19. Closure and Thank You
Reminder
 Hopes from Meeting #1
 Evaluation to follow
Thank you