MEDICAL EDUCATION GRAND ROUNDS

Leveraging Tailored Health Communication Strategies to Increase Policymaker Engagement Regarding Syringe Services Programs in Florida

PRESENTER

Tyler Scott Bartholomew, Ph.D

Director, Public Health Catalyst Lab

Division of Health Services Research & Policy

Associate Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Marina Plesons, MPH

GR4 | Medical Scientist Training Program (MD-PhD)

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

OBJECTIVES

At the conclusion of this activity participants will be able to:

1. Describe the evidence supporting syringe services programs, the policy context in Florida, and barriers to their implementation.
2. Explain how tailored health communication and dissemination strategies can be used to engage policymakers with public health evidence.
3. Evaluate the use of a cluster-randomized approach to assess the impact of localized health communication on policymaker engagement and translation of evidence into policy.