Oregon TRE, ICAAEE, and SPArC Evaluation
Tobacco Retail Evaluation (TRE)
This evaluation seeks to increase the understanding of factors that will lead to success in establishing effective local tobacco retail policies and develop a broader understanding of promising practices for tobacco retail prevention that will apply statewide.
Indoor Clean Air Act Expansion Evaluation (ICAAEE)
This evaluation seeks to increase the understanding of factors that will lead to success in establishing and advancing effective indoor smoke-free workplace laws in all counties in Oregon.
Strategies for Policy and envioRonmental Change (SPArC) Evaluation
The Oregon Health Authority has awarded SPArC funding to eight Local Public Health Authorities to implement policy, systems and environmental tobacco prevention and/or indoor smoke-free workplace strategies designed to reduce the influence of tobacco and reduce tobacco use disparities in Oregon. This evaluation seeks to increase the understanding of the impact of competitive funding on policy change advancement.
The primary purpose of this funding opportunity is to advance policy, systems and environmental changes that reduce the influence of tobacco product marketing and promotion and locally eliminate loopholes in the smoke-free workplace law.
All three evaluations will seek to provide consistent, timely evaluation products to the Oregon Health Authority, Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Section and Oregon Tobacco Prevention and Education Program (TPEP) Grantees.
Surveys, Studies, and Reports
28-Day Rapid Response Survey and Report
The Improving Policy Change Practice in Oregon: 28-Day Rapid Response Survey and Report is a rapid response evaluation that follows a four-step process completed over the course of 28 days.
The process includes:
1. Develop the survey instrument
2. Collect survey responses
3. Analyze survey responses
4. Report survey findings
The purpose of this evaluation method is to collect information from grantees to report and share findings quickly so those findings can be used in grantee’s current and future work to implement policy.
These reports conduced by the Rede Group on various topics contribute to and inform the larger Oregon Tobacco Retail and ICAA Expansion Evaluations.
TRE 28-Day Surveys:
Survey 1
Topic: Tobacco Retailer Engagement
Dates Fielded: August 1-8 2016
Response Rate: 31/34 TPEP Grantees
Survey Results PDF
Survey 2
Topic: Addressing Preemption
Dates Fielded: December 12-19 2016
Response Rate: 32/34 TPEP Grantees
Survey Results PDF
Survey Results Powerpoint
Survey 3
Topic: Effective Use of Strategic Partnerships
Dates Fielded: April 24 - May 3 2017
Response Rate: 31/34 TPEP Grantees
Survey Results PDF
Survey Results Powerpoint
ICAAEE 28-Day Surveys:
Survey 1
Topic: Marijuana and Smoke-Free Public and Workplace Policies
Dates Fielded: January 17-24
Response Rate: 26/27 TPEP Grantees & 23/31 ADPEP Grantees
Summary Data PDF (open ended questions excluded)
Survey Results PDF
Survey Results Powerpoint
Webinar Recording
Point-In-Time Assessment
Point-in-time assessments provide a snapshot of the status of specific local policy change initiatives throughout Oregon. This overview covers results of a tobacco retail policy point-in-time assessment completed in July 2018.
All Tobacco Prevention and Education Program (TPEP) grantees complete point-in-time assessments of each of their tobacco retail policy initiatives using stages of the Policy Change Process Model (PCPM) to denote current status. More on the PCPM here.
OHA has conducted three point-in-time (PIT) assessments specifically about local tobacco retail policy initiatives: PIT 1 - October 2016, PIT 2 - June 2017, and PIT 3 - July 2018. A fourth assessment is planned for June 2019.
ICAAEE PIT 1
Dates Fielded: May 1-21 2018
Response Rate: 33/33 TPEP Grantees
Inclusion Criteria
Results PDF
Results Powerpoint
Webinar Recording
Maps
ICAAEE PIT 3
Dates Fielded: July 13 - August 2
Response Rate: 32/33 TPEP Grantees
Reports and Maps
ICAAEE Map Series
Map Series PDF
Map Series Powerpoint Presentation
TRE Reports
Strategies for Policy and enviRonmental Change (SPArC) Evaluation
The 2018-19 SPArC Tobacco-Free project represents the third time the OHA has awarded competitive funding in addition to Basic TPEP to implement policy, systems, and environmental tobacco prevention strategies designed to reduce the influence of tobacco in the retail environment and reduce tobacco use disparities in Oregon. In 2018 HPCDP awarded eight SPArC grants serving 10 counties. The focus of the 2018-19 SPArC grant is to implement strategies that: 1) changing the retail environment to limit the influence of tobacco and/or 2) protecting and strengthening jurisdictional clean indoor air policies. The Rede Group is under contract with OHA to evaluate the SPArC grant program.
Non-Governmental and Tribal Government Partner Engagement Survey
The purpose of the survey is to identify how non-governmental and tribal government entities are engaged and integrated into local tobacco policy work.
For the purpose of this survey, “partners” refers to organizations who:
Play a key role in your ability to achieve your policy strategy (ies);
Represent trusted, respected, or important voices in the community;
Provide policy input (especially around health equity);
Offer tactical advice; and
Actively work with you to accomplish the objective, frequently taking on activities, such as lobbying, that may be more appropriate for non-governmental organizations.
This definition of “partners” was taken from the 2018 SPArC RFP.
The electronic survey is structured in two phases:
Phase 1: survey all SPArC Coordinators asking them to identify key partners and their level of engagement in tobacco policy efforts
Phase 2: survey SPArC partners about their level of engagement in SPArC tobacco policy effots
The data collected from this survey will be shared with the primary intended users (SPArC grantees and HPCDP) of the evaluation to improve partnerships in tobacco prevention efforts. A report detailing findings from the evaluation including this survey will be developed and made available in Fall 2019.
All responses to the survey will be kept strictly confidential and only reported in the aggregate. Matching responses (between SPArC grantees and their partners) is critical for quality data analysis but once matching is accomplished, all identifying information will be eliminated from the dataset.
Please contact Alex Muvua at alex.muvua@redegroup.co or by phone at 503-764-9696 with any questions about this survey or the SPArC evaluation.