'Evolutionary academics have long advocated for the application of evolutionary theory to medicine and public health, yet the bridge between research and practice appears wide (Gibson & Lawson, 2014; Nesse & Stearns, 2008). While clinicians are becoming more active in the world of evolutionary medicine, public health practitioners largely remain unaware of evolution and its potential application. For this reason I propose to create a tool, the Ev-PH Roadmap, for public health practitioners which will assist them with incorporating evolutionary science in community/population health intervention design. The Ev-PH Roadmap will guide practitioners towards both evolutionary literature and experts pertaining to their specific topics of interest within public health. The creation of the Ev-PH Roadmap will be a collaborative educational endeavor utilizing the Delphi Method (Helmer-Hirschberg, 1967). In this presentation I aim to: 1) review basic principles of public health program planning, including proximate theories/models used in program design such as PRECEDE-PROCEED; 2) describe the proposed methods of designing the Ev-PH Roadmap; and 3) discuss how to best disseminate the Ev-PH Roadmap after its design. It is my goal to offer a pragmatic solution, whose benefits exceed limitations, for bridging the worlds of evolutionary science and public health practice. \"Evolutionary theory in public health program planning: a pragmatic step forward\" Emerald Snow Community Health Sciences, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health; Latin American Studies Interdepartmental Program University of California, Los Angeles'
Tags: Evolution , medicine , planning , Arizona State University , Center for Evolution and Medicine , Randolph Nesse , Emerald Snow , Evolutionary theory
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