Remembering When--A Program Evaluation and Its Implications

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Remembering When--A Program Evaluation and Its Implications
Karen Berard, NFPA Rebecca Bruening, University of Iowa

Remembering When is a fire and fall prevention program targeting older adults developed by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In 2015, the Fire Protection Research Foundation partnered with the University of Iowa Injury Prevention Research Center to evaluate the program. This session will provide an overview of the findings and discuss the implications. Examples of research-informed adjustments to program materials and delivery will be discussed and NFPA Public Education staff will explain next steps for the Remembering When program.

Presented by:

Karen Berard, NFPA
Karen Berard works in the Public Education Division of NFPA as a Senior Project Manager and oversees NFPA's high-risk outreach public education activities with a focus on safety for young children, older adults, and underserved communities. Karen has 20 years of experience in the prevention field working in K-12 public schools, higher education, and community settings. She is also an instructor at the National Fire Academy in Emmitsburg, Maryland.

Rebecca Bruening, University of Iowa
Rebecca Bruening is a Project Manager at the University of Iowa Injury Prevention Research Center. She is currently working with Dr. Carri Casteel on several projects related to workplace violence prevention as well as the pilot evaluation of the Remembering When(tm) program. She recently graduated from the Health Behavior MPH program at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. She has previously worked as a Graduate Research Assistant at the Injury Prevention Research Center in Chapel Hill doing qualitative data collection, analysis, and writing for the Improving Dissemination of a Retail Workplace Violence Prevention Program study.