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How to Institutionalize Health Promotion Programs

Steckler, Allan, Goodman, Robert M.·1989·American Journal of Health Promotion

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This article presents six implications for practice that suggest how to optimize the institutionalization of health promotion programs. These six implications were derived from a study of ten health promotion programs funded by the Virginia State Health Department and operated by local schools- and community health agencies. Institutionalization refers to the long-term survival of health promotion programs, i.e., survival well beyond an initial grant funding period. To generate the implications for practice, a multiple case design for cross-case comparisons was applied to the ten health promotion programs. In brief, the six practice implications are: 1) cultivating a “program champion”; 2) favoring organizations with mature “subsystems”; 3) favoring organizations in which health promotion “fits” with the organization's mission; 4) avoiding brokering relationships; 5) altering lengths of funding periods; and 6) funding existing worthy programs. The significance of these practice implications for both funding and implementing agencies is briefly discussed.

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  • The early literature on sustainability focused largely on institutionalization and routinization.

    “Whereas the early literature on sustainability focused largely on institutionalization and routinization (e.g., integrating a new set of practices into the routine operations of an organization) (129, 149), there has been recognition over the past 20 years that institutionalization may impede organizations or communities from adopting more effective practices when new evidence emerges (135).”

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Authors
Steckler, A., & Goodman, R. M.
Venue
American Journal of Health Promotion
Published
1989-03
Volume
3
Issue
4
Pages
34-43
ISSN
  • 0890-1171 (ISSN-L)
  • 2168-6602
OpenAlex
W2079137308
Cited by
146
References
32
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 3
FWCI
14.45
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • American Journal of Health Promotion (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Public Health Policies and Education
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Community Health and Development
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › Speech and Hearing › School Health and Nursing Education
Keywords
institutionalization, health promotion programs, program sustainability, program champions, organizational subsystems, organizational mission alignment, program funding, school health promotion, community health agencies

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