A Tool for Rating Chronic Disease Prevention and Public Health Interventions
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Bridging the gap between research and practice requires more than evaluating the effectiveness of interventions in controlled studies. To bridge this gap, evidence needs to be defined in different ways, and opportunities need to be provided for practice-based evidence to be replicated and disseminated. Community-based interventions are often not conducted or evaluated in controlled settings, yet they provide more real-world context and have the potential to have a greater effect on population health than findings from controlled studies that are limited in generalizability. The purpose of this article is to describe an approach to identify community-based programs and interventions that have the potential for replication and dissemination. In our study, such interventions met criteria in 3 primary domains: innovativeness, effectiveness, and sustainability. The criteria and tool developed were applied to 2 obesity-prevention programs to demonstrate the usefulness of the tool for identifying potential programs for replication and dissemination, contributing to practice-based evidence. Funders, practitioners, and researchers can apply these criteria to identify programs, environmental changes, or policies that may be replicated and disseminated.
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- Authors
- Kelly, C., Scharff, D., LaRose, J., Dougherty, N. L., Hessel, A. S., & Brownson, R. C.
- Affiliations
- University of Colorado Colorado Springs (US)
- Saint Louis University (US)
- Missouri Foundation for Health (US)
- Washington University in St. Louis (US)
- Corresponding author
- Kelly, Cheryl
- Venue
- Preventing Chronic Disease
- Published
- 2013-12-12
- Volume
- 10
- Pages
- E206-E206
- ISSN
- 1545-1151 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC3864705
- OpenAlex
- W2130140706
- Cited by
- 16
- References
- 19
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 1
- FWCI
- 2.42
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Licence
- public-domain
- Locations
- Preventing Chronic Disease (publishedVersion, public-domain)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Digital Commons@Becker (Washington University School of Medicine) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (P30DK092950)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health Policy Implementation Science
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Evaluation and Performance Assessment
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Public Health Policies and Education
- Keywords
- practice-based evidence, community-based intervention, chronic disease prevention, public health interventions, obesity prevention programs, program effectiveness, program sustainability, research-practice gap
- MeSH terms
- Chronic Disease, Community Health Services, Health Promotion, Humans, Public Health, Program Evaluation, Evidence-Based Practice
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