A Public Health Perspective on the Transport of Evidence-Based Practices

2006 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 360-363 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonja K. Schoenwald ◽  
Scott W. Henggeler
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Public Health Perspective ◽  
Evidence Based Practices

scholarly journals Virtual external implementation facilitation: successful methods for remotely engaging groups in quality improvement

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine W. Hartmann ◽  
Ryann L. Engle ◽  
Camilla B. Pimentel ◽  
Whitney L. Mills ◽  
Valerie A. Clark ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
National Program ◽  
Extensive Experience ◽  
Evidence Based Practices ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Virtual Experience ◽  
Key Points ◽  
Program Content

Abstract Background Relatively little guidance exists on how to use virtual implementation facilitation to successfully implement evidence-based practices and innovations into clinical programs. Yet virtual methods are increasingly common. They have potentially wider reach, emergent public health situations necessitate their use, and restrictions on resources can make them more attractive. We therefore outline a set of principles for virtual external implementation facilitation and a series of recommendations based on extensive experience successfully using virtual external implementation facilitation in a national program. Model and recommendations Success in virtual external implementation facilitation may be achieved by facilitators applying three overarching principles: pilot everything, incorporate a model, and prioritize metacognition. Five practical principles also help: plan in advance, communicate in real time, build relationships, engage participants, and construct a virtual room for participants. We present eight concrete suggestions for enacting the practical principles: (1) assign key facilitation roles to facilitation team members to ensure the program runs smoothly; (2) create small cohorts of participants so they can have meaningful interactions; (3) provide clarity and structure for all participant interactions; (4) structure program content to ensure key points are described, reinforced, and practiced; (5) use visuals to supplement audio content; (6) build activities into the agenda that enable participants to immediately apply knowledge at their own sites, separate from the virtual experience; (7) create backup plans whenever possible; and (8) engage all participants in the program. Summary These principles represent a novel conceptualization of virtual external implementation facilitation, giving structure to a process that has been, to date, inadequately described. The associated actions are demonstrably useful in supporting the principles and offer teams interested in virtual external implementation facilitation concrete methods by which to ensure success. Our examples stem from experiences in healthcare. But the principles can, in theory, be applied to virtual external implementation facilitation regardless of setting, as they and the associated actions are not setting specific.

A Model for Sustaining Evidence-Based Practices in a Statewide System

2017 ◽  
Vol 98 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason M. Lang ◽  
Kellie G. Randall ◽  
Michelle Delaney ◽  
Jeffrey J. Vanderploeg
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Quality Indicators ◽  
Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Health Impact ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Evidence Based Practices ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Past ◽  
Large Systems

Over the past 20 years, efforts have been made to broadly disseminate evidence-based practices (EBPs). However, the public health impact of EBPs has yet to be realized and most EBPs are not sustained. Few structured models exist for disseminating and sustaining EBPs across large systems. This article describes the EBP Dissemination and Support Center (DSC) model and how it was used to sustain trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TF-CBT) across Connecticut. More than 600 clinicians at 35 agencies have been trained and nearly all agencies have sustained TF-CBT for up to 9 years. More than 6,200 children have received TF-CBT and have shown improvements in outcomes and quality indicators. Recommendations are made for using or adapting the DSC model.

scholarly journals Addressing College Drinking as a Statewide Public Health Problem: Key Findings From the Maryland Collaborative

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 303-313 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amelia M. Arria ◽  
David H. Jernigan
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Problem ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
College Drinking ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Student Survey ◽  
Evidence Based Practices ◽  
Research Attention ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
High Risk Drinking

Excessive drinking among college students is a serious and pervasive public health problem. Although much research attention has focused on developing and evaluating evidence-based practices to address college drinking, adoption has been slow. The Maryland Collaborative to Reduce College Drinking and Related Problems was established in 2012 to bring together a network of institutions of higher education in Maryland to collectively address college drinking by using both individual-level and environmental-level evidence-based approaches. In this article, the authors describe the findings of this multilevel, multicomponent statewide initiative. To date, the Maryland Collaborative has succeeded in providing a forum for colleges to share knowledge and experiences, strengthen existing strategies, and engage in a variety of new activities. Administration of an annual student survey has been useful for guiding interventions as well as evaluating progress toward the Maryland Collaborative’s goal to measurably reduce high-risk drinking and its radiating consequences on student health, safety, and academic performance and on the communities surrounding college campuses. The experiences of the Maryland Collaborative exemplify real-world implementation of evidence-based approaches to reduce this serious public health problem.

scholarly journals Fostering More-Effective Public Health by Identifying Administrative Evidence-Based Practices

2012 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 309-319 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ross C. Brownson ◽  
Peg Allen ◽  
Kathleen Duggan ◽  
Katherine A. Stamatakis ◽  
Paul C. Erwin
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Evidence Based Practices ◽  
Effective Public Health ◽  
Administrative Evidence

Youth get a D+ grade in physical activity: How can we change public health messages to help reverse this trend?

2019 ◽  
Vol 44 (5) ◽  
pp. 567-570 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela S. Alberga ◽  
Michelle Fortier ◽  
Corliss Bean ◽  
Yoni Freedhoff
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Physical Activity ◽  
Physical Appearance ◽  
Sport Performance ◽  
Health Messages ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Public Health Perspective ◽  
Public Health Messages ◽  
Promotion Of Physical Activity ◽  
Policies And Programs

The purpose of this paper is to critique how the promotion of physical activity (PA) is communicated and offer evidence-based alternative framings to encourage PA in youth. We argue that PA promotion messaging should not be tied to outcomes that focus on changing physical appearance, preventing or treating diseases, or sport performance or competition. From a public health perspective, we suggest that PA should instead focus on campaigns, policies, and programs that tie PA to enjoyment, wellbeing, and play.

scholarly journals Public Health Communication and Engagement on Social Media during the COVID-19 Pandemic

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Teichmann ◽  
Sean Nossek ◽  
Aengus Bridgman ◽  
Peter John Loewen ◽  
Taylor Owen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Evidence Based Practices ◽  
Public Health Communication ◽  
Government Communication ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Cross Platform ◽  
Method Approach

Social media provides governments the opportunity to directly communicate with their constituents. During a pandemic, reaching as many citizens as possible with health messaging is critical to reducing the spread of the disease. This study evaluates efforts to spread healthcare information by Canadian local, provincial, and federal governments during the first five months of the COVID-19 pandemic. We collect all health-related communications coming from government accounts on Facebook and Twitter and analyze the data using a nested mixed method approach. We first identify quantifiable features linked with citizen engagement, before subsequently performing content analysis on outlier posts. We make two critical contributions to existing knowledge about government communication, particularly during public health crises. We identify cross-platform variations in strategy effectiveness and draw attention to specific, evidence-based practices that can increase engagement with government health information.

A Population Approach to Parenting Support for Childhood Obesity

2017 ◽  
pp. 156-170
Author(s):  
Jessica A. Bartlett ◽  
Matthew R. Sanders
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Childhood Obesity ◽  
Population Level ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Population Approach ◽  
Public Health Perspective ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Parenting Support ◽  
Significant Health

Childhood obesity rates are on the rise worldwide. Considering the significant health and economic costs associated with obesity, emphasis must be placed on addressing this public health dilemma from both preventive and treatment perspectives. Evidence-based parent-centered interventions are an effective way to target obesity in children. Parents play a central role in a child’s lifestyle habits. However, parental recruitment and engagement remains problematic. This challenge must be addressed from a population health framework if improvements in childhood obesity rates are to be achieved. This chapter provides a framework for the prevention and management of childhood obesity from a public health perspective. The need for a population approach to evidence-based parenting programs is advocated to shift population-level rates of obesity. The existing research base for such an approach is discussed, along with future directions for clinical practice and research.

scholarly journals Public Health Perspective on UK-identified Victims of Modern Slavery

2020 ◽  
pp. 001112872098188
Author(s):  
Sheila Bird
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
Morbidity And Mortality ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Public Health Perspective ◽  
Modern Slavery ◽  
Single Location ◽  
Dna Sampling ◽  
Evidence Based Healthcare

Links between identified-victims, which occur if escape of one has led to rescue of others (as cluster of victims in single location or controlled-individuals across a network of locations), have implications for how the totality of victims of modern slavery is estimated. Information from identified-victims can help to identify densely or dangerously trafficked-routes. Vulnerability of victims is not ended by their liberation: evidence-based healthcare and other support protocols are needed to assist recovery and resilience. The evidence-base for national protocols would be enhanced if over half the identified-victims agreed to join a research-led cohort by which morbidity and mortality could be monitored; location notified if the participant was again in extremis; with DNA-sampling offered as means to re-unite trafficked family-members.

scholarly journals Factors Affecting Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices in Public Health Preparedness and Response

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
pp. 434-442
Author(s):  
Mallory Kennedy ◽  
Eric G. Carbone ◽  
Alexa L. Siegfried ◽  
Deborah Backman ◽  
John D. Henson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Public Health Preparedness ◽  
Evidence Based Practices ◽  
Factors Affecting

The Role of Partnerships in Addressing Childhood Asthma

2011 ◽  
Vol 12 (6_suppl_1) ◽  
pp. 73S-81S ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucia Rojas Smith ◽  
Patrick Nerz ◽  
Tyra Bryant-Stephens ◽  
Maureen Damitz ◽  
Marielena Lara ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Childhood Asthma ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Evidence Based Practices ◽  
Organizational Goals ◽  
Network Program ◽  
Development And Evolution

Partnerships have taken on added importance in recent years because of their critical role in addressing complex public health problems and translating evidence-based practices to real-world settings. The Merck Childhood Asthma Network, Inc. initiative recognized the importance of partnerships in achieving the program’s goals. In this article, case studies of the five Merck Childhood Asthma Network program sites describe the role of partnerships in the development and evolution of the program and its interventions. Three key factors contributed to the success of the partnerships: having common organizational goals, considering context in the selection and engagement of partners, and ensuring that each partnership benefited from the alliance. Over the 4-year program period, all five partnerships evolved, matured, and had an established goal to maintain collaboration.

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