ArticleAmerican journal of public health2007
The effect of disseminating evidence-based interventions that promote physical activity to health departments.
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50 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Advancing implementation science in community settings: the implementation strategies applied in communities (ISAC) compilation.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2024Article
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- Physical Activity and Public Health among People with Disabilities: Research Gaps and Recommendations.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- How to disseminate national recommendations for physical activity: a qualitative analysis of critical change agents in Germany.Health research policy and systems · 2021Article
- A cross-country study of mis-implementation in public health practice.BMC public health · 2019Article
- Developing a Survey Tool to Assess Implementation of Evidence-Based Chronic Disease Prevention in Public Health Settings Across Four Countries.Frontiers in public health · 2019Article
- A qualitative exploration of contextual factors that influence dissemination and implementation of evidence-based chronic disease prevention across four countries.BMC health services research · 2018Article
- Exploring political influences on evidence-based non-communicable disease prevention across four countries.Health education research · 2018Article
- Toward optimal implementation of cancer prevention and control programs in public health: a study protocol on mis-implementation.Implementation science : IS · 2018Article
- Comparing Knowledge, Accessibility, and Use of Evidence-Based Chronic Disease Prevention Processes Across Four Countries.Frontiers in public health · 2018Article
- Evaluation of an online training for improving self-reported evidence-based decision-making skills in cancer control among public health professionals.Public health · 2017Article
- From Delivery to Adoption of Physical Activity Guidelines: Realist Synthesis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2017Review
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Abstract
objectivesWe explored the effect of disseminating evidence-based guidelines that promote physical activity on US health department organizational practices in the United States.
methodsWe implemented a quasi-experimental design to examine changes in the dissemination of suggested guidelines to promote physical activity (The Guide to Community Preventive Services) in 8 study states; the remaining states and the Virgin Islands served as the comparison group. Guidelines were disseminated through workshops, ongoing technical assistance, and the distribution of an instructional CD-ROM. The main evaluation tool was a pre- and postdissemination survey administered to state and local health department staffs (baseline n=154; follow-up n=124).
resultsAfter guidelines were disseminated through workshops, knowledge of and skill in 11 intervention-related characteristics increased from baseline to follow-up. Awareness-related characteristics tended to increase more among local respondents than among state participants. Intervention adoption and implementation showed a pattern of increase among state practitioners but findings were mixed among local respondents.
conclusionsOur exploratory study provides several dissemination approaches that should be considered by practitioners as they seek to promote physical activity in the populations they serve.
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