ArticleEvaluation and program planning2017
Results from a psychometric assessment of a new tool for measuring evidence-based decision making in public health organizations.
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- Controlling Chronic Diseases Through Evidence-Based Decision Making: A Group-Randomized Trial.Preventing chronic disease · 2017Trial
- Enhancing evidence-based diabetes and chronic disease control among local health departments: a multi-phase dissemination study with a stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial component.Implementation science : IS · 2017Trial
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- Differing conceptual maps of skills for implementing evidence-based interventions held by community-based organization practitioners and academics: A multidimensional scaling comparison.Translational behavioral medicine · 2025Article
- A framework of evidence-based decision-making in health system management: a best-fit framework synthesis.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2022Article
- Measuring capacity to use evidence-based interventions in community-based organizations: A comprehensive, scoping review.Journal of clinical and translational science · 2022Article
- Impact of Contextual Factors on the Attendance and Role in the Evidence-Based Chronic Disease Prevention Programs Among Primary Care Practitioners in Shanghai, China.Frontiers in public health · 2021Article
- Evidence-Based Public Health Provided Through Local Health Departments: Importance of Academic-Practice Partnerships.American journal of public health · 2019Article
- Development of measurable indicators to enhance public health evidence-informed policy-making.Health research policy and systems · 2018Article
- Data-driven quality improvement in low-and middle-income country health systems: lessons from seven years of implementation experience across Mozambique, Rwanda, and Zambia.BMC health services research · 2017Article
- Assessing Organizational Supports for Evidence-Based Decision Making in Local Public Health Departments in the United States: Development and Psychometric Properties of a New Measure.Journal of public health management and practice : JPHMPObservational
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backgroundIn order to better understand how to improve evidence-based decision making (EBDM) in state health departments, measurement tools are needed to evaluate changes in EBDM. The purpose of this study was to test the psychometric properties of a new measurement tool to assess EBDM in public health practice settings.
methodsA questionnaire was developed, pilot-tested and refined in an iterative process with the input of public health practitioners with the aim of identifying a set of specific measures representing different components of EBDM. Data were collected in a national survey of state health department chronic disease practitioners. The final dataset (n=879) for psychometric testing was comprised of 19 EBDM items that were first examined using exploratory factor analysis, and then confirmatory factor analysis.
resultsThe final model from confirmatory factor analysis includes five latent factors representing components of EBDM: capacity for evaluation, expectations and incentives for EBDM, access to evidence and resources for EBDM, participatory decision making, and leadership support and commitment.
conclusionsThis study addresses the need for empirically tested and theory-aligned measures that may be used to assess the extent to which EBDM is currently implemented, and further, to gauge the success of strategies to improve EBDM, in public health settings. This EBDM measurement tool may help identify needed supports for enhanced capacity and implementation of effective strategies.
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