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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.
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- Challenges of using evidence in managerial decision-making of the primary health care system.BMC health services research · 2024Pooled it
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- Improving cancer prevention and control through implementing academic-local public health department partnerships - protocol for a cluster-randomized implementation trial using a positive deviance approach.Implementation science communications · 2025Article
- Understanding Misimplementation in U.S. State Health Departments: An Agent-Based Model.American journal of preventive medicine · 2023Article
- Tailoring dissemination strategies to increase evidence-informed policymaking for opioid use disorder treatment: study protocol.Implementation science communications · 2023Article
- Centering equity and lived experience: implementing a community-based research grant on cannabis and mental health.International journal for equity in health · 2022Review
- Developing criteria for research translation decision-making in community settings: a systematic review and thematic analysis informed by the Knowledge to Action Framework and community input.Implementation science communications · 2022Review
- How to "Start Small and Just Keep Moving Forward": Mixed Methods Results From a Stepped-Wedge Trial to Support Evidence-Based Processes in Local Health Departments.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Long-Term Evaluation of a Course on Evidence-Based Public Health in the U.S. and Europe.American journal of preventive medicine · 2021Article
- Force field analysis of driving and restraining factors affecting the evidence-based decision-making in health systems; comparing two approaches.Journal of education and health promotion · 2021Article
- Diabetes Prevention and Care Capacity at Urban Indian Health Organizations.Frontiers in public health · 2021Article
- 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
- Use and Awareness of The Community Guide in State and Local Health Department Chronic Disease Programs.Preventing chronic disease · 2020Article
- General practitioners' perceptions of their practice of evidence-based chronic disease prevention interventions: a quantitative study in Shanghai, China.BMC family practice · 2020Article
- Perspectives on program mis-implementation among U.S. local public health departments.BMC health services research · 2020Article
- Local Health Department Accreditation Is Associated With Organizational Supports for Evidence-Based Decision Making.Frontiers in public health · 2019Article
- Equipping the Public Health Workforce of the Future: Evaluation of an Evidence-Based Public Health Training Delivered Through Academic-Health Department Partnerships.Journal of public health management and practice : JPHMPArticle
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Abstract
contextFostering evidence-based decision making (EBDM) within local public health departments and among local health department (LHD) practitioners is crucial for the successful translation of research into public health practice to prevent and control chronic disease.
objectiveThe purpose of this study was to identify organizational supports for EBDM within LHDs and determine psychometric properties of a measure of organizational supports for EBDM in LHDs.
designCross-sectional, observation study.
settingLocal public health departments in the United States.
participantsLocal health department practitioners (N = 376) across the United States participated in the study.
main outcome measuresLocal health department practitioners completed a survey containing 27 items about organizational supports for EBDM. Most items were adapted from previously developed surveys, and input from researchers and practitioners guided survey development. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to test and refine the psychometric properties of the measure.
resultsThe final solution included 6 factors of 22 items: awareness of EBDM (3 items), capacity for EBDM (7 items), resources availability (3 items), evaluation capacity (3 items), EBDM climate cultivation (3 items), and partnerships to support EBDM (3 items). This factor solution achieved acceptable fit (eg, Comparative Fit Index = 0.965). Logistic regression models showed positive relationships between the 6 factors and the number of evidence-based interventions delivered.
conclusionsThis study identified important organizational supports for EBDM within LHDs. Results of this study can be used to understand and enhance organizational processes and structures to support EBDM to improve LHD performance and population health. Strong measures are important for understanding how LHDs support EBDM, evaluating interventions to improve LHD capacity, and to guide programmatic and policy efforts within LHDs.
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