Active involved community partnerships: co-creating implementation infrastructure for getting to and sustaining social impact
AbstractActive involved community partnerships (AICPs) are essential to co-create implementation infrastructure and translate evidence into real-world practice. Across varied forms, AICPs cultivate community and tribal members as agents of change, blending research and organizational knowledge with relationships, context, culture, and local wisdom. Unlike selective engagement, AICPs enable active involvement of partners in the ongoing process of implementation and sustainability. This includes defining the problem, developing solutions, detecting practice changes, aligning organizational supports, and nurturing shared resp...
Source: Translational Behavioral Medicine - June 1, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
A 6-year update of the health policy and advocacy priorities of the Society of Behavioral Medicine
AbstractGovernment policy affects virtually every topic of interest to health behavior researchers, from research funding to reimbursement for clinical services to application of evidence to impact health outcomes. This paper provides a 6-year update on the expansion of Society of Behavioral Medicine ’s (SBM) public policy and advocacy agenda and proposed future directions. SBM’s Health Policy Council is responsible for ensuring coordination of the policy-related activities of the Health Policy Committee (HPC), the Civic and Public Engagement Committee (CPEC), and the Scientific and Professi onal Liaison Council (SPLC)...
Source: Translational Behavioral Medicine - June 1, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Implementing health promotion activities using community-engaged approaches in Asian American faith-based organizations in New York City and New Jersey
We describe the adaptation process and baseline assessments of FBOs. In year 1, we reached 3790 (nutritional strategies) and 725 (HTN program) via AA FBO sites. Most AA FBOs lack nutrition policies and present prime opportunities for evidence-based multi-level interventions. REACH FAR prese nts a promising health promotion implementation program that may result in significant community reach. (Source: Translational Behavioral Medicine)
Source: Translational Behavioral Medicine - May 25, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
A systematic review of smartphone applications for smoking cessation
AbstractTobacco use is the leading cause of preventable disease and death in the USA. However, limited data exists regarding smoking cessation mobile app quality and intervention effectiveness. Innovative and scalable interventions are needed to further alleviate the public health implications of tobacco addiction. The proliferation of the smartphone and the advent of mobile phone health interventions have made treatment more accessible than ever. The purpose of this review was to examine the relation between published scientific literature and available commercial smartphone health apps for smoking cessation to identify t...
Source: Translational Behavioral Medicine - May 19, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Engagement, compliance and retention with a gamified online social networking physical activity intervention
AbstractHealth behaviour interventions delivered via online social networks are an increasingly popular approach to addressing lifestyle-related health problems. However, research to date consistently reports poor user engagement and retention. The current study examined user engagement, compliance and retention with Active Team —a gamified physical activity intervention delivered by via an online Facebook application. Associations between engagement and participant (n = 51) demographic and team characteristics (sex, age, education and team size) were examined, as well as temporal trends in engagement during the 50-da...
Source: Translational Behavioral Medicine - May 18, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Why null results do not mean no results: negative findings have implications for policy, practice, and research
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Source: Translational Behavioral Medicine - May 11, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Implementation and process evaluation of three interventions to promote screening mammograms delivered for 4 years in a large primary care population
AbstractThe optimal form of outreach to promote repeated, on time screening mammograms in primary care has not been established. The purpose of this study is to assess the implementation process and process outcomes for three interventions for promoting biannual screening mammography in a randomized trial. In a large urban primary care practice over a 4-year period, we randomized women aged 40 –85 and eligible for mammograms to three interventions: reminder letter only (LO), reminder letter + reminder call (RC), and reminder letter + counseling call (CC). We tracked information system development, staff training, patient...
Source: Translational Behavioral Medicine - April 27, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
Peer Connect for African American breast cancer survivors and caregivers: a train-the-trainer approach for peer support
AbstractRacial disparities in breast cancer survivorship are a major concern nationally. How survivors cope with cancer and re-frame their lives is a critical part of survivorship. Community-academic research partnerships may facilitate access to much-needed psychosocial support for African American survivors and caregivers in rural areas, but drivers of successful intervention implementation are not well understood. The purpose of this study was to describe the training and evaluation of Community Coaches and Guides (i.e., peer supporters) using thePeer Connect program for African American breast cancer survivors and care...
Source: Translational Behavioral Medicine - April 19, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
Telehealth delivery of the diabetes prevention program to rural communities
AbstractThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, State and Local Health Departments, and other organizations in the USA are working to increase population access to the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) lifestyle intervention. Delivering the DPP through telehealth videoconference may increase access to this intervention, particularly in rural communities. The purpose of this study was to compare participation, monitoring of diet and physical activity, and weight loss in participants receiving the intervention on-site and those participating virtually through telehealth. Beginning in 2008, Holy Rosary Healthcare coll...
Source: Translational Behavioral Medicine - April 17, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
Implementation strategies to promote community-engaged efforts to counter tobacco marketing at the point of sale
AbstractThe US tobacco industry spends $8.2 billion annually on marketing at the point of sale (POS), a practice known to increase tobacco use. Evidence-based policy interventions (EBPIs) are available to reduce exposure to POS marketing, and nationwide, states are funding community-based tobacco control partnerships to promote local enactment of these EBPIs. Little is known, however, about what implementation strategies best support community partnerships ’ success enacting EBPI. Guided by Kingdon’s theory of policy change, Counter Tools provides tools, training, and other implementation strategies to support communit...
Source: Translational Behavioral Medicine - April 12, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
The dynamics of de-adoption: a case study of policy change, de-adoption, and replacement of an evidence-based HIV intervention
AbstractEvidence-based intervention (EBI) de –adoption and its influence on public health organizations are largely unexplored within public health implementation research. However, a recent shift in support for HIV prevention EBIs by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides an opportunity to explore EBI de–adoption. The cur rent mixed-method study examines EBI de-adoption and the subsequent impact on a community-based organization (CBO) dedicated to HIV prevention. We conducted a case study with a CBO implementing RESPECT, an HIV prevention EBI, over 5 years (2010–2014), but then deadopted the inte...
Source: Translational Behavioral Medicine - April 10, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
Implementation of a tobacco-free workplace program at a local mental health authority
AbstractTobacco-free workplace policies that incorporate evidence-based practices can increase the reach and effectiveness of tobacco dependence treatment among underserved populations but may be underutilized due to limited knowledge about implementation processes. This paper describes the implementation of a comprehensive tobacco-free workplace program at a behavioral healthcare community center in Texas. The center participated in a tobacco-free workplace program implementation project that provided guidance and resources and allowed center autonomy in implementation. Six employee-based subcommittees guided implementati...
Source: Translational Behavioral Medicine - April 10, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
The science of stakeholder engagement in research: classification, implementation, and evaluation
AbstractIn this commentary, we discuss the science of stakeholder engagement in research. We propose a classification system with definitions to determine where projects lie on the stakeholder engagement continuum. We discuss the key elements of implementation and evaluation of stakeholder engagement in research posing key questions to consider when doing this work. We commend and critique the work of Hamilton et al. in their multilevel stakeholder engagement in a VA implementation trial of evidence-based quality improvement in women ’s health primary care. We also discuss the need for more work in this area to enhance t...
Source: Translational Behavioral Medicine - April 10, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
Factors related to lifestyle goal achievement in a diabetes prevention program dissemination study
AbstractThe U.S. Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) showed that lifestyle participants who achieved ≥7% weight loss and ≥150 min/week physical activity experienced the greatest reduction in type 2 diabetes incidence. Demographic, clinical, and program factors that are related to achieving both these lifestyle goals have seldom been explored in community-delivered DPP programs. The purpose of this investigation is to examine factors associated with concurrent achievement of weight loss and physical activity goals in a 12-month community DPP lifestyle intervention. Adults [n = 223; age = 58.4 (SD = 11.5); BMI = 3...
Source: Translational Behavioral Medicine - April 10, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
Building practitioner networks to support dissemination and implementation of evidence-based programs in community settings
AbstractInsufficient capacity to use evidence-based programs (EBPs) limits the impact of community-based organizations (CBOs) to improve population health and address health disparities. PLANET MassCONECT was a community-based participatory research (CBPR) project conducted in three Massachusetts communities. Researchers and practitioners co-created an intervention to build capacity among CBO staff members to systematically find, adapt, and evaluate EBPs. The project supported development of trainee social networks and this cross-sectional study examines the association between network engagement and EBP usage, an importan...
Source: Translational Behavioral Medicine - April 5, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
