Building capacity for evidence-based public health: reconciling the pulls of practice and the push of research

RC Brownson, JE Fielding… - Annual review of public …, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Timely implementation of principles of evidence-based public health (EBPH) is critical for
bridging the gap between discovery of new knowledge and its application. Public health …

Strategies to implement evidence-informed decision making at the organizational level: a rapid systematic review

EC Clark, T Burnett, R Blair, RL Traynor… - BMC Health Services …, 2024 - Springer
Background Achievement of evidence-informed decision making (EIDM) requires the
integration of evidence into all practice decisions by identifying and synthesizing evidence …

Lessons learned in promoting evidence-based public health: perspectives from managers in state public health departments

P Allen, RR Jacob, M Lakshman, LA Best… - Journal of community …, 2018 - Springer
Evidence-based public health (EBPH) practice, also called evidence-informed public health,
can improve population health and reduce disease burden in populations. Organizational …

Dissemination and Implementation Research in Community and Public Health Settings

S Mazzucca-Ragan, EM Wiedenman… - … Research in Health …, 2023 - books.google.com
Community and public health settings are uniquely structured and well poised to support the
implementation of evidence-based programs and policies (EBPPs) to support population …

Preparing public health professionals to make evidence-based decisions: a comparison of training delivery methods in the United States

RR Jacob, K Duggan, P Allen, PC Erwin… - Frontiers in public …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Background: Evidence-based decision making (EBDM) in health programs and policies can
reduce population disease burden. Training in EBDM for the public health workforce is …

Assessing organizational supports for evidence-based decision making in local public health departments in the United States: development and psychometric …

S Mazzucca, RG Parks, RG Tabak, P Allen… - Journal of Public …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Objective: The purpose of this study was to identify organizational supports for EBDM within
LHDs and determine psychometric properties of a measure of organizational supports for …

Designing capacity-building supports to promote evidence-based programs in community-based organizations working with underserved populations

S Ramanadhan, D Aronstein… - Progress in community …, 2020 - muse.jhu.edu
Background: It is critical to build capacity to use evidence-based health promotion programs
in community-based organizations (CBOs), particularly those working with underserved …

Organizational supports for research evidence use in state public health agencies: a latent class analysis

H Hu, P Allen, Y Yan, RS Reis, RR Jacob… - Journal of Public …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Objective: Use of research evidence in public health decision making can be affected by
organizational supports. Study objectives are to identify patterns of organizational supports …

Enhancing evidence-based diabetes and chronic disease control among local health departments: a multi-phase dissemination study with a stepped-wedge cluster …

RG Parks, RG Tabak, P Allen, EA Baker… - Implementation …, 2017 - Springer
Background The rates of diabetes and prediabetes in the USA are growing, significantly
impacting the quality and length of life of those diagnosed and financially burdening society …

Local health department accreditation is associated with organizational supports for evidence-based decision making

P Allen, S Mazzucca, RG Parks, M Robinson… - Frontiers in public …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Introduction: Recent studies show that health department accreditation from the US Public
Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) drives performance management and quality …