TY - JOUR
T1 - Worksite health promotion in six varied US Sites
T2 - Beta testing as a needed translational step
AU - Elliot, Diane L.
AU - Kuehl, Kerry S.
AU - Goldberg, Linn
AU - Defrancesco, Carol A.
AU - Moe, Esther L.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Background. Dissemination of health promotion interventions generally has followed an efficacy, effectiveness to full scale paradigm, and most programs have failed to traverse that sequence. Objective. Report national dissemination of a health promotion program and juxtapose sequential case study observations with the current technology transfer literature. Design. Multiple department-level case studies using contact logs, transcribed interactions, augmented with field notes and validated by respondent review; at least two investigators independently generated site summaries, which were compared to formulate a final report. Results. Adoption was facilitated with national partners and designing branded materials. Critical site influences included departmental features, local champions, and liaison relationships. Achieving distal reach and fidelity required sequential process and program revisions based on new findings at each site. Conclusions. Beta testing to redesign program elements and modify process steps appears to be a needed and often ignored translational step between efficacy and more widespread dissemination.
AB - Background. Dissemination of health promotion interventions generally has followed an efficacy, effectiveness to full scale paradigm, and most programs have failed to traverse that sequence. Objective. Report national dissemination of a health promotion program and juxtapose sequential case study observations with the current technology transfer literature. Design. Multiple department-level case studies using contact logs, transcribed interactions, augmented with field notes and validated by respondent review; at least two investigators independently generated site summaries, which were compared to formulate a final report. Results. Adoption was facilitated with national partners and designing branded materials. Critical site influences included departmental features, local champions, and liaison relationships. Achieving distal reach and fidelity required sequential process and program revisions based on new findings at each site. Conclusions. Beta testing to redesign program elements and modify process steps appears to be a needed and often ignored translational step between efficacy and more widespread dissemination.
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U2 - 10.1155/2011/797646
DO - 10.1155/2011/797646
M3 - Article
C2 - 21647356
AN - SCOPUS:79959258344
SN - 1687-9805
VL - 2011
JO - Journal of Environmental and Public Health
JF - Journal of Environmental and Public Health
M1 - 797646
ER -