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Mary Gallant, PhD, MPH, Department of Health Policy, Management, & Behavior, University at Albany School of Public Health, One University Place 185, Rensselaer, NY 12144-3456, (518)402-0292, mgallant@albany.edu

“Women Take Pride” is an evidence-based self-management intervention for older women with heart disease that has been shown to have positive effects on physical functioning, ambulation, symptom experiences and body weight among women recruited from clinical settings. It is being implemented in community settings by an interdisciplinary partnership consisting of a senior service agency, a health care organization, an area agency on aging, a health insurance company, and an academic institution. To effectively translate the program to community settings, it was necessary to modify and adapt the focus of the intervention to appeal to a broader target population, while maintaining fidelity to the intervention curriculum. Preliminary 4-month outcome data suggest that outcomes in this demonstration compare favorably with outcomes from the original research trial for physical functioning, body weight and symptom experience. This presentation will share detailed outcome findings to date. The presentation will also focus on the roles of each partner in implementing this program in community settings, the strategies used to maintain and assess fidelity, and the successes, challenges and lessons learned in the translation process.

Learning Objectives:

• 1. Participants will describe how partnerships from social service, medical and university settings can work together to translate evidence-based health promotion models (found to be efficacious in randomized clinical trials) into community settings.
• 2. Participants will be able to define treatment fidelity and articulate the importance of ensuring fidelity to both the tested intervention and research in the translation of evidence-based health promotion models into community settings.
• 3. Participants will develop strategies for maintaining and measuring fidelity to both the tested intervention and research in the translation evidence-based health promotion programs for dissemination in community settings.

Keywords: Health Promotion,

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

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