183558 Pay It Forward: Dissemination of Evidence-Informed Interventions to Public Health Practitioners

Tuesday, October 28, 2008: 9:30 AM

Susanne Schmal, MPH , Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Janice Sommers, MPH , Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Ryan Loo, PhD , Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
Julie Will, PhD , Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
Diane Thompson, MPH, RD , Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
Alice Ammerman, DrPH, RD , Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
The Center of Excellence for Training and Research Translation (Center TRT) works in partnership with the WISEWOMAN and Obesity Prevention Programs to reduce risk and prevent chronic disease, specifically heart disease, stroke and obesity. The goal of the Center TRT's translation process is to identify, translate and disseminate both research-tested and practice-based interventions that meet review criteria for effectiveness and potential public health impact. The review and dissemination of practice-based interventions, which are those interventions developed and evaluated in the field, is a relatively unexplored area in translation work and may help to build upon “the best evidence available.”

One component of the Center's translation work is to determine how to effectively disseminate interventions that have been reviewed and recommended for translation. The Center TRT, with input from our primary user groups and the CDC, developed a web-based dissemination “template.” The intervention template communicates the practice-relevant information including the core elements, resources required, evidence of effect and potential public health impact. The template also links practitioners to intervention materials that have been used in the field. The intervention templates are key, as they communicate not only what to implement, but how to implement the intervention, allowing practitioners to assess if an intervention is plausible and feasible for their community. Future plans for the templates include linking practitioners to training related to the intervention.

Funding for the Center TRT is provided by a cooperative agreement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Learning Objectives:
1. Discuss the importance of translation work in public health. 2. Distinguish research-tested from practice-based interventions. 3. Discuss how the Center TRT approaches translation work. 4. Identity ways to disseminate evidence-informed interventions.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I work at the Center TRT as part of this project.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.