TY - JOUR
T1 - Evaluating the impact of health promotion programs
T2 - Using the RE-AIM framework to form summary measures for decision making involving complex issues
AU - Glasgow, Russell E.
AU - Klesges, Lisa M.
AU - Dzewaltowski, David A.
AU - Estabrooks, Paul A.
AU - Vogt, Thomas M.
N1 - Funding Information:
Preparation of this manuscript was supported in part from a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
PY - 2006/10
Y1 - 2006/10
N2 - Current public health and medical evidence rely heavily on efficacy information to make decisions regarding intervention impact. This evidence base could be enhanced by research studies that evaluate and report multiple indicators of internal and external validity such as Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation and Maintenance (RE-AIM) as well as their combined impact. However, indices that summarize the combined impact of, and complex interactions among, intervention outcome dimensions are not currently available. We propose and discuss a series of composite metrics that combine two or more RE-AIM dimensions, and can be used to estimate overall intervention impact. Although speculative and, at this point, there have been limited empirical data on these metrics, they extend current methods and are offered to yield more integrated composite outcomes relevant to public health. Such approaches offer potential to help identify interventions most likely to meaningfully impact population health.
AB - Current public health and medical evidence rely heavily on efficacy information to make decisions regarding intervention impact. This evidence base could be enhanced by research studies that evaluate and report multiple indicators of internal and external validity such as Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation and Maintenance (RE-AIM) as well as their combined impact. However, indices that summarize the combined impact of, and complex interactions among, intervention outcome dimensions are not currently available. We propose and discuss a series of composite metrics that combine two or more RE-AIM dimensions, and can be used to estimate overall intervention impact. Although speculative and, at this point, there have been limited empirical data on these metrics, they extend current methods and are offered to yield more integrated composite outcomes relevant to public health. Such approaches offer potential to help identify interventions most likely to meaningfully impact population health.
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U2 - 10.1093/her/cyl081
DO - 10.1093/her/cyl081
M3 - Review article
C2 - 16945984
AN - SCOPUS:33748997664
SN - 0268-1153
VL - 21
SP - 688
EP - 694
JO - Health Education Research
JF - Health Education Research
IS - 5
ER -