A Contextual Factors Framework to Inform Implementation and Evaluation of Public Health Initiatives

Autor/inn/en	Vanderkruik, Rachel; McPherson, Marianne E.
Titel	A Contextual Factors Framework to Inform Implementation and Evaluation of Public Health Initiatives
Quelle	In: American Journal of Evaluation, 38 (2017) 3, S.348-359 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1098-2140
DOI	10.1177/1098214016670029
Schlagwörter	Public Health; Sustainability; Program Implementation; Context Effect; Program Design; Program Evaluation; Evaluators; Community Programs; Evaluation Methods; Child Health; Nonprofit Organizations; Diseases; Screening Tests; Nutrition; Infants; Hospitals; Infant Mortality; Innovation; Cooperation; Quality Assurance + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gesundheitswesen; Nachhaltigkeit; Programme design; Programmaufbau; Programmplanung; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Nonprofit-Organisation; Disease; Krankheit; Screening-Verfahren; Ernährung; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Krankengymnast; Krankenhaus; Kindersterblichkeit; Co-operation; Kooperation; Qualitätssicherung
Abstract	Evaluating initiatives implemented across multiple settings can elucidate how various contextual factors may influence both implementation and outcomes. Understanding context is especially critical when the same program has varying levels of success across settings. We present a framework for evaluating contextual factors affecting an initiative at multiple phases of its life cycle, including design, implementation, scale-up, spread, and sustainability. After providing a brief overview of related frameworks from the fields of improvement science and implementation science and of the methods by which we drew from this literature to develop the current framework, we present how this framework was customized and applied to three national public health initiatives. We close with implications for how evaluators can apply the framework to facilitate a deeper understanding of a program's implementation and success, collaborate with project stakeholders, and facilitate sustainability, spread, and scale-up of public health initiatives. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01