Challenges and Lessons Learned From a Prevention Research Center Partnership

Cottrell, Lesley; Northrup, Karen; Wittberg, Richard

doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2016.08.016

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“…This confluence of factors positions LPHAs as a promising pathway to scalability for school-and community-based initiatives. Others have been successful in partnering with LPHAs to implement school-based initiatives (40), although concrete assessments of implementation characteristics in applying such an approach are scant in the literature.…”

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A Partnership Among Local Public Health Agencies, Elementary Schools, and a University to Address Childhood Obesity: A Scalable Model of the Assess, Identify, Make It Happen Process

2022

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BackgroundOne pathway to addressing childhood obesity is through implementing evidence-based practices (EBPs) shown to promote nutrition and physical activity in K-12 school settings. Assess, Identify, Make it happen (AIM) is a strategic planning process to engage stakeholders in implementing EBPs in their K-12 schools. Local Public Health Agencies (LPHAs) are a potential partner to facilitate this process to a broader audience of rural school communities.MethodsA process and outcome evaluation design was applied in this study to examine the extent to which LPHAs effectively implemented AIM with rural/frontier schools in comparison to university staff. Data collection included post-meeting surveys completed by facilitators, a post-intervention interview with facilitators, a survey of school task force members at the end of the AIM process, and systematic documentation of the intervention.ResultsReach—Among the 26 eligible elementary schools, 18 (69%) agreed to participate.Effect—In total, schools facilitated by LPHAs fully implemented an average of 4.0 changes per school, while schools facilitated by the university staff fully implemented an average of 3.7 changes.Adoption—Among the five LPHAs in the target region, all five agreed to partner on the initiative, but some agencies were unable to identify sufficient personnel to facilitate all schools in their catchment area.Implementation—(1) In total, 89 of 94 (95%) meetings scheduled by LPHA facilitators occurred. 47 of 48 (98%) meetings scheduled by the university staff occurred. (2) The university staff self-reported 93% of agenda items in the AIM process as “completely” followed while LPHA facilitators reported 41% of agenda items as “completely” followed. (3) Task force satisfaction with the AIM process and facilitator showed limited variance across LPHAs and university-facilitated schools.Maintenance—Of the 16 school districts that agreed to participate in the school-based version of AIM, 9 (56%) also participated in a district-wide version of AIM 2 years later.ConclusionAIM is an effective process for implementing EBPs in elementary schools when facilitated by LPHAs. Effective partnerships, a nuanced approach to fidelity, scalability considerations, and the role of technical assistance and training all contributed to the successful implementation of this LPHA-Elementary school partnership.

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A Partnership Among Local Public Health Agencies, Elementary Schools, and a University to Address Childhood Obesity: A Scalable Model of the Assess, Identify, Make It Happen Process

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“…The study leaders and executive committee identified 9 topical areas into which the activities were categorized: (1) support of frontline agencies, (2) food provision, (3) agriculture, (4) health care, (5) employment, (6) mental health, (7) education, (8) community health workers, and (9) support of community partners. The number of activities included in each topical area ranged from 2 (agriculture and mental health) to 8 (food provision).…”

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“…6 As a result, PRCs are positioned to quickly and effectively respond to urgent health needs, coordinating the provision of health and social services and collecting data to inform efforts in health promotion and disease prevention. [7][8][9][10] By understanding community priorities and assets before a crisis and leveraging community partnerships, PRCs can mobilize resources to understand the challenges and quickly collaborate with local communities to facilitate a response.…”

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“…biomedical research institutions, which have a reputation of long delays between research discovery and the translation of that research into practice 22. We posit that the speed of the network's response to the pandemic was made possible, in part, through long-standing relationships and trust between PRCs and their community partners,6 which include schools, local and state health departments, religious institutions, and social service organizations, among others 7,8,23. Equally important was the broad expertise of PRC researchers and staff members.…”

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Prevention Research Centers and COVID-19: Models of a Community-Engaged Response to a Public Health Emergency

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For more than 30 years, the network of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)–funded Prevention Research Centers (PRCs) has worked with local communities and partners to implement and evaluate public health interventions and policies for the prevention of disease and promotion of health. The COVID-19 pandemic tested the PRC network’s ability to rapidly respond to multiple, simultaneous public health crises. On April 28, 2020, to assess the network’s engagement with activities undertaken in response to the early phase of the pandemic, PRC network leadership distributed an online survey to the directors of 34 currently or formerly funded PRCs, asking them to report their PRCs’ engagement with predetermined activities across 9 topical areas and provide case studies exemplifying that engagement. We received responses from 24 PRCs, all of which reported engagement with at least 1 of the 9 topical areas (mean, 5). The topical areas with which the greatest number of PRCs reported engagement were support of frontline agencies (21 of 24, 88%) and support of activities related to health care (21 of 24, 88%). The mean number of activities with which PRCs reported engagement was 11. The PRCs provided more than 90 case studies exemplifying their work. The results of the survey indicated that the PRCs mobilized their personnel and resources to support the COVID-19 response in less than 6 weeks. We posit that the speed of this response was due, in part, to the broad and diverse expertise of PRC personnel and long-standing partnerships between PRCs and the communities in which they work.

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“…This con uence of factors positions LPHAs as a promising pathway to scalability for school-and community-based initiatives. Others have been successful in partnering with LPHAs to implement school-based initiatives (Cottrell et al, 2017), although concrete assessments of implementation characteristics in applying such an approach are scant in the literature.…”

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A Partnership Among Local Public Health Agencies, Elementary Schools, and a University to Address Childhood Obesity: A Scalable Model of the Assess, Identify, Make it Happen Process

Ingman

Loecke

Belansky

2021

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BACKGROUND: One pathway to addressing childhood obesity is through implementing evidence-based practices (EBPs) shown to promote nutrition and physical activity in K-12 school settings. AIM (Assess, Identify, Make it happen) is a strategic planning process to engage stakeholders in implementing EBPs in their K-12 schools. Local Public Health Agencies (LPHAs) are a potential partner to facilitate this process to a broader audience of rural school communities.METHODS: A process and outcome evaluation design was applied in this study to examine the extent to which LPHAs effectively implemented AIM with rural/frontier schools in comparison to university staff. Data collection included a post-meeting surveys completed by facilitators, a post-intervention interview with facilitators, a survey of school task force members at the end of the AIM process, and systematic documentation of the intervention.RESULTS:Reach. Among the 26 eligible elementary schools, 18 (69.2%) agreed to participate.Effect. In total, schools facilitated by LPHAs fully implemented an average of 4.0 changes per school, while schools facilitated by the university staff fully implemented an average of 3.7 changes.Adoption. Among the five LPHAs in the target region, all five agreed to partner on the initiative, but some agencies were unable to identify sufficient personnel to facilitate all schools in their catchment area.Implementation. · In total, 89 of 94 (94.68%) meetings scheduled by LPHA facilitators occurred. 47 of 48 (97.92%) meetings scheduled by the university staff occurred.· The university staff self-reported 93% of agenda items in the AIM process as “completely” followed while LPHA facilitators reported 41% of agenda items as “completely” followed.· Task force satisfaction with the AIM process and facilitator showed limited variance across LPHAs and university-facilitated schools.Maintenance. Of the 16 school districts that agreed to participate in the school-based version of AIM, 9 (56.25%) also participated in a district-wide version of AIM two years later.CONCLUSION: AIM is an effective process for implementing EBPs in elementary schools when facilitated by LPHAs. Effective partnerships, a nuanced approach to fidelity, scalability considerations, and the role of technical assistance and training all contributed to the successful implementation of this LPHA-Elementary school partnership.

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Challenges and Lessons Learned From a Prevention Research Center Partnership

Cited by 3 publications

References 10 publications

A Partnership Among Local Public Health Agencies, Elementary Schools, and a University to Address Childhood Obesity: A Scalable Model of the Assess, Identify, Make It Happen Process

A Partnership Among Local Public Health Agencies, Elementary Schools, and a University to Address Childhood Obesity: A Scalable Model of the Assess, Identify, Make It Happen Process

Prevention Research Centers and COVID-19: Models of a Community-Engaged Response to a Public Health Emergency

A Partnership Among Local Public Health Agencies, Elementary Schools, and a University to Address Childhood Obesity: A Scalable Model of the Assess, Identify, Make it Happen Process

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