Resources for Developing Interventions
Information in this module was developed, in part, using these resources:
Accelerating Evidence Reviews and
Broadening Evidence Standards to Identify Effective, Promising, and Emerging Policy and Environmental
Strategies for Prevention of Childhood Obesity
Document
Offers a framework, criteria, and process developed from existing expert classification systems to assess the
evidence of strategies to increase health eating and active living and prevent childhood obesity. Identifies
evidence gaps and methods to increase evidence making it available to inform policy and support effective
obesity prevention.
Author(s): Brennan, L., Castro, S., Brownson, D., et al.
Citation: Annual Review of Public Health; 32, 199-223
Date: 1/2011
Adapting Evidence-Based Programs to New Contexts: What
Needs to be Changed?
Document
Identifies six key areas for consideration when adapting school-based programs in rural areas.
Author(s): Smith, E. & Caldwell, L.
Citation: Journal of Rural Health, 23, Supplement, 37-41
Date: 1/2008
The
Cultural Adaptation of Prevention Interventions: Resolving Tensions Between Fidelity and Fit
Document
Examines key issues, concepts, and strategies related to program fidelity when using a community-based
participatory research approach for adapting a community intervention.
Author(s): Castro, G., Barrera, M., & Martinez, R.
Citation: Prevention Science, 5(1), 41-45
Date: 3/2004
Effectiveness and
Implementation of An Obesity Prevention Intervention: the HeLP-her Rural Cluster Randomised Controlled
Trial
Document
Describes an evaluation plan for assessing efficacy and implementation of the cluster randomized trial known as
the Healthy Lifestyle Program for women living in small rural communities, or HeLP-her Rural trial, which
adapted an evidence-based intervention for use in rural communities.
Author(s): Lombard, C., Harrison, C., Kozica, S., et al.
Citation: BMC Public Health, 14, 608
Date: 2014
Evaluating the Impact of Health Promotion
Programs: Using the RE-AIM Framework to Form Summary Measures for Decision Making Involving Complex
Issues
Document
Discusses metrics of Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation and Maintenance (RE-AIM) that uses multiple
indicators of internal and external dimensions to estimate overall intervention impact.
Author(s): Glasgow, E., Klesges, M., Dzewaltowski, A., et al.
Citation: Health Education Research; 21(5), 688-694
Date: 10/2006
Evidence-based
Clinical and Public Health: Generating and Applying the Evidence
Document
Presents critical issues, needs, and resources to identify, evaluate, and compile evidence to inform decision
making about obesity prevention and other public health issues. to inform decision making about obesity
prevention and other public health concerns.
Organization(s): Secretary's Advisory Committee on National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives
for 2020
Date: 7/2010
Evidence-based Public Health: A Fundamental Concept for
Public Health Practice
Document
Reviews the key components of evidence-based public health (EBPH), addressing the use of scientific evidence,
data and information systems, frameworks, the community, evaluation, and dissemination.
Author(s): Brownson, C., Fielding, F., & Maylahn, M.
Citation: Annual Review of Public Health, 30, 175-201
Date: 1/2009
Guidelines for
Selecting an Evidence-Based Program: Balancing Community Needs, Program Quality, and Organizational
Resources
Document
Provides tools for assessing the appropriateness of an evidence-based program for implementation in a community.
Discusses how selection requires balancing priorities based on program match, program quality and organizational
resources.
Author(s): Small, A., Cooney, M., Eastman, G., & O'Connor, C.
Organization(s): University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Wisconsin-Extension
Date: 3/2007
Obesity
Treatment through Behavioral Coaching
Website
Lists obesity treatment interventions that produce sizable, sustained effects on important life outcomes.
Organization(s): Social Programs That Work
The Community Guide: Obesity
Website
Summarizes and reviews interventions in the Community Guide and Community Preventive Services Task Force
findings.
Organization(s): Community Preventive Services Task Force
Program Fidelity and
Adaptation: Meeting Local Needs Without Compromising Program Effectiveness
Document
An overview of the types and effects of implementation changes that are frequently made to programs, and
suggests strategies for ensuring effectiveness and appeal of the program for local participants.
Author(s): O'Connor, C., Small, S., & Cooney, S.
Organization(s): University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Wisconsin-Extension
Date: 4/2007
Recommended Community Strategies
and Measurements to Prevent Obesity in the United States: Implementation and Measurement Guide
Manual
Lists strategies for improving nutrition and active living to reverse the obesity epidemic in the U.S.Author(s):
Keener, D., Goodman, K., & Lowry, A.
Organization(s): U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Date: 7/2009