Practitioner perspectives on building capacity for evidence-based public health in state health departments in the United States: a qualitative case study.

ABSTRACT: Public health agencies are responsible for implementing effective, evidence-based public health programs and policies to reduce the burden of chronic diseases. Evidence-based public health can be facilitated by modifiable administrative evidence-based practices (A-EBPs) (e.g., workforce development, organizational climate), yet little is known about how practitioners view A-EBPs. Thus, the purpose of this qualitative study was to understand state health department practitioners' perceptions about how A-EBPs are implemented and what facilitators and barriers exist to using A-EBPs. Chronic disease prevention and health promotion program staff who were members of the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors were recruited to participate in telephone interviews using a snowball sampli

SUBMITTER: Mazzucca S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7427867 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature