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Developing a Tool to Assess Administrative Evidence-Based Practices in Local Health Departments

2014; American Public Health Association; Volume: 104; Issue: 12 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2105/ajph.2014.10412e43.2

1541-0048

Rodrigo Siqueira Reis, Kathleen Duggan, Peg Allen, Katherine A. Stamatakis, Paul C. Erwin, Ross C. Brownson,

Primary Care and Health Outcomes

Originally published as: Reis RS, Duggan K, Allen P, Stamatakis KA, Erwin PC, and Brownson RC. Developing a tool to assess administrative evidence-based practices in local health departments. Frontiers in Public Health Services and Systems Research. 2014;3(3):1–5. PDF available at: http://uknowledge.uky.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1044&context=frontiersinphssr. Rodrigo S. Reis, Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Parana Kathleen Duggan, Prevention Research Center in St. Louis, Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis Peg Allen, Prevention Research Center in St. Louis, Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis Katherine A. Stamatakis, Prevention Research Center in St. Louis, Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis Paul C. Erwin, Department of Public Health, University of Tennessee Ross C. Brownson, Prevention Research Center in St. Louis, Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis There is need for assessing the practices undertaken by local health departments to improve the implementation of evidence-based actions. This paper describes the development and testing of a survey instrument for assessing Administrative Evidence-Based Practices (A-EBPs) in Local Health Departments. A-EBPs identified through a review of the literature were used to develop a survey composed of 9 sections and tested in a sample of local health department practitioners. The resulting tool showed adequate test-retest reliability and internal consistency. Practitioners and researchers may apply this tool in practice-based and evaluation research.