Dissemination and Implementation Science for Public Health Professionals: An Overview and Call to Action

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• Personal Author:
  Brownson RC ; Estabrooks PA ; Pronk NP
• Description:
  Preventing Chronic Disease has a mission to enhance communication between researchers, public health professionals, and policy makers to integrate research and practice experience with a goal of improved population health. As a result, those involved in dissemination and implementation (DI) science - a growing field of study that examines the process by which scientific evidence is adopted, implemented, and sustained in typical community or clinical settings - have submitted and published their rigorous and relevant work in the journal with a high degree of success. Over the previous 2 years, the journal also added a new article type - Implementation Evaluation - to facilitate submission of articles that examine the implementation of evidence-based public health interventions in community and clinical settings. In an effort to continue the focus on DI, we wrote this commentary with the following objectives: 1) to provide a brief DI description, 2) to demonstrate the shared systems-based focus of DI science and public health practice, and 3) to highlight pathways to move public health-focused DI science forward. We reflect on our own learnings and by doing so hope to motivate more public health researchers and practitioners to engage in DI research. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Communication Community Health Services Occupational Health Public Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Communication Research Community Health Disease Prevention Information Dissemination Public Health Research Productivity Total Worker Health TWH
• ISSN:
  1545-1151
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; Minnesota ; Missouri ; Nebraska ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  15
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20054182
• Citation:
  Prev Chronic Dis 2018 Dec; 15:E162
• Contact Point Address:
  Paul A. Estabrooks, PhD, Department of Health Promotion, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 984365 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198
• Email:
  paul.estabrooks@unmc.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2019
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction ; Healthcare and Social Assistance
• Performing Organization:
  Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20070901
• Source Full Name:
  Preventing Chronic Disease
• End Date:
  20260831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4e100f59d05a09d81a39fad7424a69232d9d07cec8e3b34c22d279187d284cf441f435292a10216545cb5c05346693ddb263ba4d780a14b2ec5f1c9adc52858f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/216795/cdc_216795_DS1.pdf
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