Health Promotion Strategies - Role of evidence

Additional recommended readings/resources re. the role of evidence and evaluation in health promotion practice

Re. The Role of Evidence in Health Promotion Practice

1. Cameron, R., Jolin, M. A., Walker, R., McDermott, N., & Gough, M. (2001). Linking science and practice: Toward a system for enabling communities to adopt best practices for chronic disease prevention. Health Promotion Practice, 2(1), 35-42.

2. Glasgow, R. E., Klesges, L. M., Dzewaltowski, D. A., Bull, S. S., & Estabrooks, P. (2004). The Future of Health Behavior Change Research: What Is Needed to Improve Translation of Research Into Health Promotion Practice? Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 27(1), 3-12.

3. [E] Hallfors, D., & Godette, D. (2002). Will the `Principles of Effectiveness' improve prevention practice? Early findings from a diffusion study. Health Educ. Res., 17(4), 461-470.

1. [E] Ioannidis, J. P. A. (2005). Contradicted and initially stronger effects in highly cited clinical research. JAMA, 294(2), 218-228. http://proquest.umi.com.myaccess.library.utoronto.ca/pqdlink?index=19&did=867908411&SrchMode=3&sid=2&Fmt=6&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1137425183&clientId=12520&aid=2

4. [E] Kiefer, L., Frank, J., Ruggiero, E. D., Dobbins, M., Manuel, D., Gully, P. R., et al. (2005). Fostering Evidence-based Decision-making in Canada: Examining the Need for a Canadian Population and Public Health Evidence Centre and Research Network. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 96(3 (insert)), I-1 to I-19. http://proquest.umi.com.myaccess.library.utoronto.ca/pqdlink?index=12&sid=1&srchmode=3&vinst=PROD&fmt=6&startpage=-1&clientid=12520&vname=PQD&RQT=309&did=844414391&scaling=FULL&ts=1137424021&vtype=PQD&aid=1&rqt=309&TS=1137424785&clientId=12520Macdonald, G., & Davies, J. K. (1998). Reflection and vision: Proving and improving the promotion of health. In J. K. Davies & G. Macdonald (Eds.), Quality, evidence and effectiveness in health promotion . New York: Routledge.

5. [E] Lavis, J. N., Posada, F. B., Haines, A., & Osei, E. (2004). Use of research to inform public policymaking. The Lancet, 364(9445), 1615. http://resolver.scholarsportal.info.myaccess.library.utoronto.ca/resolve/01406736/v364i9445/1615_uortipp&form=pdf&file=file.pdf

6. Nutbeam, D. (1996). Achieving "best practice" in health promotion: Improving the fit between research and practice. Health Education Research, 11(3), 317-326. (Not available in electronic format)

7. [E] Nutbeam, D. (1999). The challenge to provide "evidence" in health promotion. Health Promotion International, 14(2), 99-101.

8. [E] Rada, J., Ratima, M., & Howden-Chapman, P. (1999). Evidence-based purchasing of health promotion: Methodology for reviewing evidence. Health Promotion International, 14(2), 177-187. http://heapro.oxfordjournals.org.myaccess.library.utoronto.ca/cgi/reprint/14/2/177

9. [E] Raphael, D. (2000). The question of evidence in health promotion. Health Promotion International, 15(4), 355-367.

10. [E] Speller, V., Learmouth, A., & Harrison, D. (1997). The search for evidence of effective health promotion. British Medical Journal, 315, 361-363.

11. [E] Thayer, C. E., & Fine, A. H. (2001). Evaluation and outcome measurement in the non-profit sector: stakeholder participation. Evaluation and Program Planning, 24(1), 103-108.

Re. Evaluation In Health Promotion Practice

1. [E]Glasgow, R. E., Vogt, T. M., & Boles, S. M. (1999). Evaluating the public health impact of health promotion interventions: The RE-AIM Framework. American Journal of Public Health, 89(9), 1322-1327.

2. [E] Goodstadt, M., Hyndman, B., McQueen, D. V., Potvin, L., Rootman, I., & Springett, J. (2001). Evaluation in health promotion: Synthesis and recommendations. In I. Rootman, M. Goodstadt, B. Hyndman, D. McQueen, L. Potvin, J. Springett & E. Ziglio (Eds.), Evaluation in health promotion: Principles and perspectives. Copenhagen: World Health Organization. http://www.who.dk/document/e73455I.pdf

3. [E] Lipsey, M. W., & Cordray, D. S. (2000). Evaluation methods for social intervention. Annual Review of Psychology, 51, 345-375.

4. [E] Macaskill, L., Dwyer, J. J. M., Uetrecht, C., Dombrow, C., Crompton, R., Wilck, B., & Stone, J. (2000). An evaluability assessment to develop a restaurant health promotion program in Canada. Health Promotion International, 15(1), 57-69.

5. [E] McDonald, D. (1999). Developing guidelines to enhance the evaluation of overseas development projects. Evaluation and Program Planning, 22(2), 163-174.

6. [E] McLaughlin, J. A., & Jordan, G. B. (1999). Logic models: A tool for telling your program's performance story. Evaluation and Program Planning, 22(1), 65-72.

7. [E] Smith, M. K. (1998). Empowerment evaluation: Theoretical and methodological considerations. Evaluation and Program Planning, 21(3), 255-261.

8. [E] Wandersman, A., Imm, P., Chinman, M., & Kaftarian, S. (2000). Getting to outcomes: A results-based approach to accountability. Evaluation and Program Planning, 23(3), 389-395.

9. Webb, D., & Wright, D. (2000). Postmodernism and health promotion: Implications for the debate on effectiveness. In J. Watson & S. Platt (Eds.), Researching health promotion . London: Routledge.

10. World Health Organization European Working Group on Health Promotion Evaluation. (1998). Health promotion evaluation: Recommendations to policymakers. Copenhagen: World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe.