Links

Collaborators
Data Sources
Behavior Change Programs and Evidence-Based Review Sites
Reporting Guidelines

Collaborators

Active for Life
Active for Life has been established to learn how to deliver research-based physical activity programs to large numbers of mid-life and older adults, and to sustain such programs through existing community institutions.

The Cancer Communication Research Center
The primary goal of the Cancer Communication Research Center [CCRC] is to identify and describe optimal communication structures and processes in organizations that facilitate patient-centered communication in cancer care. Our Center brings together researchers from six of the 14 integrated delivery systems in the Cancer Research Network. Our Shared Resource Cores will solicit the cooperation of operations leaders and practitioners from all 14 CRN institutions. While new in its configuration, our collaboration builds on several existing research relationships.

The Center for Health Dissemination and Implementation Research
The vision for the Center for Health Dissemination and Implementation Research (CHDIR) is to advance the field of dissemination and implementation research and to offer concrete assistance to narrow the gap between health research, practice and policy, especially as they apply to reducing health disparities. We do this by partnering with organizations and on projects targeting disparities in health and health care among racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, health literacy, and geopolitical populations and offering tools and technical assistance at the planning, implementation, evaluation, and reporting stages for interventions.

Center of Excellence for Training and Research Translation
The Center of Excellence for Training and Research Translation at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, uses the RE-AIM framework in the review of intervention programs and policies and in their training programs. The Center TRT will offer a new web-based training module, RE-AIM Online, early spring 2010.

Center for Translational Obesity Research
To enhance quality of life all Virginians through the discovery and dissemination of sustainable system sensitive approaches to promote physical activity, nutrition, and healthful weight management.

Institute for Health Research - Kaiser Permanente Colorado
Our Vision is to improve the health of our members, community, and nation through healthcare and policy research.
Our Mission is to conduct research that can be translated into clinical practice, health promotion, and policies to influence the health of individuals and populations.

We partner with members, clinicians, fellow researchers, and local and national organizations.
Our work aims to improve quality of life and reduce health disparities through patient, community, and policy-centered research.
We study innovative technologies to enhance the impact and sustainability of evidence-based healthcare.
We provide value to our members by participating in nationally-funded clinical, behavioral change, and community trials, thus providing members access to new and innovative therapies.
We conduct research to address the Institute of Medicine's goals for a reformed health care system that is safe, effective, timely, efficient, equitable, affordable, and patient-centered.

LiveWell Colorado
LiveWell Colorado is a statewide initiative aimed at reducing overweight and obesity rates and related chronic diseases in Colorado. A partnership among foundations, health care organizations, non-profit organizations and state and local public health agencies, LiveWell Colorado works with communities to promote healthy eating and active living through policies, programs and environmental changes. They have used RE-AIM extensively in both planning and evaluation.

National Council on Aging
The NCOA recommends using RE-AIM to evaluate the evidence-based programs that it sponsors and has used the RE-AIM website as a resource for their grantees.

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Behavior Change Programs and Evidence-Based Review Sites

Cancer Control PLANET
The Cancer Control PLANET portal provides access to data and resources that can help planners, program staff, and researchers to design, implement and evaluate evidence-based cancer control programs. The PLANET portal provides access to Web-based resources that can assist in these ways:

Assessing the cancer and/or risk factor burden within a given state.
Identifying potential partner organizations that may already be
working with high-risk populations.
Understanding the current research findings and recommendations.
Accessing and downloading evidence-based programs and products.
Finding guidelines for planning and evaluation.

Center of Excellence for Training and Research Translation
The mission of the Center of Excellence for Training and Research Translation (Center-TRT) is to enhance the public health impact of the CDC Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity Prevention Program through training and intervention translation initiatives. The Center TRT at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill reviews research-tested and practice-based interventions across the five dimensions of RE-AIM. The Center TRT will offer a new web-based training module, RE-AIM Online, early spring 2010.

Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP)
The Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) is the sole Federal organization with responsibility for improving accessibility and quality of substance abuse prevention services. The Center provides national leadership in the development of policies, programs, and services to prevent the onset of illegal drug use, underage alcohol and tobacco use, and to reduce the negative consequences of using substances.
CSAP promotes a comprehensive prevention system approach that includes community involvement and partnership among all sectors of society. This approach promotes and enhances SAMHSA activities to achieve the following goals:

Assure services availability
Meet unmet and emerging needs
Bridge the gap between knowledge and practice

The Cochrane Behavioral Medicine Field website
The goal of Cochrane Behavioral Medicine Field is to increase and improve the evidence-base of behavioral medicine interventions through the facilitation of collaborations between behavioral medicine society affiliates and Cochrane Review Group affiliates.

Healthy Aging for Older Adults
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website on healthy aging and prevention of illness, disability, and death associated with chronic disease among older adults. They have sponsored programs and developed planning guides for organizations utilizing RE-AIM.

Translational Obesity Research Program
The Virginia Tech Translational Obesity Research Program includes research, education, and outreach opportunities related to helping people be more active, eat healthfully, and maintain a healthy body weight.

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Data Sources (especially for estimating Reach and Adoption)

CDC Wonder
CDC WONDER, developed by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is an integrated information and communication system for public health. Its purposes are

To promote information-driven decision making by placing timely, useful facts in the hands of public health practitioners and researchers, and
To provide the general public with access to specific and detailed information from CDC.

For the anonymous user (general public), access is provided to more than thirty numerical databases and document collections. CDC WONDER has both numerical and textual databases. Some of these databases contain read-only information on morbidity, mortality, hospitalizations, surveillance of notifiable diseases, and CDC reports and guidelines. In addition, other WONDER databases contain reference materials, census data, and bibliographies on health-related topics. Users access " screens to request specific information; each database has its own criteria. For most of the current numerical data, summary information only is available, sorted by two to four indexes, which sorts data by criteria the user specifies, along with a user-chosen hierarchy (e.g., summarize by age categories within year).

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The above link provides an interactive way to find physical activity health statistics by state.

Community Health Status Indicators Project
The CHSI provide a profile of each county's overall health status using a broad spectrum of health indicators. Counties can compare their health indicators to Healthy People 2010 targets, 1997 U.S. rates, and peer counties (counties which share characteristics of population size, density, age distribution, and poverty). Mortality data age-adjusted to the new year 2000 standard also are provided. The Reports serve as a baseline for the next decade, supply data-based priorities, estimate needy populations, and provide an overview of public health. For health officials currently working in jurisdictions lacking the infrastructure to collect data, the CHSI Reports can serve as a tool for targeting resources and setting priorities.

Federal Statistics
FedStats is the new window on the full range of official statistical information available to the public from the Federal Government. Use the Internet's powerful linking and searching capabilities to track economic and population trends, health care costs, aviation safety, foreign trade, energy use, farm production, and more. Access official statistics collected and published by more than 70 Federal agencies without having to know in advance which agency produces them.

National Association for Public Health Statistics & Information Systems
The National Association for Public Health Statistics and Information Systems (NAPHSIS) was created in 1933 as an association of public health professionals in the United States concerned about vital records and health statistics. The founders of the association felt that a forum was needed for discussing vital records registration issues as well as statistical issues among responsible individuals in state health agencies.

National Center for Health Statistics
The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) is a part of the Centers for Disease Control and prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NCHS is the Federal Government's principal vital and health statistics agency. NCHS data systems include data on vital events as well as information on health status, lifestyle and exposure to unhealthy influences, the onset and diagnosis of illness and disability, and the use of health care. These data are used by policymakers in Congress and the Administration, by medical researchers, and by others in the health community.

National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) is a survey conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This survey has been designed to collect information about the health and diet of people in the United States. NHANES is unique in that it combines a home interview with health tests that are done in a Mobile Examination Center.

MEDLINE plus Health Statistics

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Bureau of Labor Statistics: Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities
(Bureau of Labor Statistics)

Community Health Status Indicators Project
(Dept. of Health and Human Services)

Health Care Indicators: Hospital, Employment, and Price Indicators for the Health Care Industry
(Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)

Life Expectancy Hits New High in 2000
(National Center for Health Statistics)

Life Expectancy and Infant Mortality
(United Nations)

Provisional Tables On Births, Marriages, Divorces, and Deaths for 1998-2000
(National Center for Health Statistics)

Statistics Show Suburban Residents Fare Better In Many Key Health Indicators
(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Trends in Indian Health, 1998-1999
(Indian Health Service)

Welcome to WISQARS (Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System)
(National Center for Injury Prevention and Control)

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Reporting Guidelines

CONSORT
The CONSORT statement is an important research tool that takes an evidence-based approach to improve the quality of reports of randomized trials.

Society of Behavioral Medicine
The mission of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Inc. (the "Society") is to foster the development and application of knowledge concerning the interrelationships of health, illness, and behavior.

Evidence-Based Behavioral Medicine (EBBM) Committee of the Society of Behavioral Medicine
The purpose of the EBBM Committee is to establish an ongoing process to review developments in evidence-based behavioral medicine interventions and then to disseminate these findings to our scientific,
clinical, educator, and student communities.

Transparent Reporting of Evaluations with Nonrandomized Designs (TREND)
Evidence-based public health decisions are based on evaluations of intervention studies with randomized and nonrandomized designs. Transparent reporting is crucial for assessing the validity and efficacy of these intervention studies, and, it facilitates synthesis of the findings for evidence-based recommendations. Therefore, the mission of the Transparent Reporting of Evaluations with Nonrandomized Designs (TREND) group is to improve the reporting standards of nonrandomized evaluations of behavioral and public health interventions.