Grant Writing Guidance

Grants using RE-AIM for planning

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Guidance and considerations – includes updates/ways to further strengthen the use of the RE-AIM framework

Title: A systems-based approach to address childhood obesity in the DRR within the context of the DRPHC

PIS: Paul Estabrooks and Jamie Zoellner

This proposal  used a mixed- method approach and integrated dimensions of using RE-AIM for community planning and stakeholder engagement, as well as for program evaluation.

Excellent example of how to use RE-AIM in a planning stage.

Grants using RE-AIM for evaluation

Title: Implementing a Home Safety Toolkit for Veterans with Dementia 

PI: Kathy Horvath

R01-equivalent (VA Merit)

This proposal used a Hybrid Type 3 design

 and the RE-AIM framework to assess the success of the implementation of a Home Safety Toolkit.  The grant was submitted to the VA Merit award mechanism.

Nice table example of how to operationalize RE-AIM domains for a grant proposal on page 19.

·         Measure adoption in terms of the % of organizations that adopted, in addition to exploring reasons for adoption.

·         Measure adoption at 2 levels:

o    % staff that adopted

o   % organizations

·         Measure representativeness/equity of adoption

·         Recommended additions to the ‘I’/Implementation domain of RE-AIM:

o   Add implementation costs

o   Add measures of how the program was adapted.  

o    Consider reporting adaptations according to a standard, published implementation science approach (e.g., FRAME, FRAME-IS or MADI). 

Title: Disseminating an Evidence-Based Tobacco Control intervention for School Teachers in India

PI: Glorian C Sorensen

R01

This grant used the RE-AIM framework to assess outcomes of the intervention implementation process, and also assessed the effectiveness of the program to improve tobacco policies.

·         Recommended additions to the ‘I’/Implementation domain of RE-AIM:

o   Add implementation costs

o   Consider new and evolving methods for the best practices to assess implementation costs, including assessing costs of both the intervention and the implementation strategy.

Title: Implementation of Evidence- based Cancer Early Detection in Black Churches

PI: Cheryl L. Holt

R01

This intervention was implemented in community faith-based settings, and it has a good example of application of the RE-AIM framework for evaluation.

Table 5 on page 9 is a nice example of how to operationalize RE-AIM domains.

·         Recommended additions:

o   Add representativeness/equity of adoption

o   Add representativeness/equity of reach

o   Add implementation costs

o   Add measures of fidelity

o   Add measures of how the program was adapted. 

o   Consider reporting adaptations according to a standard, published implementation science approach (e.g., FRAME, FRAME-IS or MADI).