Implementation Projects
Implementation projects are used to apply an intervention in a community at large and measure the public health impact. The emphasis is on the external
validity of the intervention, or whether or not the intervention
can be used and is effective when implemented by others. This phase also
involves quality control measures and determines if the intervention is being
implemented as designed.
- Evaluating a Decision Aid for Breast Cancer Prevention
National Cancer
Institute (NCI)
There have been
significant advances in options for breast cancer prevention methods, but these
methods remain underused, resulting in avoidable morbidity and mortality. This
study uses a decision aid, a tool that helps patients with their medical
choices, in the primary care setting to facilitate the use of patient-centered
and evidence-based breast cancer prevention.
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Disseminating
Evidence-Based Interventions to Control Cancer
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Evidence-based programs and policies can result in population-level reductions
in premature cancer morbidity and mortality. Among real world public health
audiences, there is limited knowledge regarding effective approaches for
dissemination of research-tested interventions. The goal of this project is to
increase the dissemination of evidence-based programs and policies to control
cancer.
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Knowledge Integration in Quitlines: Networks that
Improve Smoking Cessation
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of premature death. While every
state and province in the U.S. and Canada have quitlines to help smokers quit,
there is little known about the efficiency of the quitlines. This study is
designed to analyze the efficiency of a network of telephone quitlines. The
results could lead to implementation of new practices, potentially preventing
more tobacco-related deaths.
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The Community Youth Development Study
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), the National Cancer Institute (NCI),
and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Communities that Care is a coalition-based prevention program run by the U.S.
Government that targets youth problem behaviors. This study is designed to
examine if communites that employ the Communities That Care prevention planning
system are effective in reducing rates of adolescent drug use, delinquency,
violence, and risky sexual behavior.
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Prevention of Dental Disease in Early Head Start
Children
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
Low-income children face a number of barriers that prevent them from getting
needed dental care and are a high risk for dental disease. This study tests
several ways in which increased access to preventive dental services can prevent
dental disease in this population.
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Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
National Eye Institute (NEI)
The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that a lifestyle intervention
program aimed at weight loss, along with certain medications, can prevent the
onset of diabetes over a 10-year period. This study will also examine the impact
of diabetes prevention on long-term complications affecting the nervous system
and certain organs of the body.