Dissemination and Implementation Science Methods and Measures for Physical Activity Interventions in Community Settings
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Health Behavior, Chronic Disease and Health Promotion".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 January 2023) | Viewed by 28983
Special Issue Editors
Interests: physical activity; RE-AIM framework; group dynamics; research–practice partnership; mixed-methods; premortem methodology; dissemination; translation; science communication; older adult physical activity promotion; OBY/GYN cancer and health
Interests: community-engaged research; physical activity; energy balance; health disparities; rural cancer control; implementation science; mixed-methods research
Interests: clinical exercise physiology; social ecological determinants of physical activity adoption and maintenance; translation of exercise and physical activity intervention into clinic- and community-based settings
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Dissemination and implementation science (DIS) is a growing field that aims to understand the processes and outcomes of selecting, adapting, delivering, evaluating, and sustaining evidence-based interventions. Much of DIS has been applied in clinical settings, and more recently, attention has been given to community-specific barriers, facilitators, processes, and outcomes. This Special Issue of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health invites papers that report answers to significant DIS-related research questions through the application of robust methods and measures.
Example papers may be related to:
- Novel methods and measures to understand community member and community organizational-level processes in the adoption and integration of physical activity interventions (e.g., community–academic partnerships or community coalition roles);
- Adaptation of clinical DIS methods and measures in community settings;
- Mixed-methods approaches to DIS research questions in community settings;
- How DIS methods and measures capture health equity issues and solutions for physical activity interventions in community settings;
- Multilevel community-based physical activity interventions for chronic disease prevention, management, and survivorship;
- Implementation strategies that increase the adoption and implementation of physical activity policies or built environment interventions.
Dr. Samantha M. Harden
Dr. Scherezade K. Mama
Dr. Heather Leach
Dr. Laura E. Balis
Guest Editors
Keywords
- knowledge translation
- implementation
- de-implementation
- exercise
- sedentary behavior
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