Systems approaches to scaling up: a systematic review and narrative synthesis of evidence for physical activity and other behavioural non-communicable disease risk …

H Koorts, J Ma, CTV Swain, H Rutter, J Salmon… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Background Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading causes of death
worldwide. Systems approaches have potential for creating sustainable outcomes at scale …

Cardiovascular health promotion: a systematic review involving effectiveness of faith-based institutions in facilitating maintenance of normal blood pressure

A Sanusi, H Elsey, S Golder, O Sanusi… - PLOS Global Public …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Globally, faith institutions have a range of beneficial social utility, but a lack of understanding
remains regarding their role in cardiovascular health promotion, particularly for …

Using implementation strategies in community settings: an introduction to the Expert Recommendations for Implementing Change (ERIC) compilation and future …

LE Balis, B Houghtaling… - Translational Behavioral …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
In this commentary, we introduce public health practitioners and researchers to
implementation science through an established compilation of implementation strategies …

Dissemination science in school mental health: A framework for future research

EA Baker, SK Brewer, JS Owens, CR Cook… - School Mental …, 2021 - Springer
There has been an increase in school mental health research aimed at producing
generalizable knowledge to address longstanding science-to-practice gaps to increase …

[HTML][HTML] Religion-and spirituality-based effects on health-related components with special reference to physical activity: a systematic review

J Kruk, BH Aboul-Enein - Religions, 2024 - mdpi.com
The positive effects of religion and/or spirituality through faith-based interventions on health
and promoting health programs have been well documented over the last two decades …

Rural physical activity interventions in the United States: a systematic review and RE-AIM evaluation

N Bhuiyan, P Singh, SM Harden, SK Mama - International Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Background Previous reviews of rural physical activity interventions were focused on
intervention effectiveness and had reported overall mixed findings. The purpose of this …

A systematic review of the use and reporting of evaluation frameworks within evaluations of physical activity interventions

JF Fynn, W Hardeman, K Milton, J Murphy… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Background Evaluation of physical activity interventions is vital to inform, and justify,
evidence-based policy and practice to support population-wide changes in physical activity …

Identifying barriers, facilitators, and implementation strategies for a faith-based physical activity program

J Haughton, ML Takemoto, J Schneider… - Implementation Science …, 2020 - Springer
Background Community engagement is critical to the acceleration of evidence-based
interventions into community settings. Harnessing the knowledge and opinions of …

A systematic review of the effectiveness of brief health behaviour change interventions on service users accessing the third and social economy sector

B Nichol, AM Rodrigues, R Wilson… - Health & Social Care …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
There are well‐established relationships between socioeconomic status (SES) and all
aspects of health. Brief interventions offer a cost‐effective method to target health …

Community health advisors' participation in a dissemination and implementation study of an evidence-based physical activity and healthy eating program in a faith …

PA Sharpe, S Wilcox, D Kinnard… - Journal of Community …, 2018 - Springer
Community health advisors (CHAs) have been widely involved in health promotion, but few
details on role expectations, retention, and evaluation have been reported. In a …