Good practice recommendations on implementation evaluation for policies targeting diet, physical activity, and sedentary behaviour.

ABSTRACT: Health policies aim to achieve specific health goals through system-level changes, unlike common health interventions that focus on promoting specific health behaviors on individual level. However, reliable data on the feasibility and implementation of policy actions across Europe are lacking. Moreover, no practice-oriented guidance exists for policy makers and implementers on how to evaluate policy implementation.As part of the Policy Evaluation Network, we aimed to synthesise knowledge on how to evaluate the implementation of policies promoting healthy diets, physical activity, and reducing sedentary behaviours. The multidisciplinary working group comprised 16 researchers and conducted two scoping reviews, three systematic reviews, two meta-reviews, two qualitative case studies and one q

SUBMITTER: Wendt J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10308765 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature