Assessing Organizational Supports for Evidence-Based Decision Making in Local Public Health Departments in the United States: Development and Psychometric Properties of a New Measure.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Fostering evidence-based decision making (EBDM) within local public health departments and among local health department (LHD) practitioners is crucial for the successful translation of research into public health practice to prevent and control chronic disease.

Objective

The purpose of this study was to identify organizational supports for EBDM within LHDs and determine psychometric properties of a measure of organizational supports for EBDM in LHDs.

Design

Cross-sectional, observation study.

Setting

Local public health departments in the United States.

Participants

Local health department practitioners (N = 376) across the United States participated in the study.

Main outcome measures

Local health department practitioners completed a sur

SUBMITTER: Mazzucca S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6614014 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep/Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature