PREVIDE: A Qualitative Study to Develop a Decision-Making Framework (PREVention decIDE) for Noncommunicable Disease Prevention in Healthcare Organisations.

ABSTRACT: Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), including obesity, remain a significant global public health challenge. Prevention and public health innovation are needed to effectively address NCDs; however, understanding of how healthcare organisations make prevention decisions is immature. This study aimed to (1) explore how healthcare organisations make decisions for NCD prevention in Queensland, Australia (2) develop a contemporary decision-making framework to guide NCD prevention in healthcare organisations. Cross-sectional and qualitative design, comprising individual semi-structured interviews. Participants (n = 14) were recruited from two organisations: the state public health care system (CareQ) and health promotion/disease prevention agency (PrevQ). Participants held executive, director

SUBMITTER: Canfell OJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9690592 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature