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Hubertus Bessems KMH, Simovska V, Driessen Willems MD, Carlsson M, de Vries ANK. Factors influencing sustainability of online platforms for professionals: a mixed-method study in OECD countries. Health Promot Int 2021; 37:6263420. [PMID: 33942092 PMCID: PMC8851401 DOI: 10.1093/heapro/daab063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Online platforms can support health and educational professionals in their daily work; however, it is challenging to keep online platforms sustainable. This paper aims to indicate the most important factors of platform sustainability from the perspective of professionals involved in online platforms. Further, it aims to understand how these factors operate. A mixed methods study was carried out among professionals from Europe, Australia, the USA and Canada. In the first phase, the importance of 54 factors from the literature was assessed with a questionnaire among 17 professionals. The relative importance of the factors and the consensus regarding this importance were calculated using median scores and interquartile deviations. In total, 19 factors were selected representing general characteristics, characteristics related to the platform, communication, visitor and context. In the second phase, insight was gained regarding the experiences with those factors through 12 individual Skype interviews. The most frequently mentioned important factors of platform sustainability were (i) having sufficient time, resources and expertise, (ii) user friendliness and (iii) creating a sense of belonging. Platforms should use a planned approach to address a combination of factors directly from platform development. Gaining long-term resources is challenging and should be considered from the start of a project by building partnerships. To promote user friendliness, platforms should be simple, have a clear set-up and provide high-quality tools. Finally, establishing a sense of belonging could be supported by branding and face-to-face networking activities. For all aspects, involving visitors and stakeholders is essential.
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Affiliation(s)
- Kathelijne Maria Hubertus Hubertus Bessems
- NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht University, PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands.,Department of Health Promotion, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Aarhuys University, Danish School of Education, Tuborgvej 164 DK-2400 Copenhagen NV, Denmark
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- NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht University, PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands.,Department of Health Promotion, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Aarhuys University, Danish School of Education, Tuborgvej 164 DK-2400 Copenhagen NV, Denmark
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- NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht University, PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands.,Department of Health Promotion, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands.,CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, Maastricht University Medical Centre, PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Singh KN, Sendall MC, Gurung A, Carne P. Understanding socio-cultural influences on food intake in relation to overweight and obesity in a rural indigenous community of Fiji Islands. Health Promot J Austr 2020; 32 Suppl 2:301-307. [PMID: 32761937 DOI: 10.1002/hpja.397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2020] [Accepted: 07/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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ISSUE ADDRESSED Obesity and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are largely preventable by understanding the connection between socio-cultural knowledge, yet intervention effectiveness may hinder changes in lifestyles and behaviours in Indigenous health. This study performed to understand the social and cultural components, which contribute to obesity in rural areas of the Indigenous Fijian. METHODS This study is a Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) project, which engaged community members from a rural iTaukei village in the Fiji Islands. Data collection was carried out through community consultation and semi-structured interviews. The data were analysed using descriptive thematic analysis. RESULTS Food intake was associated with socio-cultural, economic, political and physical environmental factors. Participants reveal previous health promotion programs did not incorporate the cultural values, cultural competence beliefs and traditional ways of rural Indigenous Fijian community. CONCLUSION The health care providers and policymakers need to be involved in recognising iTaukei community culture and appreciate traditional methods to promote equitable community participation in decision-making for health promotion. SO WHAT?: Community-wide lifestyle interventions, conceptual approaches based on communal perceptions of the problem at hand can also be the basis for future research on identifying socio-cultural factors, for example, the community and family support that can help shape behaviours.
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- Kamal Nand Singh
- Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Southern Queensland, Ipswich, QLD, Australia
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- Faculty of Health, School of Public Health and Social Work, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
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- School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine, University of the Sunshine Coast, Moreton Bay, QLD, Australia
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- School of Social Sciences, University of Sunshine Coast, Moreton Bay, QLD, Australia
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Iyer SN, Shah J, Boksa P, Lal S, Joober R, Andersson N, Fuhrer R, Abdel-Baki A, Beaton AM, Reaume-Zimmer P, Hutt-MacLeod D, Levasseur MA, Chandrasena R, Rousseau C, Torrie J, Etter M, Vallianatos H, Abba-Aji A, Bighead S, MacKinnon A, Malla AK. A minimum evaluation protocol and stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial of ACCESS Open Minds, a large Canadian youth mental health services transformation project. BMC Psychiatry 2019; 19:273. [PMID: 31488144 PMCID: PMC6729084 DOI: 10.1186/s12888-019-2232-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2019] [Accepted: 08/07/2019] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Many Canadian adolescents and young adults with mental health problems face delayed detection, long waiting lists, poorly accessible services, care of inconsistent quality and abrupt or absent inter-service transitions. To address these issues, ACCESS Open Minds, a multi-stakeholder network, is implementing and systematically evaluating a transformation of mental health services for youth aged 11 to 25 at 14 sites across Canada. The transformation plan has five key foci: early identification, rapid access, appropriate care, the elimination of age-based transitions between services, and the engagement of youth and families. METHODS The ACCESS Open Minds Research Protocol has multiple components including a minimum evaluation protocol and a stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial, that are detailed in this paper. Additional components include qualitative methods and cost-effectiveness analyses. The services transformation is being evaluated at all sites via a minimum evaluation protocol. Six sites are participating in the stepped-wedge trial whereby the intervention (a service transformation along the key foci) was rolled out in three waves, each commencing six months apart. Two sites, one high-population and one low-population, were randomly assigned to each of the three waves, i.e., randomization was stratified by population size. Our primary hypotheses pertain to increased referral numbers, and reduced wait times to initial assessment and to the commencement of appropriate care. Secondary hypotheses pertain to simplified pathways to care; improved clinical, functional and subjective outcomes; and increased satisfaction among youth and families. Quantitative measures addressing these hypotheses are being used to determine the effectiveness of the intervention. DISCUSSION Data from our overall research strategy will help test the effectiveness of the ACCESS Open Minds transformation, refine it further, and inform its scale-up. The process by which our research strategy was developed has implications for the practice of research itself in that it highlights the need to actively engage all stakeholder groups and address unique considerations in designing evaluations of complex healthcare interventions in multiple, diverse contexts. Our approach will generate both concrete evidence and nuanced insights, including about the challenges of conducting research in real-world settings. More such innovative approaches are needed to advance youth mental health services research. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER Clinicaltrials.gov, ISRCTN23349893 (Retrospectively registered: 16/02/2017).
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- Srividya N. Iyer
- Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montréal, Québec Canada
- ACCESS Open Minds (Pan-Canadian Youth Mental Health Services Research Network), Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montréal, Québec Canada
- Prevention and Early Intervention Program for Psychosis (PEPP), Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montréal, Québec Canada
- Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montréal, Québec Canada
- Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montréal, Québec Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montréal, Québec Canada
- ACCESS Open Minds (Pan-Canadian Youth Mental Health Services Research Network), Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montréal, Québec Canada
- Prevention and Early Intervention Program for Psychosis (PEPP), Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montréal, Québec Canada
- Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montréal, Québec Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montréal, Québec Canada
- ACCESS Open Minds (Pan-Canadian Youth Mental Health Services Research Network), Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montréal, Québec Canada
- Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montréal, Québec Canada
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- ACCESS Open Minds (Pan-Canadian Youth Mental Health Services Research Network), Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montréal, Québec Canada
- School of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec Canada
- Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l’Universite de Montreal (CRCHUM), Montréal, Québec Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montréal, Québec Canada
- ACCESS Open Minds (Pan-Canadian Youth Mental Health Services Research Network), Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montréal, Québec Canada
- Prevention and Early Intervention Program for Psychosis (PEPP), Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montréal, Québec Canada
- Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montréal, Québec Canada
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- ACCESS Open Minds (Pan-Canadian Youth Mental Health Services Research Network), Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montréal, Québec Canada
- Department of Family Medicine, Community Information and Epidemiological Technologies (CIET) Institute and Participatory Research at McGill (PRAM), McGill University, Montréal, Québec Canada
- McGill University Institute for Human Development and Well-being, Montréal, Québec Canada
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- ACCESS Open Minds (Pan-Canadian Youth Mental Health Services Research Network), Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montréal, Québec Canada
- Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montréal, Québec Canada
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- ACCESS Open Minds (Pan-Canadian Youth Mental Health Services Research Network), Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montréal, Québec Canada
- Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l’Universite de Montreal (CRCHUM), Montréal, Québec Canada
- Department of Psychiatry, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec Canada
- Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM), CRCHUM, Montréal, Québec Canada
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- ACCESS Open Minds (Pan-Canadian Youth Mental Health Services Research Network), Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montréal, Québec Canada
- School of Psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences and Community Services, Université de Moncton, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
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- ACCESS Open Minds (Pan-Canadian Youth Mental Health Services Research Network), Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montréal, Québec Canada
- Mental Health and Addictions Services, Bluewater Health and Canadian Mental Health Association, Lambton Kent, Ontario, Canada
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- ACCESS Open Minds (Pan-Canadian Youth Mental Health Services Research Network), Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montréal, Québec Canada
- Eskasoni Mental Health Services, Eskasoni First Nation, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- ACCESS Open Minds (Pan-Canadian Youth Mental Health Services Research Network), Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montréal, Québec Canada
- ACCESS Open Minds Family and Carers Council, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montréal, Québec Canada
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- ACCESS Open Minds (Pan-Canadian Youth Mental Health Services Research Network), Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montréal, Québec Canada
- Schulich School of Medicine, Western University, London, Ontario Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montréal, Québec Canada
- ACCESS Open Minds (Pan-Canadian Youth Mental Health Services Research Network), Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montréal, Québec Canada
- Centre de recherche SHERPA, Institut Universitaire au regard des communautés ethno culturelles, Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux (CIUSSS) du Centre-Ouest-de-l’Île-de-Montreal, Montréal, Québec Canada
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- ACCESS Open Minds (Pan-Canadian Youth Mental Health Services Research Network), Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montréal, Québec Canada
- Public Health Department, Cree Board of Health and Social Services of James Bay, Cree Nation of Mistissini, Québec Canada
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- ACCESS Open Minds (Pan-Canadian Youth Mental Health Services Research Network), Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montréal, Québec Canada
- Counselling Services, Inuvialuit Regional Corporation, Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada
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- ACCESS Open Minds (Pan-Canadian Youth Mental Health Services Research Network), Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montréal, Québec Canada
- Department of Anthropology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta Canada
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- ACCESS Open Minds (Pan-Canadian Youth Mental Health Services Research Network), Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montréal, Québec Canada
- Alberta Health Services, Edmonton Zone, Edmonton, Alberta Canada
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta Canada
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- ACCESS Open Minds (Pan-Canadian Youth Mental Health Services Research Network), Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montréal, Québec Canada
- Sturgeon Lake Health Centre, Sturgeon Lake First Nation, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- ACCESS Open Minds (Pan-Canadian Youth Mental Health Services Research Network), Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montréal, Québec Canada
- Saqijuq Project, Nunavik, Québec Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montréal, Québec Canada
- ACCESS Open Minds (Pan-Canadian Youth Mental Health Services Research Network), Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montréal, Québec Canada
- Prevention and Early Intervention Program for Psychosis (PEPP), Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montréal, Québec Canada
- Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montréal, Québec Canada
- Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montréal, Québec Canada
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Allen P, Sequeira S, Jacob RR, Hino AAF, Stamatakis KA, Harris JK, Elliott L, Kerner JF, Jones E, Dobbins M, Baker EA, Brownson RC. Promoting state health department evidence-based cancer and chronic disease prevention: a multi-phase dissemination study with a cluster randomized trial component. Implement Sci 2013; 8:141. [PMID: 24330729 PMCID: PMC3878781 DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-8-141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2013] [Accepted: 12/09/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Background Cancer and other chronic diseases reduce quality and length of life and productivity, and represent a significant financial burden to society. Evidence-based public health approaches to prevent cancer and other chronic diseases have been identified in recent decades and have the potential for high impact. Yet, barriers to implement prevention approaches persist as a result of multiple factors including lack of organizational support, limited resources, competing emerging priorities and crises, and limited skill among the public health workforce. The purpose of this study is to learn how best to promote the adoption of evidence based public health practice related to chronic disease prevention. Methods/design This paper describes the methods for a multi-phase dissemination study with a cluster randomized trial component that will evaluate the dissemination of public health knowledge about evidence-based prevention of cancer and other chronic diseases. Phase one involves development of measures of practitioner views on and organizational supports for evidence-based public health and data collection using a national online survey involving state health department chronic disease practitioners. In phase two, a cluster randomized trial design will be conducted to test receptivity and usefulness of dissemination strategies directed toward state health department chronic disease practitioners to enhance capacity and organizational support for evidence-based chronic disease prevention. Twelve state health department chronic disease units will be randomly selected and assigned to intervention or control. State health department staff and the university-based study team will jointly identify, refine, and select dissemination strategies within intervention units. Intervention (dissemination) strategies may include multi-day in-person training workshops, electronic information exchange modalities, and remote technical assistance. Evaluation methods include pre-post surveys, structured qualitative phone interviews, and abstraction of state-level chronic disease prevention program plans and progress reports. Trial registration clinicaltrials.gov:
NCT01978054.
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- Peg Allen
- Prevention Research Center in St, Louis, Brown School, Washington University in St, Louis, 621 Skinker Blvd,, St, Louis, MO 63130-4838, USA.
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