Table 3 Summary of included studies
Study | Design | Country of origin | Level of examination (local/national/intl.) | Major theories and/or concepts discussed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Annor, S. and P. Allen. Why is it difficult to promote public mental health? A study of policy implementation at local level. J Public Ment Health. 2009;7:4:17-29. | Case study | England | Local - Community | Implementation of public mental health policy; health promotion; partnerships |
Austin, G., et al. Translating research to practice: using the RE-AIM framework to examine an evidence-based physical activity intervention in primary school settings. Health Promot Pract. 2011. | Mixed methods | Australia | Local - School | Physical activity program using RE-AIM framework to guide identification of barriers and facilitators; health promotion; translation |
Axelsson, R. and S. B. Axelsson. Integration and collaboration in public health—a conceptual framework. Int J Health Plan M. 2006;21:1:75-88. | Exploratory | Sweden | Not specified | Development of a framework for inter-organizational collaboration across sectors; differentiation; cooperation; multi-disciplinary teams |
Barry, M. M. Researching the implementation of community mental health promotion programs. Health Promotion J Austr. 2007;18:3:240-46. | Case study | Ireland | Local - Community | Rural mental health project highlighting factors contributing to success |
Batras, D., et al. Organizational change theory: implications for health promotion practice. Health Promot Int. 2014. | Review | Australia | Not specified | Review of organizational change models to address strategies for adoption of key theoretical insights when implementing health promotion initiatives in diverse settings; capacity building |
Berkeley, D. and J. Springett. From rhetoric to reality: Barriers faced by Health For All initiatives. Soc Sci Med. 2006;63:1:179-88. | Mixed methods | England | National | Barriers to implementing Health for All initiatives; Healthy Cities; Health Action Zones |
Bloch, P., et al. Revitalizing the setting approach–supersettings for sustainable impact in community health promotion. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2014;11:1:118. | Case study | Denmark | Local - Municipality | Super settings; health promotion; integration; participation:empowerment; sustainable development; action research |
Brownson, R. C., et al. Translating epidemiology into policy to prevent childhood obesity: the case for promoting physical activity in school settings. Ann Epidemiol. 2010;20:6:436-44. | Case study | USA | Local - School | Investigates policy relevant evidence for promoting physical activity in youth |
Cacari-Stone, L., et al. The promise of community-based participatory research for health equity: a conceptual model for bridging evidence with policy. Am J Public Health. 2014;104:9:1615-23. | Case study | USA | Local - Community | Community-based participatory research (CBPR) partnerships contribution to policy-making for health equity; evidence to policy; participation; civic engagement |
Chappell, N., et al. Multilevel community health promotion: How can we make it work? Community Dev J. 2006;41:3:352-66. | Case study | Canada | Local - Regional/Community | Project identifying strategies for implementing multi-level projects; health promotion |
Corburn, J., et al. Health in All Urban Policy: city services through the prism of health. J Urban Health. 2014;91:4:623-36. | Case study | USA | Local - City | Health in all Policies strategies; urban governance; equity; city planning; healthy cities |
Dooris, M. Joining up settings for health: a valuable investment for strategic partnerships? Crit Public Health. 2004;14:1:49-61. | Review | England | Local - not specified | History, theory, and context of healthy settings strategy |
Eriksson, C. C., et al. Academic practice–policy partnerships for health promotion research: Experiences from three research programs. Scand J Public Health. 2014;42:15suppl:88-95. | Case study | Sweden | National | Explores factors that foster Academic Practice Policy (APP) partnerships |
Frahsa, A., et al. Enabling the powerful? Participatory action research with local policymakers and professionals for physical activity promotion with women in difficult life situations. Health Promot Int. 2014;29:1:171-84. | Case study | Germany | Local - Community | Investigates enabling in relation to policy makers engaged in cooperative planning; health promotion; community-based participatory research (CBPR); physical activity |
Franks, H., et al. Public health interventions and behaviour change: Reviewing the grey literature. Public Health. 2012;126:1:12-7. | Review | England | Not specified | Factors facilitating and inhibiting effective interventions; public health; grey literature; health promotion |
Glanz, K. and D. B. Bishop. The role of behavioral science theory in development and implementation of public health interventions. Annu Rev Public Health. 2010;31:399-418. | Review | USA | Not specified | Theories used for design and implementation of health promotion interventions; health behavior; ecological perspective |
Hendriks, A.-M., et al. Local government officials' views on intersectoral collaboration within their organization – A qualitative exploration. Health Policy and Technol. 2014. | Interview | Netherlands | Local - Municipality | Explores local policy makers views on intersectoral collaboration; integrated public health policy; Health in all policies |
Israel, B. A., et al. Community-based participatory research: lessons learned from the Centers for Children’s Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research. Environ Health Persp. 2005;1463-71. | Case study | USA | Local - Children’s centers | Recommendations for effective implementation of Community-based participatory research (CBPR); collaborative research; partnerships |
Jansen, M. W., et al. Public health: disconnections between policy, practice and research. Health Res Policy Syst. 2010;8:37. | Review | Netherlands | Local - General | Explores disconnections between policy, practice, and research cycles |
Jansson, E. V. and P. E. Tillgren. Health promotion at local level: a case study of content, organization and development in four Swedish municipalities. BMC Public Health. 2010;10:1. | Case study | Sweden | Local - Municipality | Understand content, organization, and process in the development of health promotion |
Jansson, E., et al. National public health policy in a local context--implementation in two Swedish municipalities. Health Policy. 2011;103:2-3:219-27. | Case study | Sweden | Local - Municipality | Investigates public health policies; multilevel governance; policy implementation |
Jilcott, S., et al. Applying the RE-AIM framework to assess the public health impact of policy change. Ann Behav Med. 2007;34:2:105-14. | Case study | USA | National | Application of the RE-AIM framework to evaluate health policy |
Juneau, C.-E., et al. Evidence-based health promotion: an emerging field. Glob Health Promot. 2011;18:1:79-89. | Case study | Canada | Not specified | Analysis of research in practice; evidence-based practice; health promotion |
Kegler, M. C., et al. The role of community context in planning and implementing community-based health promotion projects. Eval Program Plann. 2011;34:3:246-53. | Mixed methods | USA | Local - Community | Identify major themes in collaborative planning and implementation of health promotion projects |
Koelen, M. A., et al. What is needed for coordinated action for health? Fam Pract. 2008;25 Suppl 1:i25-i31. | Review | Netherlands | Not specified | Identify factors important in achieving and sustaining coordinated action for health; client involvement; participation |
Kok, M. O., et al. Practitioner opinions on health promotion interventions that work: Opening the ‘black box’of a linear evidence-based approach. Soc Sci Med. 2012;74:5:715-23. | Interview | Netherlands | Local - Municipality | Identify factors that contribute to success of health interventions; evidence-based; knowledge translation; decentralization; actor-network theory |
Koller, T., et al. Addressing the socioeconomic determinants of adolescent health: experiences from the WHO/HBSC Forum 2007. International Journal of Public Health. 2009;54:2:278-84. | Descriptive | Various | International | Explore experiences from researchers, policy-makers, and practitioners; forum; socioeconomics; adolescent health; determinants |
Kreuter, M. W., et al. Evaluating community-based collaborative mechanisms: Implications for practitioners. Health Promot Pract. 2000;1:1:49-63. | Review | USA | Not specified | Investigate reasons why literature on community based coalition strategies show marginal health systems change |
Krieger, J., et al. Using community-based participatory research to address social determinants of health: lessons learned from Seattle Partners for Healthy Communities. Health Educ Behav. 2002;29:3:361-82. | Case study | USA | Local - Community | Collaboration on the social determinants of health; multidisciplinary; collaboration; social support; housing |
Larsen, M., et al. Intersectoral action for health: the experience of a Danish municipality. Scand J Public Health. 2014;42:7:649-57. | Case study | Denmark | Local - Municipality | Experiences using intersectoral action for health; identify facilitators and barriers; health in all policies; collaboration |
Laverack, G. and R. Labonte. A planning framework for community empowerment goals within health promotion. Health Policy Plann. 2000;15:3:255-62. | Descriptive | Australia | Local - Community | Framework for health promotion planners, implementers, and evaluators to consider community empowerment in top-down initiatives |
Layde, P. M., et al. A model to translate evidence-based interventions into community practice. Am J Public Health. 2012;102:4:617-24. | Descriptive | USA | Local - Community | Modification of existing model for incorporating evidence-based public health; Community health improvement process (CHIP) |
Matheson, A., et al. Complexity, evaluation and the effectiveness of community-based interventions to reduce health inequalities. Health Promot J Austr. 2009;20:3:221-26. | Case study | New Zealand | Local - Community | Complexity theory; whole systems approach; health inequalities |
Metzler, M. M., et al. Addressing urban health in Detroit, New York City, and Seattle through community-based participatory research partnerships. Am J Public Health. 2003;93:5:803-11. | Case study | USA | Local - Community | Urban research centers activities using community based participatory research (CBPR) |
Minkler, M. Community-based research partnerships: challenges and opportunities. J Urban Health. 2005;82:ii3-ii12. | Case study | USA | Local - Community | Healthy communities project with successful implementation of Participatory action research (PAR) |
Minkler, M. Using Participatory Action Research to build Healthy Communities. Public Health Rep. 2000;115:2-3:191. | Case study | USA | Local - Community | Illustrate difficulties and opportunities for implementing community based participatory research (CBPR) approach; ethics;partnerships; urban health |
Naaldenberg, J., et al. Elaborating on systems thinking in health promotion practice. Glob Health Promot. 2009;16:1:39-47. | Exploratory | Netherlands | Local - Community | Highlights concepts important for practical application of systems thinking in health promotion practice; complexity; collaboration |
Ollila, E. Health in all policies: from rhetoric to action. Scand J Public Health. 2011;39:6:11-8. | Exploratory | Finland | International | Analysis of intersectoral health policy-making and opportunities for strengthening implementation of health in all policies; equity |
Peters, D., et al. Manifestations of integrated public health policy in Dutch municipalities. Health Promot Int. 2014. | Case study | Netherlands | Local - Municipality | Investigates the development and implementation of integrated public health policy; determinants of health; multisectoral |
Poland, B., et al. Settings for health promotion: an analytic framework to guide intervention design and implementation. Health Promot Pract. 2009;10:4:505-16. | Framework | Canada | Not specified | Analytical framework to analyze features of a setting that influences implementation of interventions; analysis framework; health promotion; school |
Raphael, D. Challenges to promoting health in the modern welfare state: The case of the Nordic nations. Scand J Public Health. 2014;42:1:7-17. | Exploratory | Canada | National | Investigates the Nordic welfare state and challenges related to health promotion efforts; public policy |
Rohrbach, L. A., et al. TYPE II translation transporting prevention interventions from research to real-world settings. Eval Health Prof. 2006;29:3:302-33. | Case study | USA | Local - Community/School | Type II translation of prevention interventions; adoption; dissemination; training; prevention |
Schilling, J. M., et al. Connecting active living research and public policy: transdisciplinary research and policy interventions to increase physical activity. J Public Health Pol. 2009;S1-S15. | Review | USA | International | Evaluates policy initiatives and research in health promotion; translation of research to policy; physical activity; built environment |
Shareck, M., et al. Reducing social inequities in health through settings-related interventions -- a conceptual framework. Glob Health Promot. 2013;20:2:39-52. | Review | Canada | Not specified | Theory and practice of the settings approach; health promotion; social inequities |
Skutle, A., et al. A community-based prevention program in western Norway: Organisation and progression model. Addict Behav. 2002;27:6:977-88. | Case study | Norway | Local - County/Municipality/Community | Systemic organization in various settings; health promotion; |
Sogoric, S., et al. A naturalistic inquiry on the impact of interventions aiming to improve health and the quality of life in the community. Soc Sci Med. 2005;60:1:153-64. | Mixed methods | Croatia | Local - City | Describe facilitators of health promotion efficiency and indicators of success; impact assessment |
Steenbakkers, M., et al. Challenging Health in All Policies, an action research study in Dutch municipalities. Health Policy. 2012;105:2-3:288-95. | Pre-test, Post-test | Netherlands | Local - Municipality | Coaching program and evaluation used to improve the use of health in all policies; intersectoral; integrated local health policy; obesity |
Storm, I., et al. Opportunities to reduce health inequalities by ‘Health in All Policies’ in the Netherlands: An explorative study on the national level. Health Policy. 2011;103:2:130-40. | Mixed methods | Netherlands | National | Explores opportunities to reduce health inequalities using health in all policies; socioeconomic; intersectoral collaboration |
Swanson, R. C., et al. Rethinking health systems strengthening: key systems thinking tools and strategies for transformational change. Health Policy Plann. 2012;27 Suppl 4:iv54-61. | Exploratory | USA | Local/National | Theoretical foundation and proposed tools in support of a comprehensive systems thinking perspective to guide health practice; global health |
Wallerstein, N. and B. Duran. Community-based participatory research contributions to intervention research: the intersection of science and practice to improve health equity. Am J Public Health. 2010;100:S1:40-6. | Mixed methods | USA | Not specified | Analysis of community-based participatory research (CBPR) as a method of bridging research and practice to improve health equity |
Whitelaw, S. et al. ‘Settings’ based health promotion: a review. Health Promot Int. 2001;16:4:339-53. | Review | Scotland | Not specified | Settings based health promotion research and practice; practitioners |
Wilcox, S., et al. Results of the first year of active for life: translation of 2 evidence-based physical activity programs for older adults into community settings. Am J Public Health. 2006;96:7:1201-09. | Mixed methods | USA | Local - Community | Successful implementation of health promotion programs; physical activity; older adults; evidence-based |
Wilson, K. M., et al. Peer reviewed: an organizing framework for translation in public health: the knowledge to action framework. Prev Chronic Dis. 2011;8:2. | Descriptive | USA | Not specified | Development of a framework for implementing scientific knowledge into sustainable action in public health; Knowledge to Action (K2A); Centers for Disease Control (CDC); Chronic Disease Prevention; translation |