Ensuring accountability in public health prevention research: evaluating the Prevention Research Centers Program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Ensuring accountability in public health prevention research: evaluating the Prevention Research Centers Program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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确保公共卫生预防研究的问责制：评估疾病控制和预防中心的预防研究中心计划。
DOI：
10.1097/phh.0b013e3181d8bbc8
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2011
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Simoes,Eduardo
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作者：
Wright,DemiaSundra;Grunbaum,JoAnne;Dawkins,Nicola;Dino,Geri;Chervin,Doryn;Barnes,Katie;Olarita-Dhungana,Josephina;Simoes,Eduardo
The Prevention Research Centers (PRC) Program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention funds centers in schools of public health and medicine to conduct health-promotion and disease-prevention research and other activities, using a community-based participatory research approach. A national program evaluation assessed PRC Program contributions to public health practices and policies, community-based participatory research implementation, and PRCs’ infrastructures and organizational factors. An overview of the evaluation development and implementation activities is provided, along with highlighted results from program indicators, contextual studies, and other complementary activities. Evaluation design used both quantitative and qualitative methods. Lessons learned from the evaluation process include having a clear purpose to provide clarity to the evaluation and ensuring that the study design and data collection methods capture important outcomes. The PRC evaluation demonstrated PRC Program accomplishments and provided insight to the process of participatory research at the PRCs. Challenges with data collection instigated changes to how evaluation data will be collected in the future. The evaluation strategies and lessons learned can guide other national public health research programs in conducting their own evaluations and navigating challenges inherent when assessing such complex programs.
