Linkages between clinical practices and community organizations for prevention: a literature review and environmental scan.
Linkages between clinical practices and community organizations for prevention: a literature review and environmental scan.
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DOI:
10.1016/j.amepre.2012.03.018
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发表时间:
2012-06-01
影响因子:
12.7
通讯作者:
Roussel, Amy
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作者:
Porterfield, Deborah S;Hinnant, Laurie W;Roussel, Amy
OBJECTIVES: We conducted a literature review and environmental scan to develop a framework for interventions that utilize linkages between clinical practices and community organizations for the delivery of preventive services, and to identify and characterize these efforts.METHODS: We searched 4 major health services and social science electronic databases and conducted an Internet search to identify examples of linkage interventions in the areas of tobacco cessation, obesity, nutrition, and physical activity.RESULTS: We identified 49 interventions, of which 18 examples described their evaluation methods or reported any intervention outcomes. Few conducted evaluations that were rigorous enough to capture changes in intermediate or long-term health outcomes. Outcomes in these evaluations were primarily patient-focused and did not include organizational or linkage characteristics.CONCLUSIONS: An attractive option to increase the delivery of preventive services is to link primary care practices to community organizations; evidence is not yet conclusive, however, that such linkage interventions are effective. Findings provide recommendations to researchers and organizations that fund research, and call for a framework and metrics to study linkage interventions.