Operational Implementation of the Healthy Communities Study How Communities Shape Children's Health
Operational Implementation of the Healthy Communities Study How Communities Shape Children's Health
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DOI：
10.1016/j.amepre.2015.06.019
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发表时间：
2015-10-01
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5.5
通讯作者：
Arteaga, S. Sonia
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作者：
John, Lisa V.;Gregoriou, Maria;Arteaga, S. Sonia
健康社区研究(HCS)正在研究针对儿童肥胖的社区计划和政策的特点如何与儿童饮食、体育活动和肥胖结果相关。这项研究涉及130个社区的选定地区和公立学校；通过学校招募的家庭；以及在社区、学校、家庭和儿童层面收集的数据。数据收集分两波进行--第一波在2012年春季，第二波在2013年至2015年--分析工作将于2016年8月完成。本文件描述了卫生保健服务的业务要素，包括征聘活动、外地业务、数据收集员培训、人类受试者保护以及质量保证和质量控制程序。经验丰富的培训员监督和开展所有培训，包括培训(1)区和学校招聘工作人员；(2)家庭筛选和招聘的电话面谈人员；(3)进行家庭数据收集的实地数据收集员；以及(4)进行关键线人面谈、文件摘要和社区观察的社区联络员。研究小组制定了质量保证和质量控制程序，并对研究的所有方面实施了这些程序。在多个职能小组的参与下，规划和实施这种复杂程度和规模的研究需要所有研究伙伴之间的频繁沟通和强有力的协作，以确保及时和有效地作出决策。(C)《2015美国预防医学杂志》。版权所有。
The Healthy Communities Study (HCS) is examining how characteristics of community programs and policies targeting childhood obesity are related to childhood diet, physical activity, and obesity outcomes. The study involves selected districts and public schools in 130 communities; families recruited through schools; and data collected at the community, school, household, and child levels. Data collection took place in two waves-Wave 1 in Spring 2012 and Wave 2 from 2013 to 2015-with analysis to be completed by August 2016. This paper describes operational elements of the HCS, including recruitment activities, field operations, training of data collectors, human subjects protection, and quality assurance and quality control procedures. Experienced trainers oversaw and conducted all training, including training of (1) district and school recruitment staff; (2) telephone interviewers for household screening and recruitment; (3) field data collectors for conducting household data collection; and (4) community liaisons for conducting key informant interviews, document abstraction, and community observations. The study team developed quality assurance and quality control procedures that were implemented for all aspects of the study. Planning and operationalizing a study of this complexity and magnitude, with multiple functional teams, required frequent communication and strong collaboration among all study partners to ensure timely and effective decision making. (C) 2015 American Journal of Preventive Medicine. All rights reserved.