Evidence-Based Behavioral Medicine: Other Resources

National Cancer Institute (NCI) Research Dissemination and Diffusion Web site
The NCI Research Dissemination and Diffusion Program seeks to highlight dissemination and implementation research resources that can help close the gap between research discovery and program delivery. The Web site provides tools to stimulate and support dissemination and implementation research as well as identify evidence-based approaches to the diffusion and dissemination of knowledge gained from cancer control research. The resources and tools include a matrix of evidence reviews across the Cancer Control Continuum, a link to the Cancer Control P.L.A.N.E.T. (Plan, Link, Act, Network with Evidence-based Tools) Web portal, a bibliography of peer-reviewed Dissemination and Diffusion publications, and evidence-based dissemination and implementation research funding opportunities. For more information, please visit http://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/d4d/.

RE-AIM
The RE-AIM Framework (reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation, and maintenance) by Russell Glasgow and colleagues may be of interest. This multi-level framework has been designed to evaluate potential for dissemination, assessing external validity as well as efficacy. Moreover, it is applicable to the development and/or review of many study designs including RCTs and qualitative studies. For more information on this work, please visit www.re-aim.org

Glasgow . R.E., Klesges, L.M., Dzewaltowski, D.A., Bull, S.S., & Estabrooks, P. (2004). The future of health behavior change research:  What is needed to improve translation of research into health promotion practice?  Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 27(1), 3-12.

Glasgow, R.E., Lichtenstein, E., & Marcus, A.  (2003.) Why don't we see more translation of health promotion research to practice?  Rethinking the efficacy to effectiveness transition.  American Journal of Public Health, 93(8), 1261-1267.

CONSORT
The Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) Statement is used to examine the transparency of reporting of randomized clinical trials (RCTs). For more information on this valuable resource for designing and reviewing RCTs, please visit www.consort-statement.org.

TREND
The Transparent Reporting of Evaluations with Nonrandomized Designs (TREND) statement has been developed to improve the reporting quality of nonrandomized controlled trials (non-RCTs). The TREND statement parallels the CONSORT statement but includes critical elements not applicable to RCTs. For more information on this resource for designing, writing, and reviewing non-RCTs, please visit http://www.trend-statement.org

Maintenance and Sustainability Resource Center
Our goal is to understand the long-term maintenance of behavior change as well as effective strategies for achieving sustainable health promotion and disease prevention activities. In our work we will bring together experts in the behavioral health field who can help identify and discuss various theories and methodologies related to the processes of behavior change. Working collaboratively with National Institute of Health (NIH) program administrators and investigators who are funded under the NIH’s Maintenance of Long Term Behavior Change Program we strive to push the boundaries of current research on behavioral process and change research. http://msrc.srph.tamu.edu/default.aspx

NIDDK conference “From clinical trials to community”
The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) conference entitled “From clinical trials to community: The science of translating diabetes and obesity research” took place January 12-13, 2004. Presentations from this conference can be found at http://www.niddk.nih.gov/fund/other/Diabetes-Translation/presentations.htm

National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE)
A 5-year-old part of the British National Health Service (NHS). NICE was created to improve the quality of health care by creating, disseminating, and fostering implementation of standards of health care. NICE issues two types of guidance relevant to EBBM: 1. technology appraisals of new treatments and health promotion activities; 2. clinical guidelines for appropriate treatment and care of people with specific diseases and conditions. http://www.nice.org.uk/page.aspx?o=whoweare

Note: The resources listed on this page are neither endorsing the EBBM Committee or being endorsed by the EBBM Committee. They are included here for informational purposes only.

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