- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT03211832
Disseminating Public Health Evidence to Support Prevention and Control of Diabetes Among Local Health Departments
Enhancing Evidence-based Diabetes Control Among Local Health Departments
Study Overview
Status
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Missouri
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Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, 63130
- Prevention Research Center, Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Local Health Departments (LHDs, cluster) in the state of Missouri and corresponding public health workforce (individuals within cluster); screenings.
Exclusion Criteria:
- LHDs that have less than 5 employees working in or supporting diabetes or chronic disease control, which includes program areas of diabetes prevention and management, obesity prevention, physical activity, nutrition, cardiovascular health, and cancer
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: OTHER
- Allocation: RANDOMIZED
- Interventional Model: CROSSOVER
- Masking: NONE
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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NO_INTERVENTION: Control
The control group will conduct usual public health practice.
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ACTIVE_COMPARATOR: Intervention
Participating local health departments will help develop and choose several dissemination activities they prefer for their local health department to receive.
Dissemination activities may include multi-day in-person training workshops, electronic information exchange modalities, remote technical assistance, and information on ways to enhance organizational climates favorable to evidence-based diabetes and chronic disease prevention and control.
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Participating local health departments will help develop and choose dissemination strategies they prefer for their staff working in and supporting diabetes and chronic disease prevention and control to receive.
Dissemination strategies may include multi-day in-person training workshops, electronic information exchange modalities, remote technical assistance, and information on ways to enhance organizational climates favorable to evidence-based diabetes prevention and control.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Evidence-based Decision Making (EBDM) Competencies
Time Frame: 24 months post baseline
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Survey participants were asked to rate the perceived importance of each of 10 skills pertinent to evidence-based decision making on an 11-point ordered scale (possible values 0 not at all important to 10 very important for each skill), and to rate the perceived availability in the agency of each of the same skills from 0-10 (0 not at all available to 10 very available). A skill gap was calculated for each skill as perceived importance minus perceived availability (possible values -10 to +10 for each skill). An overall EBDM skill gap was created by taking the average across all 10 skill gaps (possible values -10 to +10). Higher scores indicate a worse outcome. Skill items: community assessment; quantifying the issue; prioritization; action planning; adapting interventions; evaluation designs; quantitative evaluation; qualitative evaluation; economic evaluation; and communicating evidence to decision-makers. A definition for each was provided that started with the word "understand". |
24 months post baseline
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Evidence-based Intervention Score
Time Frame: 24 months post baseline
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Self-reported number of evidence-based chronic disease prevention interventions implemented by the local health department from a pre-populated list of 8 evidence-based interventions to prevent diabetes and other chronic diseases (possible score 0 to 8).
Higher score indicates a better outcome.
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24 months post baseline
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Awareness of Culture Supportive of EBDM
Time Frame: 24 months post baseline
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Self-report Likert scale items measure personal awareness of opportunities to learn about and apply EBDM among local level chronic disease control public health practitioners. Each item is measured on a 7-point Likert scale from 1 strongly disagree to 7 strongly agree. A summary score was created as an average of the items within the domain. Possible scores 1 to 7. Higher scores mean a better outcome. The items were: a) I am provided the time to identify evidence-based programs and practices; b) My direct supervisor recognizes the value of management practices that facilitate evidence-based decision-making; c) My work group/division offers employees opportunities to attend evidence-based-decision making trainings; and d) Top leadership in my agency (e.g., director, assistant directors) recognizes the value of evidence-based decision-making. |
24 months post baseline
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Capacity and Expectations for Evidence-based Decision Making (EBDM)
Time Frame: 24 months post baseline
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Self-report Likert scale items assess perceived supervisory expectations for EBDM use and perceived work unit/division capacity to carry out EBDM. Each item is measured on a 7-point Likert scale from 1 strongly disagree to 7 strongly agree. A summary score was created as an average of the items (possible scores 1 to 7). Higher scores mean a better outcome. Items: a) I use EBDMin my work; b) My direct supervisor expects me to use evidence-based decision making; c) My performance is partially evaluated on how well I use evidence-based decision making in my work; d) My work group/division currently has the resources (e.g. staff, facilities, partners) to support application of evidence-based decision making; e) The staff in my work group/division has the necessary skills to carry out evidence-based decision making; f) The majority of my work group/division's external partners support use of EBDM; and g) Top leadership in my agency encourages use of EBDM. |
24 months post baseline
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Resource Availability
Time Frame: 24 months post baseline
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Self-report Likert scale items measured perceived work unit's resource availability for evidence-based decision making. Each item is measured on a 7-point Likert scale from 1 strongly disagree to 7 strongly agree. A summary score was created as an average of the items. Possible scores 1 to 7. Higher scores mean a better outcome. The items in the scale were: a) Informational resources (e.g. academic journals, guidelines, and toolkits) are available to my work group/division to promote the use of evidence-based decision making; b) My work group/division engages a diverse external network of partners that share resources to facilitate evidence-based decision making; and c) Stable funding is available for evidence-based decision making. |
24 months post baseline
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Evaluation Capacity of Work Unit
Time Frame: 24 months post baseline
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Self-report Likert scale of work unit's support of community needs assessment, utilization of evaluation for pre and post program implementation as well as for dissemination purposes. Each item is measured on a 7-point Likert scale from 1 strongly disagree to 7 strongly agree. A summary score was created as an average of the items within the domain. Possible scores 1 to 7. Higher scores mean a better outcome. Items: a) My work group/division supports community needs assessments to ensure that evidence-based decision-making approaches continue to meet community needs; b) My work group/division plans for evaluation of interventions prior to implementation; c) My work group/division uses evaluation data to monitor and improve interventions; and d) My work group/division distributes intervention evaluation findings to other organizations that can use our findings. |
24 months post baseline
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EBDM Climate Cultivation
Time Frame: 24 months post baseline
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Self-report Likert scale assessing perceived health department culture supportive of EBDM, information sharing and participatory decision making. Each item is measured on a 7-point Likert scale from 1 strongly disagree to 7 strongly agree. A summary score was created as an average of the items within the domain. Possible scores 1 to 7. Higher scores mean a better outcome. Items: a) My work group/division has access to evidence-based decision making information that is relevant to community needs; b) When decisions are made within my work group/division, program staff members are asked for input; c) Information is widely shared in my work group/division so that everyone who makes decisions has access to all available knowledge; d) My agency is committed to hiring people with relevant training or experience in public health core disciplines (e.g., epidemiology, health education, environmental health); and e) My agency has a culture that supports the processes necessary for EBDM. |
24 months post baseline
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Partnerships to Support EBDM
Time Frame: 24 months post baseline
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Self-report Likert scale items assess perceived importance of partnering across sectors to share resources and address population health issues. Each item is measured on a 7-point Likert scale from 1 strongly disagree to 7 strongly agree. A summary score was created as an average of the items within the domain. Possible scores 1 to 7. Higher scores mean a better outcome. Items: a) Our collaborative partnerships have missions that align with my agency; b) It is important to my agency to have partners who share resources (money, staff time, space, materials); c) It is important to my agency to have partners in health care to address population health issues; and d) It is important to my agency to have partners in other sectors (outside of health) to address population health issues |
24 months post baseline
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Inter-agency Connectedness
Time Frame: 24 months post baseline
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The average number of links per agency is the measure of connectedness with other agencies that is reported here.
The measure is from a separate self-report social network survey.
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24 months post baseline
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Collaborators and Investigators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Ross C Brownson, PhD, Prevention Research Center in St. Louis, Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis, Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Surgery and Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center, Washington University School of Medicine
Publications and helpful links
General Publications
- Parks RG, Tabak RG, Allen P, Baker EA, Stamatakis KA, Poehler AR, Yan Y, Chin MH, Harris JK, Dobbins M, Brownson RC. Enhancing evidence-based diabetes and chronic disease control among local health departments: a multi-phase dissemination study with a stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial component. Implement Sci. 2017 Oct 18;12(1):122. doi: 10.1186/s13012-017-0650-4.
- Jacob RR, Parks RG, Allen P, Mazzucca S, Yan Y, Kang S, Dekker D, Brownson RC. How to "Start Small and Just Keep Moving Forward": Mixed Methods Results From a Stepped-Wedge Trial to Support Evidence-Based Processes in Local Health Departments. Front Public Health. 2022 Apr 28;10:853791. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.853791. eCollection 2022.
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (ACTUAL)
Primary Completion (ACTUAL)
Study Completion (ACTUAL)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (ACTUAL)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Keywords
Other Study ID Numbers
- 201705026
- 5R01DK109913 (NIH)
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
Drug and device information, study documents
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