Sustainability of public health programs: The example of tobacco treatment services in Massachusetts

N.R. LaPelle, J. Zapka and J.K. Ockene

American Journal of Public Health, 2006, vol. 96, issue 8, 1363-1369

Abstract: Sustaining important public or grant-funded services after initial funding is terminated is a major public health challenge. We investigated whether tobacco treatment services previously funded within a statewide tobacco control initiative could be sustained after state funding was terminated abruptly. We found that 2 key strategies-redefining the scope of services being offered and creative use of resources-were factors that determined whether some community agencies were able to sustain services at a much higher level than others after funding was discontinued. Understanding these strategies and developing them at a time when program funding is not being threatened is likely to increase program sustainability.

Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.067124

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