Linking sustainability research to intervention types

M.A. Scheirer

American Journal of Public Health, 2013, vol. 103, issue 4, e73-e80

Abstract: Researchers, funders, and managers of health programs and interventions have become concerned about their long-term sustainability. However, most research about sustainability has not considered the nature of the program to be sustained. Health-related interventions may differ in their likelihood of sustain-ability and in the factors likely to influence continuation. I suggest a framework for analyzing the sustainability of 6 types of interventions: (1) those implemented by individual providers; (2) programs requiring coordination among multiple staff; (3) new policies, procedures, or technologies; (4) capacity or infrastructure building; (5) community partnerships or collaborations; and (6) broad-scale system change. Hypotheses for future research and strategies that program managers might use to achieve sustainability also differ by program or intervention type.

Keywords: article; capacity building; community care; consumer; cooperation; evidence based practice; health care planning; health care policy; health care quality; health services research; human; organization; organization and management; program development; public health service; public relations, Capacity Building; Community Health Services; Community-Institutional Relations; Consumer Participation; Cooperative Behavior; Evidence-Based Practice; Health Plan Implementation; Health Planning; Health Planning Guidelines; Health Policy; Health Services Research; Humans; Organizational Innovation; Program Development; Program Evaluation; Public Health Practice (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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