Six components necessary for effective public health program implementation

T.R. Frieden

American Journal of Public Health, 2014, vol. 104, issue 1, 17-22

Abstract: Public health programs succeed and survive if organizations and coalitions address 6 key areas. (1) Innovation to develop the evidence base for action; (2) a technical package of a limited number of highpriority, evidence-based interventions that together will have a major impact; (3) effective performance management, especially through rigorous, real-time monitoring, evaluation, and program improvement; (4) partnerships and coalitions with public- and privatesector organizations; (5) communication of accurate and timely information to the health care community, decision makers, and the public to effect behavior change and engage civil society; and (6) political commitment to obtain resources and support for effective action. Programs including smallpox eradication, tuberculosis control, tobacco control, polio eradication, and others have made progress by addressing these 6 areas.

Keywords: article; decision making; evidence based practice; human; interpersonal communication; mass communication; politics; public health service; public relations; standard; total quality management; public health service; standards, Communication; Community-Institutional Relations; Decision Making; Diffusion of Innovation; Evidence-Based Practice; Humans; Politics; Public Health Practice; Quality Improvement, Communication; Community-Institutional Relations; Decision Making; Diffusion of Innovation; Evidence-Based Practice; Humans; Politics; Public Health Practice; Quality Improvement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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