RT Book, Section
A1 Mercer, Shawna L.
A2 Boulton, Matthew L.
A2 Wallace, Robert B.
SR Print(0)
ID 1182685240
T1 Evidence-Based Community Interventions
T2 Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public Health & Preventive Medicine, 16e
YR 2022
FD 2022
PB McGraw Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259644511
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182685240
RD 2024/04/19
AB Many  public  health  professionals  and  other  stakeholders  are  charged  with  improving  health  in  their  communities,  often  despite  having  limited  time  or  resources  for  doing  so.  Evidence-based  community  interventions  are  an  important  part  of  the  toolbox  for  improving  public  health.1  The  term  “evidence-based  community  interventions”  is  sometimes  used  indiscriminately;  however,  it  createsmisunderstanding  and  potentially  leads  to  the  use  of  interventions  that  will  not  achieve  their  intended  outcomes.  To  ensure  understanding  of  what  exactly  constitutes  an  evidence-based  community  intervention,  this  chapter  will  begin  by  considering  the  composite  parts  of  the  term.  It  will  then  discuss  the  value  of  using  evidence-based  community  interventions,  and  identify  how  they  fit  into  community  health  improvement  planning  and  decision  making.  The  final  section  of  this  chapter  will  identify  where  readers  can  find  information  about  evidence-based  community  interventions.