Sandra Naoom

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | UNC · Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute (FPG)

A measure and action planing guide designed to be facilitated by someone knowledgeable in the field of Implementation Science and ideally well versed in the Active Implementation Frameworks. The purpose is the help organizations understand their current infrastructure with regards to implementing and sustaining any evidence-based practice in the hu...

Evidence-based approaches only benefit individuals when fully and effectively implemented. Since funding and monitoring alone will not ensure the full and effective implementation of effective strategies, state agencies have the opportunity to assess and modify current roles, functions, and policies to align with the requirements of evidence-based...

Traditional approaches to disseminating research based programs and innovations for children and families, which rely on practitioners and policy makers to make sense of research on their own, have been found insufficient. There is growing interest in strategies that “make it happen” by actively building the capacity of service providers to impleme...

The purpose of this chapter is to examine how early childhood development (ECD) programs are being established and supported in The Republic of Zambia, a landlocked country in southern Africa. First, we discuss the rationale for ECD programs. Based on a 10-day field visit to Zambia where we observed ECD programs, interviewed policy officials, and h...

As the evidence-based movement has advanced in public health, changes in public health practices have lagged far behind creating a science to service gap. For example, science has produced effective falls prevention interventions for older adults. It now is clearer WHAT needs to be done to reduce injury and death related to falls. However, issues h...

A growing number of evidence-based psychotherapies hold the promise of substantial benefits for children, families, and society. These therapies are the product of a tremendous investment in research on interventions over the past few decades. For the benefits of evidence-based programs to be realized on a scale sufficient to be useful to individua...

The failure of better science to readily produce better services has led to increasing interest in the science and practice of implementation. The results of recent reviews of implementation literature and best practices are summarized in this article. Two frameworks related to implementation stages and core implementation components are described...

Research links certain types of the human papillomavirus (HPV) to subsequent development of cervical cancer. Women (n=52) recently diagnosed with HPV following an abnormal Pap smear participated in in-depth interviews to explore their knowledge of HPV, their emotional responses to diagnosis, and the extent of their disclosure of their HPV diagnosis...

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To assess the impact of endometrial ablation on the utilization of hysterectomy in U.S. women with benign uterine conditions. Data are from the State Inpatient and Ambulatory Surgery Databases of the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project for six states, 1990-97. Women who underwent hysterectomy (ICD-9-CM codes 68.3, 68.4, 68.5, 68.51, 68.59, 68.9...