Author ORCID Identifier
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6686-3891
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5046-4757
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6332-215X
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6324-7305
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5910-0637
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Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2018
College/Unit
Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design
Department/Program/Center
Animal and Nutritional Sciences
Abstract
eB4CAST, evidence-Based forecast C-capture, A-assemble, S-sustain, T-timelessness (eB4CAST), framework was developed from existing dissemination and implementation (D & I) constructs as a dissemination tool to promote community-based program usability and future application in targeted populations. eB4CAST captures and transforms research findings into a dissemination report that shows program need and impact to endorse program continuation and expansion. This is achieved through direct and indirect data collection of community factors and program impact that can showcase the need for program sustainability and potential for future dissemination sites. Testimonials, individual feedback, and program process and outcomes contribute to the direct data while data collected from census, county, and state databases and reports allow for indirect information to be captured and analyzed. Capturing data in the two levels allow eB4CAST to forecast program need and highlight program impact through a footprint. eB4CAST framework for dissemination tool creation is organized into four sections: Capture, Assemble, Sustainability, and Timelessness. Capture encompasses the collection of indirect and direct data related to intervention goals. Assemble is the compilation of the data into a visually appealing and easily understood media. Sustainability encourages the use of dissemination tools to provide forecast of program need and footprint of program impact back to community participants, program leaders, and key stakeholders to endorse program sustainability. Lastly, timelessness encourages cyclic movement through these constructs to continue program monitoring and data sharing to ensure timeless program evaluation and conformation to change in needs. The eB4CAST framework provides a systematic method to capture justification of program need and impact of community-based research that can be modified to fit diverse public health interventions providing a necessary D & I tool.
Digital Commons Citation
Olfert, Melissa D.; Hagedorn, Rebecca L.; Barr, Makenzie L.; Famodu, Oluremi A.; Rubino, Jessica M.; and White, Jade A., "eB4CAST: An Evidence-Based Tool to Promote Dissemination and Implementation in Community-Based, Public Health Research" (2018). Faculty & Staff Scholarship. 1367.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/faculty_publications/1367
Source Citation
Olfert, M., Hagedorn, R., Barr, M., Famodu, O., Rubino, J., & White, J. (2018). eB4CAST: An Evidence-Based Tool to Promote Dissemination and Implementation in Community-Based, Public Health Research. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(10), 2142. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15102142
Comments
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