Rebecca Armstrong
A5062120170- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Health Sciences Research and Education
- Public Health Policies and Education
- Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Community Health and Development
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Evaluation and Performance Assessment
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- School Health and Nursing Education
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Obesity and Health Practices
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Delphi Technique in Research
- Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices
- Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
- Healthcare cost, quality, practices
- Health Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention
- Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation
- Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation
- Advanced Database Systems and Queries
University of Florida
2024
Edinburgh Napier University
2024
National Disability Insurance Agency
2020-2023
The University of Melbourne
2013-2022
Australian Institute of Family Studies
2019-2020
University of Florida Health
2019-2020
UF Health Shands Hospital
2020
University of Portsmouth
2019
Melbourne Health
2014-2016
Victorian Health Promotion Foundation
2008-2015
Logic models have long been used to understand complex programs improve social and health outcomes. They illustrate how a program is designed achieve its intended also can be describe connections between determinants of outcomes, for example, low high-school graduation rates or spiraling obesity rates, thus aiding the development interventions that target causal factors. However, these not often in systematic reviews. This paper argues logic valuable review process. First, they aid...
Evidence-based public health decision-making depends on high quality and transparent accounts of what interventions are effective, for whom, how at cost. Improving the reporting randomized non-randomized study designs through CONSORT TREND statements has had a marked impact designs. However, users systematic reviews have been concerned with paucity synthesized information context, development rationale, implementation processes sustainability factors.This paper examines existing frameworks...
We lack guidance on how to describe population health and policy (PHP) interventions in reports of evaluation studies. PHP are legal, fiscal, structural, organisational, environmental, such as the regulation unhealthy commodities, service reorganisation, changes welfare policy, neighbourhood improvement schemes. Many have characteristics that important for their implementation success but not adequately captured original Template Intervention Description Replication (TIDieR) checklist. This...
Knowledge translation strategies are an approach to increase the use of evidence within policy and practice decision-making contexts. In clinical health service contexts, knowledge have focused on individual behavior change, however multi-system context public requires a multi-level, multi-strategy approach. This paper describes design implementation plan for intervention decision making in local government.
Governments and other public health agencies have become increasingly interested in evidence-informed policy practice. Translating research evidence into programmatic change has proved challenging the around how to effectively promote facilitate this process is still relatively limited. This paper presents findings from an evaluation of a series evidence-based promotion resources commissioned by Victorian Department Human Services. The used qualitative methods explore practitioners for whom...
At the Rio Summit in 2011 on Social Determinants of Health, global community recognized a pressing need to take action reducing health inequities. This requires an improved evidence base effects national and international policies Although systematic reviews are as important source for evidence-informed policy, they have been criticized failing assess equity.This article summarizes guidance both conducting with focus equity methods translate their findings different audiences. was developed...
Introduction The Australian guidelines to reduce health risks from drinking alcohol were released in 2020 by the National Health and Medical Research Council. Based on latest evidence, provide advice how keep risk of harm low. They refer an standard drink (10 g ethanol). Recommendations: • Guideline 1: To alcohol-related disease or injury, healthy men women should no more than ten drinks a week four any one day. less you drink, lower your alcohol. 2: injury other harms health, children...
Knowledge translation is an interactive process of knowledge exchange between health researchers and users. Given that the system broad in scope, it important to reflect on how definitions applications might differ by setting focus. Community-based organizations their practitioners share common characteristics related setting, evidence used this anticipated outcomes are not, our experience, satisfactorily reflected current approaches, frameworks, or tools. face a distinctive set challenges...
The value placed on types of evidence within decision-making contexts is highly dependent individuals, the organizations in which work and systems sectors they operate in. Decision-making processes too are contextual. Understanding values guiding crucial to designing strategies support evidence-informed (EIDM). This paper describes how used inform local government (LG) public health decisions. study mixed methods including a cross-sectional survey interviews. Evidence-Informed...