RT Journal Article
T1 An integrative review of the implementation of public health guidelines.
A1 Cassetti, Viola
A1 Victoria Lopez-Ruiz, Maria
A1 Pola-Garcia, Marina
A1 Garcia, Ana M
A1 Josep Paredes-Carbonell, Joan
A1 Angel Perula-De Torres, Luis
A1 Belen Benede-Azagra, Carmen
K1 Evaluation
K1 Health guidelines
K1 Implementation research
AB Health guidelines are important tools to ensure that health practices are evidence-based. However, research on how these guidelines are implemented is scarce. This integrative review aimed to: identify the literature on evaluation of public health guidelines implementation to explore (a) the topics which public health guidelines being implemented and evaluated in their implementation process are targeting; (b) how public health guidelines are being translated into action and the potential barriers and facilitators to their implementation; and (c) which methods are being used to evaluate their implementation. A total of 2001 articles published since 2000 and related to both clinical and public health guidelines implementation was identified through searching four databases (PubMed, CINAHL, Web of Science, Scopus). After screening titles and abstracts, only 10 papers related to public health guidelines implementation, and after accessing full-text, 8 were included in the narrative synthesis. Data were extracted on: topic and context, implementation process, barriers and facilitators, and evaluation methods used, and were then synthesised in a narrative form using a thematic synthesis approach. Most of these studies focussed on individual behaviours and targeted specific settings. The evaluation of implementation processes included qualitative, quantitative and mixed-methods. The few articles retrieved suggest that evidence is still limited and highly context specific, and further research on translating public health guidelines into practice is needed.
PB Elsevier
SN 2211-3355
YR 2022
FD 2022-06-24
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/22474
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/22474
LA en
NO Cassetti V, Victoria López-Ruiz M, Pola-Garcia M, García AM, Josep Paredes-Carbonell J, Angel Pérula-De Torres L, et al. An integrative review of the implementation of public health guidelines. Prev Med Rep. 2022 Jul 16;29:101867
DS RISalud
RD Apr 18, 2025