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Martin White - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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pp48 the tension between innovation politics and evidence generation in environmental approaches to tackling obesity Stakeholder Interview study from the english healthy towns initiative
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 2013Co-Authors: Denise Goodwin, Steven Cummins, Elena Sautkina, David Ogilvie, Mark Petticrew, Andy Jones, Katy Wheeler, Martin WhiteAbstract:Background In 2008 Department of Health commissioned nine the ‘Healthy Towns’ (HT) in England to implement and evaluate community-based environmental interventions to prevent obesity. Healthy Towns were encouraged to test whole-town approaches to tackling the obesogenic environment, which included ‘innovative’ interventions. This research examines the role evidence played in the development and implementation of the HT programme at the national and local level, and the stimulation of innovative interventions. Methods Participants were purposively selected to represent successful HT bid and management teams and key national policy actors involved in the implementation of the HT programme and allocation of funds. During July and October 2010, twenty qualitative Interviews with local programme Stakeholders and national policy actors were conducted. The majority of Interviews were face-to-face, with one conducted over the telephone. Interview transcripts were coded and thematically analysed. Initial analyses were guided by research questions regarding the nature and role of evidence in the development and implementation of the Healthy Towns programme and the capacity for evidence generation to inform future policy and practice. Results Local anecdotal and observational evidence, rather than empirical evidence, was considered abundant and influential and was predominantly used to guide intervention development. While the programme was seen by Stakeholders as an opportunity to pilot new and innovative approaches, the requirement to predict likely health impacts and adopt evidence-based practice was viewed as contradictory to this goal. These difficulties were exacerbated by political change and the impact of austerity measures during programme delivery. Overall Stakeholders believed opportunities to add to the existing empirical evidence base were missed due to a lack of clarity and planning, particularly around timing, in local and national evaluations. Discussion The development of innovative population-level programmes to tackle obesity is beset by tensions and contradictions. Because of fear of failure, a strong emphasis on relying on existing evidence based practice and producing positive outcomes may have impeded the opportunity to implement truly innovative programmes. As determinants of obesity are complex and multi-factorial, governments should be realistic about the likely effects of single interventions and allow for the formative piloting of innovative projects that are not necessarily driven by targets.
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the role and status of evidence and innovation in the healthy towns programme in england a qualitative Stakeholder Interview study
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 2013Co-Authors: Denise Goodwin, Steven Cummins, Elena Sautkina, David Ogilvie, Mark Petticrew, Andy Jones, Katy Wheeler, Martin WhiteAbstract:Background: In 2008, the Healthy Community Challenge Fund commissioned nine ‘healthy towns’ in England to implement and evaluate community-based environmental interventions to prevent obesity. This paper examines the role of evidence in informing intervention development, innovation and the potential for programmes to contribute to the evidence base on the effectiveness of interventions that tackle population obesity. Method: Twenty qualitative Interviews with local programme Stakeholders and national policy actors were conducted. Interview transcripts were coded and thematically analysed. Initial analyses were guided by research questions regarding the nature and role of evidence in the development and implementation of the healthy towns programme and the capacity for evidence generation to inform future intervention design, policy and practice. Findings: Stakeholders relied on local anecdotal and observational evidence to guide programme development. While the programme was considered an opportunity to trial new and innovative approaches, the requirement to predict likely health impacts and adopt evidence-based practice was viewed contradictory to this aim. Stakeholders believed there were missed opportunities to add to the existing empirical evidence base due to a lack of clarity and planning, particularly around timing, in local and national evaluations. Conclusions: A strong emphasis on relying on existing evidence-based practice and producing positive impacts and outcomes may have impeded the opportunity to implement truly innovative programmes because of fear of failure. Building more time for development, implementation and evaluation into future initiatives would maximise the use and generation of robust and relevant evidence for public health policy and practice.
Andy Jones - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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pp48 the tension between innovation politics and evidence generation in environmental approaches to tackling obesity Stakeholder Interview study from the english healthy towns initiative
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 2013Co-Authors: Denise Goodwin, Steven Cummins, Elena Sautkina, David Ogilvie, Mark Petticrew, Andy Jones, Katy Wheeler, Martin WhiteAbstract:Background In 2008 Department of Health commissioned nine the ‘Healthy Towns’ (HT) in England to implement and evaluate community-based environmental interventions to prevent obesity. Healthy Towns were encouraged to test whole-town approaches to tackling the obesogenic environment, which included ‘innovative’ interventions. This research examines the role evidence played in the development and implementation of the HT programme at the national and local level, and the stimulation of innovative interventions. Methods Participants were purposively selected to represent successful HT bid and management teams and key national policy actors involved in the implementation of the HT programme and allocation of funds. During July and October 2010, twenty qualitative Interviews with local programme Stakeholders and national policy actors were conducted. The majority of Interviews were face-to-face, with one conducted over the telephone. Interview transcripts were coded and thematically analysed. Initial analyses were guided by research questions regarding the nature and role of evidence in the development and implementation of the Healthy Towns programme and the capacity for evidence generation to inform future policy and practice. Results Local anecdotal and observational evidence, rather than empirical evidence, was considered abundant and influential and was predominantly used to guide intervention development. While the programme was seen by Stakeholders as an opportunity to pilot new and innovative approaches, the requirement to predict likely health impacts and adopt evidence-based practice was viewed as contradictory to this goal. These difficulties were exacerbated by political change and the impact of austerity measures during programme delivery. Overall Stakeholders believed opportunities to add to the existing empirical evidence base were missed due to a lack of clarity and planning, particularly around timing, in local and national evaluations. Discussion The development of innovative population-level programmes to tackle obesity is beset by tensions and contradictions. Because of fear of failure, a strong emphasis on relying on existing evidence based practice and producing positive outcomes may have impeded the opportunity to implement truly innovative programmes. As determinants of obesity are complex and multi-factorial, governments should be realistic about the likely effects of single interventions and allow for the formative piloting of innovative projects that are not necessarily driven by targets.
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the role and status of evidence and innovation in the healthy towns programme in england a qualitative Stakeholder Interview study
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 2013Co-Authors: Denise Goodwin, Steven Cummins, Elena Sautkina, David Ogilvie, Mark Petticrew, Andy Jones, Katy Wheeler, Martin WhiteAbstract:Background: In 2008, the Healthy Community Challenge Fund commissioned nine ‘healthy towns’ in England to implement and evaluate community-based environmental interventions to prevent obesity. This paper examines the role of evidence in informing intervention development, innovation and the potential for programmes to contribute to the evidence base on the effectiveness of interventions that tackle population obesity. Method: Twenty qualitative Interviews with local programme Stakeholders and national policy actors were conducted. Interview transcripts were coded and thematically analysed. Initial analyses were guided by research questions regarding the nature and role of evidence in the development and implementation of the healthy towns programme and the capacity for evidence generation to inform future intervention design, policy and practice. Findings: Stakeholders relied on local anecdotal and observational evidence to guide programme development. While the programme was considered an opportunity to trial new and innovative approaches, the requirement to predict likely health impacts and adopt evidence-based practice was viewed contradictory to this aim. Stakeholders believed there were missed opportunities to add to the existing empirical evidence base due to a lack of clarity and planning, particularly around timing, in local and national evaluations. Conclusions: A strong emphasis on relying on existing evidence-based practice and producing positive impacts and outcomes may have impeded the opportunity to implement truly innovative programmes because of fear of failure. Building more time for development, implementation and evaluation into future initiatives would maximise the use and generation of robust and relevant evidence for public health policy and practice.
Denise Goodwin - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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pp48 the tension between innovation politics and evidence generation in environmental approaches to tackling obesity Stakeholder Interview study from the english healthy towns initiative
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 2013Co-Authors: Denise Goodwin, Steven Cummins, Elena Sautkina, David Ogilvie, Mark Petticrew, Andy Jones, Katy Wheeler, Martin WhiteAbstract:Background In 2008 Department of Health commissioned nine the ‘Healthy Towns’ (HT) in England to implement and evaluate community-based environmental interventions to prevent obesity. Healthy Towns were encouraged to test whole-town approaches to tackling the obesogenic environment, which included ‘innovative’ interventions. This research examines the role evidence played in the development and implementation of the HT programme at the national and local level, and the stimulation of innovative interventions. Methods Participants were purposively selected to represent successful HT bid and management teams and key national policy actors involved in the implementation of the HT programme and allocation of funds. During July and October 2010, twenty qualitative Interviews with local programme Stakeholders and national policy actors were conducted. The majority of Interviews were face-to-face, with one conducted over the telephone. Interview transcripts were coded and thematically analysed. Initial analyses were guided by research questions regarding the nature and role of evidence in the development and implementation of the Healthy Towns programme and the capacity for evidence generation to inform future policy and practice. Results Local anecdotal and observational evidence, rather than empirical evidence, was considered abundant and influential and was predominantly used to guide intervention development. While the programme was seen by Stakeholders as an opportunity to pilot new and innovative approaches, the requirement to predict likely health impacts and adopt evidence-based practice was viewed as contradictory to this goal. These difficulties were exacerbated by political change and the impact of austerity measures during programme delivery. Overall Stakeholders believed opportunities to add to the existing empirical evidence base were missed due to a lack of clarity and planning, particularly around timing, in local and national evaluations. Discussion The development of innovative population-level programmes to tackle obesity is beset by tensions and contradictions. Because of fear of failure, a strong emphasis on relying on existing evidence based practice and producing positive outcomes may have impeded the opportunity to implement truly innovative programmes. As determinants of obesity are complex and multi-factorial, governments should be realistic about the likely effects of single interventions and allow for the formative piloting of innovative projects that are not necessarily driven by targets.
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the role and status of evidence and innovation in the healthy towns programme in england a qualitative Stakeholder Interview study
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 2013Co-Authors: Denise Goodwin, Steven Cummins, Elena Sautkina, David Ogilvie, Mark Petticrew, Andy Jones, Katy Wheeler, Martin WhiteAbstract:Background: In 2008, the Healthy Community Challenge Fund commissioned nine ‘healthy towns’ in England to implement and evaluate community-based environmental interventions to prevent obesity. This paper examines the role of evidence in informing intervention development, innovation and the potential for programmes to contribute to the evidence base on the effectiveness of interventions that tackle population obesity. Method: Twenty qualitative Interviews with local programme Stakeholders and national policy actors were conducted. Interview transcripts were coded and thematically analysed. Initial analyses were guided by research questions regarding the nature and role of evidence in the development and implementation of the healthy towns programme and the capacity for evidence generation to inform future intervention design, policy and practice. Findings: Stakeholders relied on local anecdotal and observational evidence to guide programme development. While the programme was considered an opportunity to trial new and innovative approaches, the requirement to predict likely health impacts and adopt evidence-based practice was viewed contradictory to this aim. Stakeholders believed there were missed opportunities to add to the existing empirical evidence base due to a lack of clarity and planning, particularly around timing, in local and national evaluations. Conclusions: A strong emphasis on relying on existing evidence-based practice and producing positive impacts and outcomes may have impeded the opportunity to implement truly innovative programmes because of fear of failure. Building more time for development, implementation and evaluation into future initiatives would maximise the use and generation of robust and relevant evidence for public health policy and practice.
Steven Cummins - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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pp48 the tension between innovation politics and evidence generation in environmental approaches to tackling obesity Stakeholder Interview study from the english healthy towns initiative
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 2013Co-Authors: Denise Goodwin, Steven Cummins, Elena Sautkina, David Ogilvie, Mark Petticrew, Andy Jones, Katy Wheeler, Martin WhiteAbstract:Background In 2008 Department of Health commissioned nine the ‘Healthy Towns’ (HT) in England to implement and evaluate community-based environmental interventions to prevent obesity. Healthy Towns were encouraged to test whole-town approaches to tackling the obesogenic environment, which included ‘innovative’ interventions. This research examines the role evidence played in the development and implementation of the HT programme at the national and local level, and the stimulation of innovative interventions. Methods Participants were purposively selected to represent successful HT bid and management teams and key national policy actors involved in the implementation of the HT programme and allocation of funds. During July and October 2010, twenty qualitative Interviews with local programme Stakeholders and national policy actors were conducted. The majority of Interviews were face-to-face, with one conducted over the telephone. Interview transcripts were coded and thematically analysed. Initial analyses were guided by research questions regarding the nature and role of evidence in the development and implementation of the Healthy Towns programme and the capacity for evidence generation to inform future policy and practice. Results Local anecdotal and observational evidence, rather than empirical evidence, was considered abundant and influential and was predominantly used to guide intervention development. While the programme was seen by Stakeholders as an opportunity to pilot new and innovative approaches, the requirement to predict likely health impacts and adopt evidence-based practice was viewed as contradictory to this goal. These difficulties were exacerbated by political change and the impact of austerity measures during programme delivery. Overall Stakeholders believed opportunities to add to the existing empirical evidence base were missed due to a lack of clarity and planning, particularly around timing, in local and national evaluations. Discussion The development of innovative population-level programmes to tackle obesity is beset by tensions and contradictions. Because of fear of failure, a strong emphasis on relying on existing evidence based practice and producing positive outcomes may have impeded the opportunity to implement truly innovative programmes. As determinants of obesity are complex and multi-factorial, governments should be realistic about the likely effects of single interventions and allow for the formative piloting of innovative projects that are not necessarily driven by targets.
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the role and status of evidence and innovation in the healthy towns programme in england a qualitative Stakeholder Interview study
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 2013Co-Authors: Denise Goodwin, Steven Cummins, Elena Sautkina, David Ogilvie, Mark Petticrew, Andy Jones, Katy Wheeler, Martin WhiteAbstract:Background: In 2008, the Healthy Community Challenge Fund commissioned nine ‘healthy towns’ in England to implement and evaluate community-based environmental interventions to prevent obesity. This paper examines the role of evidence in informing intervention development, innovation and the potential for programmes to contribute to the evidence base on the effectiveness of interventions that tackle population obesity. Method: Twenty qualitative Interviews with local programme Stakeholders and national policy actors were conducted. Interview transcripts were coded and thematically analysed. Initial analyses were guided by research questions regarding the nature and role of evidence in the development and implementation of the healthy towns programme and the capacity for evidence generation to inform future intervention design, policy and practice. Findings: Stakeholders relied on local anecdotal and observational evidence to guide programme development. While the programme was considered an opportunity to trial new and innovative approaches, the requirement to predict likely health impacts and adopt evidence-based practice was viewed contradictory to this aim. Stakeholders believed there were missed opportunities to add to the existing empirical evidence base due to a lack of clarity and planning, particularly around timing, in local and national evaluations. Conclusions: A strong emphasis on relying on existing evidence-based practice and producing positive impacts and outcomes may have impeded the opportunity to implement truly innovative programmes because of fear of failure. Building more time for development, implementation and evaluation into future initiatives would maximise the use and generation of robust and relevant evidence for public health policy and practice.
Katy Wheeler - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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pp48 the tension between innovation politics and evidence generation in environmental approaches to tackling obesity Stakeholder Interview study from the english healthy towns initiative
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 2013Co-Authors: Denise Goodwin, Steven Cummins, Elena Sautkina, David Ogilvie, Mark Petticrew, Andy Jones, Katy Wheeler, Martin WhiteAbstract:Background In 2008 Department of Health commissioned nine the ‘Healthy Towns’ (HT) in England to implement and evaluate community-based environmental interventions to prevent obesity. Healthy Towns were encouraged to test whole-town approaches to tackling the obesogenic environment, which included ‘innovative’ interventions. This research examines the role evidence played in the development and implementation of the HT programme at the national and local level, and the stimulation of innovative interventions. Methods Participants were purposively selected to represent successful HT bid and management teams and key national policy actors involved in the implementation of the HT programme and allocation of funds. During July and October 2010, twenty qualitative Interviews with local programme Stakeholders and national policy actors were conducted. The majority of Interviews were face-to-face, with one conducted over the telephone. Interview transcripts were coded and thematically analysed. Initial analyses were guided by research questions regarding the nature and role of evidence in the development and implementation of the Healthy Towns programme and the capacity for evidence generation to inform future policy and practice. Results Local anecdotal and observational evidence, rather than empirical evidence, was considered abundant and influential and was predominantly used to guide intervention development. While the programme was seen by Stakeholders as an opportunity to pilot new and innovative approaches, the requirement to predict likely health impacts and adopt evidence-based practice was viewed as contradictory to this goal. These difficulties were exacerbated by political change and the impact of austerity measures during programme delivery. Overall Stakeholders believed opportunities to add to the existing empirical evidence base were missed due to a lack of clarity and planning, particularly around timing, in local and national evaluations. Discussion The development of innovative population-level programmes to tackle obesity is beset by tensions and contradictions. Because of fear of failure, a strong emphasis on relying on existing evidence based practice and producing positive outcomes may have impeded the opportunity to implement truly innovative programmes. As determinants of obesity are complex and multi-factorial, governments should be realistic about the likely effects of single interventions and allow for the formative piloting of innovative projects that are not necessarily driven by targets.
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the role and status of evidence and innovation in the healthy towns programme in england a qualitative Stakeholder Interview study
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 2013Co-Authors: Denise Goodwin, Steven Cummins, Elena Sautkina, David Ogilvie, Mark Petticrew, Andy Jones, Katy Wheeler, Martin WhiteAbstract:Background: In 2008, the Healthy Community Challenge Fund commissioned nine ‘healthy towns’ in England to implement and evaluate community-based environmental interventions to prevent obesity. This paper examines the role of evidence in informing intervention development, innovation and the potential for programmes to contribute to the evidence base on the effectiveness of interventions that tackle population obesity. Method: Twenty qualitative Interviews with local programme Stakeholders and national policy actors were conducted. Interview transcripts were coded and thematically analysed. Initial analyses were guided by research questions regarding the nature and role of evidence in the development and implementation of the healthy towns programme and the capacity for evidence generation to inform future intervention design, policy and practice. Findings: Stakeholders relied on local anecdotal and observational evidence to guide programme development. While the programme was considered an opportunity to trial new and innovative approaches, the requirement to predict likely health impacts and adopt evidence-based practice was viewed contradictory to this aim. Stakeholders believed there were missed opportunities to add to the existing empirical evidence base due to a lack of clarity and planning, particularly around timing, in local and national evaluations. Conclusions: A strong emphasis on relying on existing evidence-based practice and producing positive impacts and outcomes may have impeded the opportunity to implement truly innovative programmes because of fear of failure. Building more time for development, implementation and evaluation into future initiatives would maximise the use and generation of robust and relevant evidence for public health policy and practice.