Abstract
Through an academic-community partnership, an evidence-based intervention to reduce mammography appointment no-show rates in underserved women was expanded to safety net clinics. The partnership implemented four strategies to improve the adoption and scale-up of evidence-based interventions with Federally Qualified Health Centers and charity care clinics: (1) an outreach email blast targeting the community partner member clinics to increase program awareness, (2) an adoption video encouraging enrollment in the program, (3) an outreach webinar educating the community partner member clinics about the program, encouraging enrollment and outlining adoption steps, and (4) an adoption survey adapted from Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research constructs from the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network for cancer control interventions with Federally Qualified Health Centers. The development of academic-community partnerships can lead to successful adoption of evidence-based interventions particularly in safety net clinics.
Highlights
Widespread adoption and implementation of evidence-based interventions (EBIs) is critical to improve health outcomes by increasing community demand and access to healthcare services
Several lessons emerged from this academic-community partnership, and the execution of adoption strategies to promote the uptake of an evidence-based intervention (EBI) in Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and other safety net clinics:
Initial meetings to talk about Peace of Mind Program (PMP) adoption was a “warm” encounter with a trusted community organization
Summary
Widespread adoption and implementation of evidence-based interventions (EBIs) is critical to improve health outcomes by increasing community demand and access to healthcare services. Widespread scale-up adoption of EBIs in public health practice remains elusive, especially with community and healthcare organizations that serve underserved communities [1,2,3]. The purpose of this community case study is to document four strategies by an academic-community partnership to improve adoption and uptake of a mammography screening evidence-based intervention (EBI) in Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and charity care clinics serving underserved women in the Greater Houston area
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