An integrative review of the implementation of public health guidelines

Cassetti, Viola ; López Ruiz, María Victoria ; Pola García, Marina ; García, Ana M. ; Paredes Carbonell, Joan Josep ; Pérula de Torres, Luis Ángel ; Benedé Azagra, Carmen Belén ; Aldecoa Landesa, Susana ; Aliaga Train, Pilar ; Aviñó Juan-Ulpiano, Dory ; Baraza Cano, Pilar ; Barona Vilar, Carmen ; Botello Diaz, Blanca del Rocío ; Bueno, Manuel ; Couso Viana, Sabela ; Dominguez, Marta (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Egea Ronda, Ana ; Enriquez, Natalia ; Gallego Dieguez, Javier ; Gallego Royo, Alba ; Gea Caballero, Vicente ; Hernán García, Mariano ; Hernández Gómez, Mercedes Adelaida ; Iriarte, María Teresa ; Lou Alcaine, María Luz ; Martínez Pecharromán, María del Mar ; Morin, Victoria ; Nuñez Jiménez, Catalina ; Peyman- Fard, Nima ; Pla Consegra, Margarita ; Romaguera Lliso, Amparo ; Ruiz Azarola, Ainhoa ; Sainz Ruiz, Pablo

Resumen: 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.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2022.101867

Año: 2022

Publicado en: Preventive Medicine Reports 29 (2022), 101867 [6 pp.]
ISSN: 2211-3355

Factor impacto JCR: 2.8 (2022)

Categ. JCR: PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH rank: 121 / 207 = 0.585 (2022) - Q3 - T2

Factor impacto CITESCORE: 3.8 - Medicine (Q2)

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.991 - Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (Q1) - Health Informatics (Q2)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/ISCIII/PI19-00773
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/ISCIII/PI19-01079
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/ISCIII/PI19-01525

Tipo y forma: Artículo (Versión definitiva)

Área (Departamento): Area Medicina (Dpto. Medicina, Psiqu. y Derm.)