“It’s good to feel like you’re doing something”: a qualitative study examining state health department employees’ views on why ineffective programs continue to be implemented in the USA

Abstract Background Mis-implementation, the inappropriate continuation of programs or policies that are not evidence-based or the inappropriate termination of evidence-based programs and policies, can lead to the inefficient use of scarce resources in public health agencies and decrease the ability...

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Main Authors: Stephanie Mazzucca, Louise Farah Saliba, Romario Smith, Emily Rodriguez Weno, Peg Allen, Margaret Padek, Ross C. Brownson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-01-01
Series:Implementation Science Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s43058-021-00252-4