Journal
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY
Volume 58, Issue 1-2, Pages 192-210Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/ajcp.12082
Keywords
Sustainability; Implementation; Evidence-based programs
Funding
- Australian Research Council (ARC) [LP110200701]
- Australian Research Council [LP110200701] Funding Source: Australian Research Council
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This paper presents a review of the empirical literature for studies evaluating factors that facilitate and create barriers to sustained program implementation in disadvantaged communities. It outlines study methodology and sustainment outcomes and proposes a conceptual model that involves implementation sustainment support for providers delivering evidence-based health and family services in disadvantaged communities. Sustained program implementation in the community setting is a significant issue as only 43% of studies reported successfully sustained programs. The review identified 18 factors that facilitate success and create barriers to program sustainment. The factors are synthesized into three themes; program characteristics, workplace capacity, and process and interaction factors. The majority of factors map onto commonly cited sustainability influences in implementation science. However, there was an additional focus for studies included in this review on the importance of factors such as program burden, program familiarity and perceived competence in program skills, workplace support for the program, staff mobility and turnover, supervision and peer support, and ongoing technical assistance. The need to use a conceptual framework and develop measures to guide and evaluate capacity building in EBP implementation and sustainment in low-resource community settings is highlighted.
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