title: Settings as an important dimension in health education/promotion policy, programs, and research.
abstract: Settings--community, worksite, schools, and healthcare sites--constitute an important dimension of health education/health promotion policy and programs and for research about program needs, feasibility, efficacy, and effectiveness. These settings vary in the extent of coverage of and relationships with their respective constituencies, valued outcomes, and quantity and quality of evidence about the effectiveness of setting-specific and cross-setting programs. Main sources of evidence for program efficacy and effectiveness are summarized, leading to the conclusion that strides have been made toward building a strong evidentiary base for health education/health promotion in these settings. Gaps in research exist, especially for diffusion of effective programs, new technologies, the influence of policy, relations between settings, and approaches to marginal and special subgroups. Recommendations are offered for cross-setting and within-setting research related to intervention.
authors.affiliation: Center for Health Promotion, Research, and Development, School of Public Health, University of Texas, Houston 77030, USA.
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Mullen
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Forster
authors.forename: N H
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Gottlieb
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kreuter
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Moon
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: O'Rourke
authors.forename: V J
authors.initials: VJ
authors.lastname: Strecher
mesh_terms: D003153:Community Health Services / Q000639:trends; D015438:Health Behavior; D006266:Health Education / Q000639:trends*; D006291:Health Policy / Q000639:trends; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000639:trends*; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D012931:Social Environment