title: Durability, dissemination, and institutionalization of worksite tobacco control programs: results from the Working Well trial.
abstract: Durability, dissemination and institutionalization o f tobacco control activities are reported, based on the Working Well worksite cancer control intervention study (n = 83 worksites). Tobacco control activities increased significantly in intervention worksites as a result of research-supported activities but were not sustained 2 years after the conclusion of the intervention. Intervention sites were more likely than control sites to initiate and maintain structures for institutionalizing programs, such as assigning a committee responsibility for health-promotion programs or providing a budget for health-promoting activities. Dissemination of the program to control worksites had little impact on the level of smoking control activities in control worksites. Although program durability was not a primary aim of this intervention study, these analyses provide an important assessment of program maintenance beyond a funded intervention and underscore the need for additional research to identify effective organizational strategies for institutionalization of worksite health-promotion programs.
authors.affiliation: Center for Community-Based Research, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sorensen
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Basen-Engquist
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Abrams
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kuniyuki
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: DiClemente
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Biener