Key Considerations and Recommended Strategies for Conducting a School-Based Longitudinal RE-AIM Evaluation: Insights From a 28-School Cluster Randomized Trial. Issue 1 (January 2023)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Marhefka, Stephanie L.; Noble, Charlotte A.; Walsh-Buhi, Eric R.; Turner, DeAnne; Mahony, Helen; Singleton, Ashley; DeBate, Rita; Daley, Ellen M.
• Is Part Of: Health promotion practice. Volume 24:Issue 1(2023)
• Page Start: 160
• Page End: 171
• Publication Date: 2023-01
• Subjects: RE-AIM -- program evaluation -- randomized controlled trial -- school health -- implementation science; Health promotion -- Periodicals; Health promotion -- United States -- Periodicals; Health education -- Periodicals; Health education -- United States -- Periodicals; 613
• DOI: 10.1177/15248399211042339
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1524-8399

Abstract

RE-AIM is an implementation science framework that provides a structure to promote data collection and analysis in the domains of R each, E fficacy/ E ffectiveness, A doption, I mplementation, and M aintenance. The RE-AIM approach promotes more data collection and reporting than typical evaluations so potential adopters can determine the potential program fit for their setting. RE-AIM has been used to evaluate a variety of programs; however, there are few resources that provide strategies for conducting a RE-AIM evaluation in the school setting. The purpose of this article is to inform future studies by elucidating experiences conducting a large, complex, multisite, longitudinal RE-AIM evaluation in schools in partnership with the state's Departments of Education and Health, and to share strategies for overcoming obstacles. With the long-term goal of facilitating the translation of school-based intervention research into practice, we provide key considerations and recommend strategies for school-based RE-AIM evaluation success.