Submission Information
Guide
Healthy Living Practices Submission Guide
Timeline
The typical timeframe for approval or denial of a Healthy
Living Practices submission is 3 weeks.
The timeframe may be extended if more
information is needed to determine whether the submission is acceptable or
not. If more information is needed, the
submitter will be contacted via email with a request for the additional
information.
Healthy Living Practices
LiveHealthyPA is collecting Healthy Living Practices
from across Pennsylvania to provide readers with potential resources and ideas
for improving health outcomes. Healthy Living Practices is a continuum of
interventions that range from “new” or emerging programs to those best practice
where outcomes have been formally evaluated.
Healthy Living Practices include a combination of all the other
practices defined in the dropdowns below (best, leading, promising, and
emerging - from CDC reference at bottom of page). This category was chosen due to its ability to include a continuum of practices
that have made a healthy impact on the lives of Pennsylvanians without
restricting submissions to those that meet a specific definition. Submissions
should demonstrate a positive health outcome and be able to be replicated by
others in a way that will not increase risk to its participants. Any
organization or group may submit a practice to share with partners throughout
the Commonwealth in the format provided by LiveHealthyPA.com.
Healthy Living Practices Continuum
Emerging practices include practices assessed through field-based summaries or evaluations in progress that show some evidence of effectiveness and at least plausible evidence of reach, feasibility, sustainability, and transferability. Emerging practices are generally newer, with a plausible theoretical basis and preliminary evidence of impact. These practices require more implementation and further evaluation to determine whether their potential impact can be replicated over time and in other settings and populations.
Promising practices include practices assessed through unpublished intervention evaluations that have not been peer reviewed and that demonstrate some evidence of effectiveness, reach, feasibility, sustainability, and transferability. Promising practices have been evaluated more thoroughly than emerging practices and may include practices with higher quality of evidence and lower impact or with lower quality of evidence and higher impact, where decisions related to application will likely depend on context.
Leading practices include practices assessed through peer-reviewed studies or through nonsystematic review of published intervention evaluations that show growing evidence of effectiveness and some combination of evidence of reach, feasibility, sustainability, and transferability.
Best practices adhere to the most rigorous assessments in the continuum, including systematic reviews of research and evaluation studies, which demonstrate evidence of effectiveness and growing evidence of reach, feasibility, sustainability, and transferability.
Healthy
Living practices allows organizations and communities to learn of successful
practices or innovations in other places so these practices can be replicated
or modified to address similar needs. Thank you for your interest in
submitting your program for consideration as a Healthy Living practice on
LiveHealthyPA. Please complete the following information to provide us with an
overview of your program. We anticipate this will take approximately 15 minutes
of your time. Practices posted on the LiveHealthyPA website are first reviewed
by the Healthy Living Practices advisory panel to ensure the quality of the
program. Individuals or organizations submitting requests will be notified
of acceptance or rejection in a timely manner. Any submission rejected
will receive a summary of improvements needed and directions to resubmit when
changes are made. Upon making the suggested edits to your submission, an
organization can resubmit the practice for further consideration. Editing the Healthy Living practice does not
guarantee acceptance on the LiveHealthyPA website.
Submit a Healthy Living Practice
Review the Healthy
Living Practices Database
Citation:
Spencer, LM, Schooley, MW, Anderson, LA, Kochtitzky, CS, DeGroff, AS, Devlin,
HM, and Mercer, SL. (December 12, 2013). Seeking Best Practices: A Conceptual
Framework for Planning and Improving Evidence-Based Practices. Preventing
Chronic Disease. Volume 10. Retrieved from
http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2013/13_0186.htm.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd10.130186.