Leveraging Implementation Science in the Public Health Response to COVID-19: Child Food Insecurity and Federal Nutrition Assistance Programs.

The authors argue on the role of dissemination and implementation science to improve public health after COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. They look at the integration and implementation of evidence-based research to federal child nutrition assistance programs during the pandemic. They conclude that it...

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Published in:	Public Health Reports Vol. 135; no. 6; pp. 728 - 737
Main Authors:	Lane, Hannah G., Turner, Lindsey, Dunn, Caroline Glagola, Hager, Erin R., Fleischhacker, Sheila
Format:	Article
Published:	Sage Publications Inc. Nov/Dec2020
Subjects:	Diffusion of innovations Health services accessibility Health status indicators Nutrition Public health Human services programs Food security COVID-19 pandemic Food relief
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost

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Summary:	The authors argue on the role of dissemination and implementation science to improve public health after COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. They look at the integration and implementation of evidence-based research to federal child nutrition assistance programs during the pandemic. They conclude that it opens opportunities for public health research as its stakeholder driven, have large quantity of theories and framework, and evaluate contextual factors.