Developing a Tool to Assess Implementation of Evidence-Based Chronic Disease Prevention in Public Health Settings Across Four Countries

Development of the 26-question survey included, a narrative literature review of extant measures in evidence-based chronic disease prevention (EBCDP); qualitative interviews with 50 chronic disease prevention practitioners in Australia, Brazil, China, and the United States; review by an expert panel of researchers in EBCDP; and test-retest reliability assessment. A convenience sample of practitioners working in chronic disease prevention in each country completed the survey twice (N=165). Overall, this tool produced good to moderately reliable responses. Generally, reliability of responses was higher among practitioners from Australia and the United States than China and Brazil.