Supporting Community-based Healthy Eating and Active Living Efforts in Sustaining Beyond the Funding Cycle.

Introduction: Considerable research has been done to define, conceptualize, and study sustainability for public health initiatives. New research suggests evaluating sustainability through additional characteristics, like type of intervention or focus of change, may help uncover differences in approaches and resources needed for sustainability. Additionally, available research often misses perspectives from those involved on what is necessary to sustain strategies long term.