Linkages between clinical practices and community organizations for prevention: a literature review and environmental scan.

Context: A literature review and environmental scan were conducted to develop a framework for interventions that utilize linkages between clinical practices and community organizations for the delivery of preventive services, and to identify and characterize these efforts.

Evidence Acquisition: A search was made of four major health services and social science electronic databases and an Internet search was conducted to identify examples of linkage interventions in the areas of tobacco cessation, obesity, nutrition, and physical activity.

Evidence Synthesis: In all, 49 interventions were identified, of which 18 examples described their evaluation methods or reported any intervention outcomes.

Linkages between clinical practices and community organizations for prevention: a literature review and environmental scan.

Objectives: We conducted a literature review and environmental scan to develop a framework for interventions that utilize linkages between clinical practices and community organizations for the delivery of preventive services, and to identify and characterize these efforts.

Methods: We searched 4 major health services and social science electronic databases and conducted an Internet search to identify examples of linkage interventions in the areas of tobacco cessation, obesity, nutrition, and physical activity.

Results: We identified 49 interventions, of which 18 examples described their evaluation methods or reported any intervention outcomes.

Modeling psychological empowerment among youth involved in local tobacco control efforts.

The American Legacy Foundation funded 13 state health departments for their Statewide Youth Movement Against Tobacco Use in September 2000. Its goal was to create statewide tobacco control initiatives implemented with youth leadership. The underlying theory behind these initiatives was that tobacco control efforts can best be accomplished by empowering youth.

Examination of the relationship between community support and tobacco control activities as a part of youth empowerment programs.

Through the American Legacy Foundation's Statewide Youth Movement Against Tobacco Use (SYMATU), programs aimed at empowering youths to take action against tobacco use were funded. It is believed that the activities these groups undertake result in changes at the community level. This article examines the relationships between community support of tobacco control and the number and types of tobacco control-related activities these local youth groups conduct.

Quantifying the impact of participation in local tobacco control groups on the psychological empowerment of involved youth.

A core component of Legacy's Statewide Youth Movement Against Tobacco Use is the ability of state and local initiatives to empower youth to effect change in their communities. The authors' conceptual framework proposes that youth empowerment is an outcome of the process by which youths become active participants in local efforts. Youths are proposed to attain specific skills (e.