The history of innovations teaches us that usually it takes far too long for proven concepts
and programs to become part of practice. One of the best illustrations of this principle was …

Once a health promotion program has proven to be effective in one or two initial settings,
attempts may be made to transfer the program to new settings. One way to conceptualize the …

To attain institutionalization, a program passes through the other stages shown in Fig 1."***"
Yet passage from one stage does not assure success at the next. For instance, Goodman …

The impact of health behaviors on chronic disease morbidity and mortality is well known.
The recent Harvard Report on Cancer Prevention concluded that two-thirds of all cancer …

YOUNG has stated that" the ultimate objective of most health education activities is to
change individual, group, community, or societal be-havior."'While the health educator has …

" Having so many theories put together thoughtfully, proximally, in a single book will help the
field come to grips with what the role is of theories as we go forward and address the …

This study examines adoption and implementation of the US Department of Education's new
policy, thePrinciples of Effectiveness', from a diffusion of innovations theoretical framework …

Efforts at reducing tobacco use in the United States and Canada over the last half century
have been amazingly successful. This article examines those efforts in order to identify …

To examine the extent to which health promotion research is providing an empirical basis for
the diffusion and institutionalization of effective interventions, we conducted a systematic …

At the dawn of the twenty-first century, Americans enjoyed better overall health than at any
other time in the nation's history. Rapid advancements in medical technologies …