Using The RE-AIM Framework to Evaluate A Community-Based Smoke Alarm Installation Program
Journal Title: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Care - Year 2016, Vol 1, Issue 2
Abstract
We used the five dimensions of the RE-AIM model to evaluate a smoke alarm (SA) installation program called Operation Installation (OI), which was implemented in 36 high risk census tracts in Dallas, TX, from 2001-2011. More than 20,000 SAs were installed in 8,134 houses through OI. The RE-AIM model showed that the program had a modest reach into the target population (26.5%), and a relatively high effectiveness (63%) at preventing deaths and injuries in program houses. Adoption and implementation remained high throughout the time period. Individual level maintenance of SAs was high initially (91.8%), but rapidly declined and was only 20% after 10 years. Application of the RE-AIM model to evaluate this long-term SA installation program highlighted areas that warranted improvement, especially for the dimensions of Reach and individual-level Maintenance. The model may be useful for evaluating the impact of other injury prevention programs.
Authors and Affiliations
Shelli Stephens-Stidham, Mary A. McCoy, Carey Roper, Emily Campa, Jeffrey J. Barnard
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- DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-3585.jpmc-16-1118
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