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Sustainability of public health programs: The example of tobacco treatment services in Massachusetts

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  • LaPelle, N.R.
  • Zapka, J.
  • Ockene, J.K.

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Sustaining important public or grant-funded services after initial funding is terminated is a major public health challenge. We investigated whether tobacco treatment services previously funded within a statewide tobacco control initiative could be sustained after state funding was terminated abruptly. We found that 2 key strategies-redefining the scope of services being offered and creative use of resources-were factors that determined whether some community agencies were able to sustain services at a much higher level than others after funding was discontinued. Understanding these strategies and developing them at a time when program funding is not being threatened is likely to increase program sustainability.

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  • LaPelle, N.R. & Zapka, J. & Ockene, J.K., 2006. "Sustainability of public health programs: The example of tobacco treatment services in Massachusetts," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 96(8), pages 1363-1369.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2005.067124_6
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.067124
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    1. Riki Savaya & Gerald Elsworth & Patricia Rogers, 2009. "Projected Sustainability of Innovative Social Programs," Evaluation Review, , vol. 33(2), pages 189-205, April.
    2. Phillip Koni & Nathaniel Chishinga & Lameck Nyirenda & Prisca Kasonde & Richard Nsakanya & Michael Welsh, 2015. "Health Facility Graduation from Donor-Supported Intensive Technical Assistance and Associated Factors in Zambia," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 10(6), pages 1-13, June.

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