Putting Public Health Evidence in Action

Over multiple funding cycles, the CPCRN has created an interactive training curriculum to support community program planners, health educators and practitioners in developing capacity to use evidence-based approaches to improve the health of their community. This curriculum has been disseminated widely over the years, both nationally and internationally, and provides the background and tools needed for planning, implementing, and evaluating community health interventions.

See below for the resources needed to plan and deliver a “Putting Public Health Evidence in Action” training workshop with links to videos and supporting materials.

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Click here to download the curriculum overview document.


Module 1: Introduce Evidence-Based Practice and Community Engagement

Objectives | Video | Slides

  • Define evidence-based practice (EBP)
  • Describe the framework for EBP that will guide the training
  • Introduce community and stakeholder engagement as a foundation to EBP

Handouts, Activities, and Resources


Module 2: Understand the Problem and Establish Goals for Improvement

Objectives | Video | Slides

  • Determine current performance
  • Identify multi-level factors contributing to a problem
  • Create a process map to identify weak links
  • Establish improvement goals

Handouts, Activities, and Resources


Module 3: Find and Select Evidence-based Interventions

Objectives | Video | Slides

  • Find evidence-based interventions (EBIs)
  • Apply criteria to assess EBIs based on their effectiveness
  • Determine potential for implementation in real-world practice
  • Describe basic principles for selecting EBIs that fit your objectives, setting, and population

Handouts, Activities, and Resources


Module 4: Adapt Evidence-based Interventions

Objectives | Video | Slides

  • Define adaptation, fidelity, and core elements
  • Describe the process and steps for adaptation
  • Discuss which changes can be made without affecting the effectiveness vs. which cannot

Handouts, Activities, and Resources


Module 5: Implement Evidence-based Interventions

Objectives | Video | Slides

  • Describe six steps to successful program implementation
  • Assess a setting’s readiness to implement an EBI
  • Develop an implementation plan

Handouts, Activities, and Resources


Module 6: Evaluate Evidence-based Interventions

Objectives | Video | Slides

  • Define different types of evaluation
  • Explain the difference between process and outcome evaluation questions
  • Identify measurable outcomes related to aims, objectives, and activities
  • Collect reliable and valid performance data

Handouts, Activities, and Resources



An earlier version of the "Putting Public Health Evidence in Action" Training was published November 2017. The full curriculum and all associated files are archived here.


This training is supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of financial assistance awards (cooperative agreement numbers U48 DP006400 and U48 DP006377). The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by CDC/HHS, or the U.S. Government.