From abstract: To identify effective strategies states used to disseminate evidence-based interventions and to inform CDC Arthritis Program strategy, Westat conducted a cross-site evaluation of 21 state health departments. The evaluation identified processes states used to disseminate interventions and strategies that facilitated organizational adoption and embedding of the interventions. One of the challenges faced in the evaluation was how to systematically characterize the strategic approaches of the 21 state health departments, each of which had a unique combination of challenges, contextual factors, and portfolio of interventions they were implementing. This presentation discusses the development of an analytic rubric that identified dissemination strategies and tactics used by state health departments. We then demonstrate how this rubric was used to compare and contrast processes used by states to achieve expanded reach and assess the effectiveness of dissemination strategies. #rubric #selfmanagement #arthritis #communityhealthprograms #GovernmentEvaluation #2012Conference #HowTo