Action planning for building public health program sustainability: results from a group-randomized trial.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateEthical approval for this study was provided by the Washington University in St Louis Institutional Review Board (IRB#201801196). All participants were emailed a copy of the consent form prior to interviews, and verbal consent was obtained from participants. This trial is registered: NCT03598114. Consent for publicationConsent was obtained from participants to use data collected as part of publications. This is included in our Washington University in St Louis Institutional Review Board (IRB#201801196)-approved consent form. Competing interestsThe authors declare that they have no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests."

"Funding The present study is funded by the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health (award number R01CA203844), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (award number U48DP006395), and the Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital. The findings and conclusions in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official positions of the National Institutes of Health or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention."

"The PACT study utilized a multiphase outcome evaluation incorporating a group-randomized experimental design testing the effectiveness of a novel intervention, the Program Sustainability Action Planning Model and Training Curricula, to increase the capacity for sustainability among state-level tobacco control programs. This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Washington University in St. Louis (reference number 201801196). This study also received approval under Washington University’s Protocol Review and Monitoring Committee. This study was also registered retrospectively on July 26, 2018, as a clinical trial (ClinicalTrials.gov/NCT03598114). Conclusion: This study found that the Program Sustainability Action Planning Model and Training Curricula was effective in building capacity for sustainability. The training was most beneficial for programs that had made less policy progress than others, implying that tailored training may be most appropriate for programs possibly struggling to make progress. Finally, while funding had a small, statistically significant effect on our model, it virtually made no difference for the average program in our study. This suggests that other factors may be more or equally important as the level of funding a program receives.: Trial registration.: ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT03598114. Registered on July 26, 2018. Declarations: Ethics approval and consent to participateEthical approval for this study was provided by the Washington University in St Louis Institutional Review Board (IRB#201801196). All participants were emailed a copy of the consent form prior to interviews, and verbal consent was obtained from participants. This trial is registered: NCT03598114.: Consent for publicationConsent was obtained from participants to use data collected as part of publications. This is included in our Washington University in St Louis Institutional Review Board (IRB#201801196)-approved consent form.: Competing interestsThe authors declare that they have no competing interests. Ethics approval and consent to participate: Ethical approval for this study was provided by the Washington University in St Louis Institutional Review Board (IRB#201801196). All participants were emailed a copy of the consent form prior to interviews, and verbal consent was obtained from participants. This trial is registered: NCT03598114."