Research Article

Worksite Health Promotion in Six Varied US Sites: Beta Testing as a Needed Translational Step

Table 1

Translational framework.

Features advancing adoption and implementation

New technology
(product, program, or service)
Advantage over prior and existing programs [18]
Ability to try and adapt the program [19]
Feasibility in time and cost [18]
Outcomes are observable locally and in other sites [18]
Outcomes are reinforced [20]
Proven efficacy and linkage with other satisfied users [18]
Training and technical support available [21]

Users and organizationLocal champion, change agents, and well-established person to person communication channels [18, 22]
Compatibility with policies and values and climate where the innovation is expected, supported and rewarded [18, 22]
Management support (usually mediated by resource availability) [22]