Preventing chronic diseases, such as cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes, requires
complex interventions, involving multi-component and multi-level efforts that are tailored to …

This paper reports the results of a study undertaken to explain levels of implementation of
heart health promotion activities observed in Ontario public health agencies in 1997. …

… Barbara L Riley , Barbara L Riley … , such as partnerships, alliances, coalitions and
collaborations, has become blurred (Riley and Best, in press). While it is not our intention with this …

This paper reports the results of a comparative case study that examines factors influencing
changes in implementation of heart health promotion activities in Ontario public health units. …

Background The persistent gap between research and practice compromises the impact of
multi-level and multi-strategy community health interventions. Part of the problem is a limited …

Assessing societal impacts of research is more difficult than assessing advances in knowledge.
Methods to evaluate research impact on policy processes and outcomes are especially …

Interorganizational networks that harness the priorities, capacities, and skills of various
agencies and individuals have emerged as useful approaches for strengthening preventive …

Background Engaged scholarship includes the coproduction and use of research by
partnerships that blend research, policy and/or practice perspectives. This way of doing research …

This paper reports the results of an analysis of the dissemination of community-based heart
health promotion strategies. The research draws on diffusion and socio-ecological theories …

… Finally, Barbara Riley’s contributions to this project were supported by a personnel award
from the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada and Canadian Institutes of Health Research. …