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METHODS article

Front. Health Serv.

Sec. Implementation Science

Volume 5 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/frhs.2025.1630135

This article is part of the Research TopicDissemination and Implementation Science in MedicineView all 6 articles

Application of the Implementation Research Logic Model for evaluating a framework for disseminating arthritis-appropriate evidence-based interventions

Provisionally accepted
Kathleen L CarluzzoKathleen L Carluzzo1*Laura BernsteinLaura Bernstein1Julia ChevanJulia Chevan2Elizabeth ErckElizabeth Erck2Heather MurphyHeather Murphy2Trina Radske-SuchanTrina Radske-Suchan3Bery EngebretsenBery Engebretsen4Karen E SchifferdeckerKaren E Schifferdecker1
  • 1The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, United States
  • 2National Association of Chronic Disease Directors, Decatur, GA, United States
  • 3Iowa Community HUB, Des Moines, IA, United States
  • 4Primary Health Care, Des Moines, IA, United States

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The Public Health Framework for Collaborative Arthritis Management and Wellbeing ("the Framework") is being piloted as a model to improve health and wellbeing of people with arthritis. This model is built upon a foundational partnership between a clinical entity and a community care hub ("hub"), which recognizes the important role that hubs play in addressing both chronic care needs and unmet social needs of people with arthritis. Specifically, hubs partner with healthcare systems by coordinating and supporting networks of community-based organizations that provide patients with access to health-related resources and services (such as AAEBIs). In this Framework, the clinic engages patients in screening (based on physical activity, physical function, and pain), counseling (regarding benefits of physical activity), and referral to community care hubs. At the hub, patients are screened for unmet social needs and are matched with arthritis-appropriate evidencebased interventions (AAEBIs) based on a shared-decision-making process. There are two types of AAEBIs: Physical Activity, and Self-Management Education, which may be offered in communitybased, clinical, or virtual settings.

Keywords: Arthritis, arthritis-appropriate evidence-based intervention, community care hub, Evaluation, implementation, implementation research logic model, physical activity, referral Deleted: By piloting Font: (Default) Times New Roman

Received: 16 May 2025; Accepted: 08 Jul 2025.

Copyright: © 2025 Carluzzo, Bernstein, Chevan, Erck, Murphy, Radske-Suchan, Engebretsen and Schifferdecker. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

* Correspondence: Kathleen L Carluzzo, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, United States

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