The role and status of evidence and innovation in the Healthy Towns programme in England: qualitative stakeholder interview study

摘要

BackgroundIn 2008 the Healthy Community Challenge Fund commissioned nine ‘Healthy Towns’ in England to implement and evaluate community-based environmental interventions to prevent obesity. This paper examines the role of evidence in informing intervention development, innovation, and the potential for programmes to contribute to the evidence base on the effectiveness of interventions that tackle population obesity.