The phrase "a continued effort to" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing ongoing attempts or actions aimed at achieving a particular goal or outcome.
Example: "The organization is committed to a continued effort to improve community relations."
Alternatives: "an ongoing attempt to" or "a sustained effort to".
This season, they are leaning on offensive stars amid a continuing effort to stabilize their defensive play.
The mayor is now calling for a continuing effort to reform the system, and we hope he keeps fighting.
There is a danger that in their current mood Argentines might choose an even less reconstructed populist, in a continuing effort to avoid facing their harsh reality.
Ms. Hashimoto stressed that the recalls were part of a continuing effort to be more responsive to customer feedback and to move more quickly and openly on recalls.
The imminent sale comes as Philadelphia Media Network confronts newsroom layoffs in a continuing effort to cut costs amid a decline in print advertising revenue.
The Bank of Japan's moves are part of a continuing effort to fix credit problems at the nation's major banks.
This year we've added some new things and tweaked some old in a continuing effort to reach the widest range of classrooms.
LEVI STRAUSS is introducing a multimedia campaign to promote its Silvertab line of clothing, part of a continuing effort to stimulate steeply declining sales.
As part of a continuing effort to check for flaws, those scientists in recent weeks used a new method to look at their figures and obtained different results.
And on Monday, the bank named a new director to its board as part of a continuing effort to break with its troubled past.
Nascar is reaching west again with plans to move two more races from the Carolinas, to tracks in Texas and Arizona, in a continuing effort to expand nationally.
