Unfortunately, too often, the concern for the institutionalization, continuation, or sustainability of health programs, especially for their financial viability, eclipses attention to their effectiveness and responsiveness to public health needs.
Finally, consideration should be given to the possibility of negotiating conditions and contract-like agreements with the municipalities and the Government to ensure the continuation and sustainability of some of the project components that are about to terminate in the near future.
For the first time in health systems research, the attributes of activities in a health programme implemented in a low or middle income country were described using diffusion of innovations theories; and a relationship was established between the level of continuation of activities (sustainability) and these attributes.
Sustainability measures of '10,000 Steps' in the follow-up organizational survey included 1) project continuation (including sustained implementation of project components and adaptation) and 2) institutionalization in organizations (see Additional file 1).
Similarly, since the sustainability and continuation of disaster awareness by training programs and information campaigns were not assured, experts judged the initiative as a moderate PAVR contributor.
While working at the River Cafe he was struck by the passion of some of the farmers who supplied meat, and quickly he saw that their arguments to do with welfare and sustainability were a continuation of those he had encountered in Africa, on a more local scale.
Sustainability - the continuation of benefits from a development intervention after major development assistance has been completed.
This small group of studies also characterized sustainability as the continuation of original program activities (i.e., institutionalization) and identified a range of influencing factors.
In addition, sustainability (i.e. continuation of the CLI in practice after study termination) was evaluated.
Furthermore, sustainability (i.e. continuation in practice after study termination) of lifestyle interventions is crucial to provoke effects on public health.
