Worksite Health Promotion in Six Varied US Sites: Beta Testing as a Needed Translational Step

Table 1

Translational framework.

	Features advancing adoption and implementation
New technology; (product, program, or service)	Advantage over prior and existing programs [18]
	Ability to try and adapt the program [19]
	Feasibility in time and cost [18]
	Outcomes are observable locally and in other sites [18]
	Outcomes are reinforced [20]
	Proven efficacy and linkage with other satisfied users [18]
	Training and technical support available [21]
Users and organization	Local champion, change agents, and well-established person to person communication channels [18, 22]
	Compatibility with policies and values and climate where the innovation is expected, supported and rewarded [18, 22]
	Management support (usually mediated by resource availability) [22]