American journal of preventive medicine
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Research on how best to deliver efficacious public health strategies in heterogeneous community and organizational contexts remains limited. Such studies require the active engagement of public health practice settings in the design, implementation, and translation of research. Practice-based research networks (PBRNs) provide mechanisms for research engagement, but until now they have not been tested in public health settings. ⋯ PBRN networks can serve as effective mechanisms for facilitating research implementation and translation among public health practice settings.