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- Home
- Repositories
  - The Registry of Methods and Tools for Evidence-Informed Decision Making
  - Methods and Tools for Organizational Change
  - Health Evidence™
  - Repository of Public Health Evidence Syntheses
- Training
  - Evidence-Informed Decision Making Competence Measure
  - Learning Needs Assessment for Evidence-Informed Decision Making
  - Videos
  - Online Learning Modules
  - Knowledge Broker Virtual Office Hours
  - Workshops & Webinars
  - Custom-Tailored Workforce Development
  - High-Impact Mentorship for Workforce Development
- Tools
  - 6S Search Pyramid
  - Algorithm for Classifying the Study Design of Primary Studies
  - Anatomy of a Systematic Review
  - Assessing Applicability and Transferability of Evidence Tool (A&T Tool)
  - Competency Mapping Tool
  - Evidence-Informed Decision Making in Public Health
  - EvSyS: The Evidence Synthesis Selection Tool for Decision Makers
  - Mental Health Resources for Healthcare Workers
  - Quality Assessment of Community Evidence (QACE) Tools
  - Rapid Review Guidebook
  - Resource Planning and Assessment (RPA) Tool
- Rapid Evidence Service
- Impact
  - Evidence-Informed Decision Making Casebook
  - Impact of the Knowledge Broker Mentoring Program
  - Why It Matters
  - NCCMT Publications
  - User Stories
  - Outreach
  - KT Student Awards
- About Us
  - About the NCCMT
  - Our Funder
  - Our Host Institution
  - The National Collaborating Centres
  - Team Members
  - Advisory Board Members
  - Students
  - COVID-19 Evidence Network to support Decision-making (COVID-END)
  - Contact Us

The Program Sustainability Assessment Tool (PSAT)

Luke DA, Calhoun A, Robichaux CB, Elliott MB, Moreland-Russell S. The Program Sustainability Assessment Tool: A New Instrument for Public Health Programs. Prev Chronic Dis 2014;11:130184. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd11.130184.

Description

The Program Sustainability Assessment Tool is a self-assessment tool for evaluating the sustainability of a program at the community, province/state and national levels. This tool also serves as an aid for sustainability planning.

Steps for Using Method/Tool

The tool provides 40 questions using a Likert scale. It addresses the following eight domains:

Environmental support
Funding stability
Partnerships
Organizational capacity
Program evaluation
Program adaption
Communications
Strategic planning

The final scores conceptualize the program across each domain, highlighting which area users may want to focus their efforts on to increase sustainability capacity.

These summaries are written by the NCCMT to condense and to provide an overview of the resources listed in the Registry of Methods and Tools and to give suggestions for their use in a public health context. For more information on individual methods and tools included in the review, please consult the authors/developers of the original resources.

We have provided the resources and links as a convenience and for informational purposes only; they do not constitute an endorsement or an approval by McMaster University of any of the products, services or opinions of the external organizations, nor have the external organizations endorsed their resources and links as provided by McMaster University. McMaster University bears no responsibility for the accuracy, legality or content of the external sites.