What is the 'voltage drop' when an effective health promoting intervention for older adults-Choose to Move (Phase 3)-Is implemented at broad scale?
Heather A McKayHeather M MacdonaldLindsay NettlefoldKatie WeathersonSamantha M GrayAdrian BaumanKarim M KhanJoanie Sims GouldPublished in: PloS one (2023)
Benefits of health-promoting interventions-like CTM-can be retained when implemented at broad scale. Diminished social isolation in Phase 3 reflects how CTM was adapted to enhance opportunities for older adults to socially connect. Thus, although intervention effects may be reduced at scale-up, voltage drop is not inevitable.