SNAP: A journey from research to policy to implementation and back

Abstract

This paper describes an implementation trial, conducted in two divisions of general practice, of evidence-based interventions to manage behavioural risk factors in general practice. This arose from the Smoking, Nutrition, Alcohol, Physical Activity (SNAP) policy framework developed by the federal and NSW governments in 2001, which was in turn based on a review of the evidence. The trial broadly demonstrated that such implementation was feasible and identified a number of attitudinal, organisational, financial and work practice barriers. This helped in the development of further national initiatives and is now the subject of a trial in community health services in NSW.