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April 19, 2026Critical Public HealthOpen Access

Reverse translating parkrun’s scale-up success: lessons for public health

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AGAnne GrunseitUniversity of Technology SydneyLCLeonie CranneyUniversity of Technology SydneyABAdrian BaumanThe University of Sydney

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Implication

Analysis demonstrates new insights on sustainable public health dissemination strategies, highlighting community-driven initiatives.

Key Points

  • To evaluate the diverse definitions of scale-up success and their implications for sustainable public health initiatives.
  • Applied a multidimensional definition of scaling up success based on educational reform evaluation.
  • Analyzed the parkrun phenomenon to explore its community-driven dissemination model.
  • Considered four key success dimensions: depth, sustainability, spread, and reform ownership.
  • Identified novel system-level mechanisms affecting scale-up success, such as custodianship vs ownership.
  • Highlighted the role of social networks in supporting the sustainability of initiatives.
  • Demonstrated that a broader definition accommodates varied scaling contexts and strategies.

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Grunseit et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69e470a4010ef96374d8d8e8https://doi.org/10.1080/09581596.2026.2656559
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