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Table 2 Overview of included conceptual literature

From: Understanding the implementation of evidence-informed policies and practices from a policy perspective: a critical interpretive synthesis

Author

Year

Author location

Topic area

Focus

Name of model/theory/framework

Framework type [3]

Aarons et al. [12]

2011

USA

Public services for children and families

Implementation

Conceptual model of global factors affecting implementation in public service sectors

Determinants framework

Bauman et al. [36]

2006

Australia (majority)

Physical activity

Supra-National

A Six-Step Framework for International Physical Activity Dissemination

Process model

Bowen et al. [37]

2010

USA

HIV

Organizational/program

Rogers-Rütten Framework

Determinants + evaluation framework

Bowen and Zwi [38]

2005

Australia

Public health

Knowledge translation

Evidence-informed Policy and Practice Pathway

Determinants framework

Bruns et al. [39]

2008

USA

Children and youth

System (state)

No name per se but addresses dimensions of state EBP implementation effort

Determinants framework

Burris et al. [40]

2012

USA

Public health

System (law)

No name per se but unified framework integrating public health law and public health systems and services

Determinants framework

Campos and Reich [41]

2019

USA

Health

Policy, politics and stakeholders

No name but identifies six different directions for different stakeholders

Process model

Chaudoir et al. [9]a

2013

USA

Health

System (measures of determinants)

A multi-level framework predicting implementation outcomes

Determinants framework

Cherney and Head [42]

2011

Australia

Evidence-based policy/practice

System

Components of a Support Delivery System: ‘9Cs’

Determinants framework

Chin and Goldmann [43]

2011

USA

Health

System

A Conceptual Model for Specifically Addressing Disparities 6 Key Levels of Influence

Implementation theory

Damschroder et al. [7]

2009

USA

Health

Organizational

Consolidated Framework for Advancing Implementation Research (CFIR)

Determinants framework

Domitrovich et al. [44]

2008

USA

Schools

Implementation quality

No name per se but identified as factors that can affect implementation quality: a multi-level model

Determinants framework

Evans and Davies [45], and Dolowitz and March [46]

1999 and 2000

UK and UK

Policy transfer

Policy

Policy transfer

Determinants framework

Feldstein and Glasgow [47]

2008

USA

Healthcare

Research to practice implementation

PRISM (Practical, Robust Implementation and Sustainability Model)

Process model

Fleuren et al. [48]

2014

Netherlands

Healthcare

Organizational/program

No name per se but “Framework representing the innovation process and related categories of determinants”

Determinants framework

Godfrey [49]

2011

USA

Mental health

System

Hypothesized factors that influence ACT implementation

Determinants framework

Green et al. [50]

2006

USA

Physical activity

Knowledge translation

Push-Pull Capacity Model

Process model

Greenhalgh et al. [26]

2004

UK

Healthcare

Organizational

Diffusion of Innovations in Service Organizations

Determinants framework

Greig et al. [51]

2012

UK

Healthcare

Implementation activity/practices

Activity Theory

Classic theory

Harris et al. [52]

2012

USA

Health promotion

Organizational

Health Promotion Resource Center Dissemination Framework

Process model

Harvey and Kitson [53]

2016

Australia

Health services

Implementation

Integrated Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health Services (I-PARIHS)

Determinants framework

Hendriks et al. [54]

2013

Netherlands

Public health (childhood obesity)

Policy

Behavior Change Ball

Implementation theory

Hill and Hupe [55]

2003

UK and Netherlands

Policy implementation

Policy

No model/theory or framework but discussed ‘the multi-layer problem’

N/A

Hill and Hupe [56]

2002

UK and Netherlands

Policy implementation

Policy

N/A (book)

Determinants framework

Hodges and Ferreira [57]

2013

USA

Children and families

Policy (local)

Multilevel framework for local policy development and implementation

Determinants framework

Howlett [58]

2004

Canada

Policy implementation

Policy (instruments)

N/A

Other (most closely resembles Classic Theory)

Hupe [59]

2011

Netherlands

Policy implementation

Explaining policy implementation

Thesis of incongruent implementation

Determinants framework

Hupe and Hill [60]

2016

Netherlands and UK

Policy implementation

Policy

N/A

N/A

Jansen [61]

2010

Netherlands

Public health

Disconnections between policy, practice and research

3 niches of public health

Process model + determinants framework

Jilcott et al. [62]

2007

USA

Public health

Evaluating policy implementation

Applying the RE-AIM framework to assess the public health impact of policy change

Evaluation framework

Johansson [11]

2010

Sweden

Human services

Policy

N/A

N/A

Leeman et al. [63]

2012

USA

Obesity prevention

Policy

Center TRT’s evaluation framework

Evaluation framework

Lipsky [13]

1980

USA

Social services

Policy and individual

Street-Level Bureaucracy

Implementation theory

Matland [64]

1995

USA

Policy implementation

Policy

Ambiguity-Conflict Model of Implementation

Implementation theory

Mendel et al. [65]

2008

USA

Mental health

Organizational/community

Framework of Dissemination in Health Services Intervention Research

Process framework (2nd)

Michie [66]

2011

UK

Behavior change (EBPs)

Individual

The Behaviour Change Wheel

Implementation theory + determinants framework

Moulton and Sandfort [67]

2017

USA

Public service interventions

Policy

The Strategic Action Field Framework

Implementation theory

Pettigrew and Whip [68]

1992

UK

Business

Organizational/firm

Understanding strategic change: three essential dimensions (Warwick Framework)

Classic theory

Proctor et al. [69]

2011

USA

Mental health

Implementation outcomes

Conceptual Model of Implementation Research

Evaluation framework

Raghavan et al. [70]

2008

USA

Mental health

Policy

A Policy Ecology of Implementation

Determinants framework

Rutten et al. [71]

2003

Germany/Europe

Health promotion

Policy

Determinants of policy analysis

Determinants framework + classic theory

Sabatier and Mazmanian [14]

1980

USA

Policy implementation

Policy

Framework of Analysis for the Implementation of Public Policy

Determinants framework + process model

Schoenwald et al. [72]a

2008

USA

Mental health

System

Conceptual model for the MacArthur research network on youth mental health child STEPs initiative on evidence-based practice in clinics and systems

Determinants framework

Shortell [73]

2004

USA

Health care

System

N/A; levels and associated assumptions about change

Implementation theory

Spoth et al. [74]

2013

USA

Public health/prevention

Population

Translation Science to Population Impact (TSci Impact) framework

Process model

Strehlenert et al. [75]

2015

Sweden

Health and social care

Policy

Conceptual Model for Evidence-Informed Policy Formulation and Implementation

Process model

Thomann et al. [76]

2017

Germany

Policy implementation

Policy

Extended Accountability Regimes Framework

Implementation theory

VanDeusen Lukas et al. [77]

2007

USA

Heath care

Organizational

Framework for Organizational Transformation

Classic theory

Viennet and Pont [78]

2017

International

Education

Policy

Education Policy Implementation Framework

Determinants framework and implementation theory

Wandersman et al. [79]

2016

USA

Empowerment evaluation

Innovation and system interface

Getting to Outcomes

Process model

Wisdom et al. [80]

2014

USA

Innovation adoption

System

N/A

Determinants framework

  1. aAlso included in empirical literature