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  1. Implementation strategies are aimed at improving guideline adherence. Both effect and process evaluations are conducted to provide insights into the success or failure of these strategies. In our study, we eva...

    Authors: Julie E. M. Swillens, Quirinus J. M. Voorham, Reinier P. Akkermans, Iris D. Nagtegaal and Rosella P. M. G. Hermens
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:52
    Content type: Research Published on:

  2. Interventions are often adapted; some adaptations may provoke more favorable outcomes, whereas some may not. A better understanding of the adaptations and their intended goals may elucidate which adaptations p...

    Authors: Jodi Summers Holtrop, Dennis Gurfinkel, Andrea Nederveld, Phoutdavone Phimphasone-Brady, Patrick Hosokawa, Claude Rubinson, Jeanette A. Waxmonsky and Bethany M. Kwan
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:51
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  3. Guidelines aim to support evidence-informed practice but are inconsistently used without implementation strategies. Our prior scoping review revealed that guideline implementation interventions were not select...

    Authors: Sanne Peters, Krithika Sukumar, Sophie Blanchard, Akilesh Ramasamy, Jennifer Malinowski, Pamela Ginex, Emily Senerth, Marleen Corremans, Zachary Munn, Tamara Kredo, Lucia Prieto Remon, Etienne Ngeh, Lisa Kalman, Samia Alhabib, Yasser Sami Amer and Anna Gagliardi
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:50
    Content type: Systematic review Published on:

  4. Academic institutions building capacity for implementation scholarship are also well positioned to build capacity in real world health and human service settings. How practitioners and policy makers are includ...

    Authors: Lisa A. Juckett, Alicia C. Bunger, Molly M. McNett, Monica L. Robinson and Sharon J. Tucker
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:49
    Content type: Systematic review Published on:

  5. Strategic implementation leadership is a critical determinant of successful implementation, hypothesized to create a more supportive implementation climate conducive to the adoption and use of evidence-based p...

    Authors: Aaron R. Lyon, Catherine M. Corbin, Eric C. Brown, Mark G. Ehrhart, Jill Locke, Chayna Davis, Elissa Picozzi, Gregory A. Aarons and Clayton R. Cook
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:48
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  6. Successful guideline implementation depends both on factors extrinsic to guidelines and their intrinsic features. In the Guideline Implementability for Decision Excellence Model (GUIDE-M), “communicating” cont...

    Authors: Samir Gupta, Rosalind Tang, Kadia Petricca, Ivan D. Florez and Monika Kastner
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:47
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  7. Participatory design methods are a key component of designing tailored implementation strategies. These methods vary in the resources required to execute and analyze their outputs. No work to date has examined...

    Authors: Emily M. Becker-Haimes, Brinda Ramesh, Jacqueline E. Buck, Heather J. Nuske, Kelly A. Zentgraf, Rebecca E. Stewart, Alison Buttenheim and David S. Mandell
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:46
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  8. Despite improvement, sepsis mortality rates remain high, with an estimated 11 million sepsis-related deaths globally in 2017 (Rudd et. al, Lancet 395:200-211, 2020). Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) ar...

    Authors: Lisa M. Puchalski Ritchie, Lemlem Beza, Finot Debebe, Andualem Wubetie, Kathleen Gamble, Gerald Lebovic, Sharon E. Straus, Tigist Zewdu, Aklilu Azazh, Cheryl Hunchak, Megan Landes and Dawit Kebebe Huluka
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:45
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  9. The US continues to face public health crises related to both chronic pain and opioid overdoses. Thirty percent of Americans suffer from chronic noncancer pain at an estimated yearly cost of over $600 billion....

    Authors: Ramzi G. Salloum, Lori Bilello, Jiang Bian, Julie Diiulio, Laura Gonzalez Paz, Matthew J. Gurka, Maria Gutierrez, Robert W. Hurley, Ross E. Jones, Francisco Martinez-Wittinghan, Laura Marcial, Ghania Masri, Cara McDonnell, Laura G. Militello, François Modave, Khoa Nguyen…
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:44
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  10. The USA is undergoing a suicide epidemic for its youngest Veterans (18-to-34-years-old) as their suicide rate has almost doubled since 2001. Veterans are at the highest risk during their first-year post-discha...

    Authors: Joseph C. Geraci, Erin P. Finley, Emily R. Edwards, Sheila Frankfurt, A. Solomon Kurz, Nipa Kamdar, Megan E. Vanneman, Leonard M. Lopoo, Hannah Patnaik, Jean Yoon, Nicholas Armstrong, Ashley L. Greene, Gilly Cantor, Joseph Wrobleski, Erin Young, Matthew Goldsmith…
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:43
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  11. Schools increasingly provide mental health services to students, but often lack access to implementation strategies to support school-based (and school professional [SP]) delivery of evidence-based practices. ...

    Authors: Shawna N. Smith, Daniel Almirall, Seo Youn Choi, Elizabeth Koschmann, Amy Rusch, Emily Bilek, Annalise Lane, James L. Abelson, Daniel Eisenberg, Joseph A. Himle, Kate D. Fitzgerald, Celeste Liebrecht and Amy M. Kilbourne
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:42
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    The Correction to this article has been published in Implementation Science 2022 17:54

  12. Many strategies aimed at deprescribing benzodiazepine receptor agonists (BZRA) in older adults have already been evaluated with various success rates. There is so far no consensus on which strategy components ...

    Authors: Perrine Evrard, Catherine Pétein, Jean-Baptiste Beuscart and Anne Spinewine
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:41
    Content type: Systematic review Published on:

  13. Internationally, government policies mandating schools to provide students with opportunities to participate in physical activity are poorly implemented. The multi-component Physically Active Children in Educatio...

    Authors: Cassandra Lane, Nicole Nathan, Penny Reeves, Rachel Sutherland, Luke Wolfenden, Adam Shoesmith and Alix Hall
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:40
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  14. State legislators make policy decisions that influence children’s exposure to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), such as child maltreatment, and their effects on behavioral health. Effective dissemination o...

    Authors: Jonathan Purtle, Katherine L. Nelson, Luwam Gebrekristos, Félice Lê-Scherban and Sarah E. Gollust
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:38
    Content type: Research Published on:

  15. There are increasing efforts for the integration of mental health services into primary care settings in low- and middle-income countries. However, commonly used approaches to train primary care providers (PCP...

    Authors: Brandon A. Kohrt, Elizabeth L. Turner, Dristy Gurung, Xueqi Wang, Mani Neupane, Nagendra P. Luitel, Muralikrishnan R. Kartha, Anubhuti Poudyal, Ritika Singh, Sauharda Rai, Phanindra Prasad Baral, Sabrina McCutchan, Petra C. Gronholm, Charlotte Hanlon, Heidi Lempp, Crick Lund…
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:39
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  16. Significant investments are being made to close the mental health (MH) treatment gap, which often exceeds 90% in many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). However, limited attention has been paid to patie...

    Authors: Vasco F. J. Cumbe, Alberto Gabriel Muanido, Morgan Turner, Isaias Ramiro, Kenneth Sherr, Bryan J. Weiner, Brian P. Flaherty, Monisha Sharma, Flávia Faduque, Ernesto Rodrigo Xerinda and Bradley H. Wagenaar
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:37
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  18. Ischemic heart disease causes a high disease burden globally and numerous challenges in treatment, particularly in developing countries such as China. The National Chest Pain Centers Program (NCPCP) was launch...

    Authors: Shuduo Zhou, Junxiong Ma, Xuejie Dong, Na Li, Yuqi Duan, Zongbin Wang, Liqun Gao, Lu Han, Shu Tu, Zhisheng Liang, Fangjing Liu, Kenneth A. LaBresh, Sidney C. Smith Jr, Yinzi Jin and Zhi-Jie Zheng
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:36
    Content type: Research Published on:

  19. Audit and feedback aims to improve patient care by comparing healthcare performance against explicit standards. It is used to monitor and improve patient care, including through National Clinical Audit (NCA) p...

    Authors: Alexandra Wright-Hughes, Thomas A. Willis, Stephanie Wilson, Ana Weller, Fabiana Lorencatto, Mohamed Althaf, Valentine Seymour, Amanda J. Farrin, Jillian Francis, Jamie Brehaut, Noah Ivers, Sarah L. Alderson, Benjamin C. Brown, Richard G. Feltbower, Chris P. Gale, Simon J. Stanworth…
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:34
    Content type: Research Published on:

  21. Medication errors are likely common in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). In neonatal hospital care where the population with severe illness has a high mortality rate, around 14.9% of drug prescriptions...

    Authors: Timothy Tuti, Jalemba Aluvaala, Lucas Malla, Grace Irimu, George Mbevi, John Wainaina, Livingstone Mumelo, Kefa Wairoto, Dolphine Mochache, Christiane Hagel, Michuki Maina and Mike English
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:32
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  22. We developed a colorectal cancer risk prediction tool (‘CRISP’) to provide individualised risk-based advice for colorectal cancer screening. Using known environmental, behavioural, and familial risk factors, C...

    Authors: Shakira Milton, Jon D. Emery, Jane Rinaldi, Joanne Kinder, Adrian Bickerstaffe, Sibel Saya, Mark A. Jenkins and Jennifer McIntosh
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:31
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  23. Behavior change interventions that aim to improve rational antibiotic use in prescribers and users have been widely conducted in both high- and LMICs. However, currently, no review has systematically examined ...

    Authors: Shishi Wu, Elias Tannous, Victoria Haldane, Moriah E. Ellen and Xiaolin Wei
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:30
    Content type: Systematic review Published on:

  26. Economic evaluations of the implementation of health-related evidence-based interventions (EBIs) are conducted infrequently and, when performed, often use a limited set of quantitative methods to estimate the ...

    Authors: Meghan C. O’Leary, Kristen Hassmiller Lich, Leah Frerichs, Jennifer Leeman, Daniel S. Reuland and Stephanie B. Wheeler
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:27
    Content type: Debate Published on:

  27. Evidence, in multiple forms, is a foundation of implementation science. For public health and clinical practice, evidence includes the following: type 1 evidence on etiology and burden; type 2 evidence on effe...

    Authors: Ross C. Brownson, Rachel C. Shelton, Elvin H. Geng and Russell E. Glasgow
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:26
    Content type: Debate Published on:

  28. Despite the potential for Early Care and Education (ECE) settings to promote healthy habits, a gap exists between current practices and evidence-based practices (EBPs) for obesity prevention in childhood.

    Authors: Taren Swindle, Julie M. Rutledge, James P. Selig, Jacob Painter, Dong Zhang, Janna Martin, Susan L. Johnson, Leanne Whiteside-Mansell, Daniel Almirall, Tracey Barnett-McElwee and Geoff M. Curran
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:25
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  29. Accumulating evidence suggests that interventions to de-implement low-value services are urgently needed. While medical societies and educational campaigns such as Choosing Wisely have developed several guidel...

    Authors: Amir Alishahi Tabriz, Kea Turner, Alecia Clary, Young-Rock Hong, Oliver T. Nguyen, Grace Wei, Rebecca B. Carlson and Sarah A. Birken
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:24
    Content type: Research Published on:

  30. There is limited research on prevention of mental ill-health of school personnel and the systematic management of school work environments. The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of implementing...

    Authors: Anna Toropova, Christina Björklund, Gunnar Bergström, Liselotte Schäfer Elinder, Kjerstin Stigmar, Charlotte Wåhlin, Irene Jensen and Lydia Kwak
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:23
    Content type: Research Published on:

  31. The aim of this trial was to assess the effectiveness of quality improvement collaboratives to implement large-scale change in the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK, specifically for improving outcomes i...

    Authors: Ashley Brian Scrimshire, Alison Booth, Caroline Fairhurst, Elizabeth Coleman, Ajay Malviya, Alwyn Kotze, Chris Tiplady, David Tate, Annie Laverty, Gillian Davis, Win Tadd, Belen Corbacho, David J. Torgerson, Catriona McDaid and Mike Reed
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:22
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  32. Computerized clinical decision support systems (CDSSs) are a promising knowledge translation tool, but often fail to meaningfully influence the outcomes they target. Low CDSS provider uptake is a potential con...

    Authors: Andrew Kouri, Janet Yamada, Jeffrey Lam Shin Cheung, Stijn Van de Velde and Samir Gupta
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:21
    Content type: Systematic review Published on:

  33. Implementation facilitation is an effective strategy to support the implementation of evidence-based practices (EBPs), but our understanding of multilevel strategies and the mechanisms of change within the “bl...

    Authors: David J. Kolko, Elizabeth A. McGuier, Renee Turchi, Eileen Thompson, Satish Iyengar, Shawna N. Smith, Kimberly Hoagwood, Celeste Liebrecht, Ian M. Bennett, Byron J. Powell, Kelly Kelleher, Maria Silva and Amy M. Kilbourne
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:20
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  34. Normalisation Process Theory (NPT) is frequently used to inform qualitative research that aims to explain and evaluate processes that shape late-stage translation of innovations in the organisation and deliver...

    Authors: Carl R. May, Bianca Albers, Mike Bracher, Tracy L. Finch, Anthony Gilbert, Melissa Girling, Kathryn Greenwood, Anne MacFarlane, Frances S. Mair, Christine M. May, Elizabeth Murray, Sebastian Potthoff and Tim Rapley
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:19
    Content type: Methodology Published on:

  35. Many Indigenous communities across the USA and Canada experience a disproportionate burden of health disparities. Effective programs and interventions are essential to build protective skills for different age...

    Authors: Lea Sacca, Ross Shegog, Belinda Hernandez, Melissa Peskin, Stephanie Craig Rushing, Cornelia Jessen, Travis Lane and Christine Markham
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:18
    Content type: Systematic review Published on:

  36. Audit and feedback (A&F) that shows how health professionals compare to those of their peers, can be an effective intervention to reduce unnecessary antibiotic prescribing among family physicians. However, the...

    Authors: Jennifer Shuldiner, Kevin L. Schwartz, Bradley J. Langford and Noah M. Ivers
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:17
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  37. Implementation outcomes research spans an exciting mix of fields, disciplines, and geographical space. Although the number of studies that cite the 2011 taxonomy has expanded considerably, the problem of harmo...

    Authors: Rebecca Lengnick-Hall, Donald R. Gerke, Enola K. Proctor, Alicia C. Bunger, Rebecca J. Phillips, Jared K. Martin and Julia C. Swanson
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:16
    Content type: Debate Published on:

  39. Implementation of antenatal clinical guideline recommendations for addressing maternal alcohol consumption is sub-optimal. There is a complete absence of evidence of the cost and cost-effectiveness of deliveri...

    Authors: Zoe Szewczyk, Penny Reeves, Melanie Kingsland, Emma Doherty, Elizabeth Elliott, Luke Wolfenden, Tracey W. Tsang, Adrian Dunlop, Andrew Searles and John Wiggers
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:14
    Content type: Research Published on:

  40. There is increasing attention being given to opportunities and approaches to advance health equity using implementation science. To reduce disparities in health, it is crucial that an equity lens is integrated...

    Authors: Andrew D. Kerkhoff, Erica Farrand, Carina Marquez, Adithya Cattamanchi and Margaret A. Handley
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:13
    Content type: Letter to the Editor Published on:

    The Debate to this article has been published in Implementation Science 2021 16:28

  41. Despite a strong evidence base and clinical guidelines specifically recommending against prolonged post-procedural antimicrobial use, studies indicate that the practice is common following cardiac device proce...

    Authors: Westyn Branch-Elliman, Rebecca Lamkin, Marlena Shin, Hillary J. Mull, Isabella Epshtein, Samuel Golenbock, Marin L. Schweizer, Kathryn Colborn, Jessica Rove, Judith M. Strymish, Dimitri Drekonja, Maria C. Rodriguez-Barradas, Teena Huan Xu and A. Rani Elwy
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:12
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  43. Implementation research may play an important role in reducing research waste by identifying strategies that support translation of evidence into practice. Implementation of healthcare interventions is influen...

    Authors: Marlena Klaic, Suzanne Kapp, Peter Hudson, Wendy Chapman, Linda Denehy, David Story and Jill J. Francis
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:10
    Content type: Systematic review Published on:

  44. Implementing evidence-based recommendations is challenging in UK primary care, especially given system pressures and multiple guideline recommendations competing for attention. Implementation packages that can...

    Authors: Liz Glidewell, Cheryl Hunter, Vicky Ward, Rosemary R. C. McEachan, Rebecca Lawton, Thomas A. Willis, Suzanne Hartley, Michelle Collinson, Michael Holland, Amanda J. Farrin and Robbie Foy
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:9
    Content type: Research Published on:

  46. The challenges of implementing evidence-based innovations (EBIs) are widely recognized among practitioners and researchers. Context, broadly defined as everything outside the EBI, includes the dynamic and dive...

    Authors: Laura J. Damschroder, Caitlin M. Reardon, Marilla A. Opra Widerquist and Julie Lowery
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:7
    Content type: Debate Published on:

  47. There is recognition that the overuse of procedures, testing, and medications constitutes low-value care which strains the healthcare system and, in some circumstances, can cause unnecessary stress and harm fo...

    Authors: Gillian Parker, Nida Shahid, Tim Rappon, Monika Kastner, Karen Born and Whitney Berta
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:6
    Content type: Systematic review Published on:

  48. Population-level health promotion is often conceived as a tension between “top-down” and “bottom-up” strategy and action. We report behind-the-scenes insights from Australia’s largest ever investment in the “t...

    Authors: Eileen Goldberg, Kathleen Conte, Victoria Loblay, Sisse Groen, Lina Persson, Christine Innes-Hughes, Jo Mitchell, Andrew Milat, Mandy Williams, Amanda Green and Penelope Hawe
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:5
    Content type: Research Published on:

  49. Task-sharing is a promising strategy to expand mental healthcare in low-resource settings, especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Research on how to best implement task-sharing mental health i...

    Authors: PhuongThao D. Le, Evan L. Eschliman, Margaux M. Grivel, Jeffrey Tang, Young G. Cho, Xinyu Yang, Charisse Tay, Tingyu Li, Judith Bass and Lawrence H. Yang
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:4
    Content type: Systematic review Published on:

  50. Despite the important upstream impact policy has on population health outcomes, few studies in implementation science in health have examined implementation processes and strategies used to translate state and...

    Authors: Erika L. Crable, Allyn Benintendi, David K. Jones, Alexander Y. Walley, Jacqueline Milton Hicks and Mari-Lynn Drainoni
    Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:3
    Content type: Research Published on:
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