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Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:29
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Extending analytic methods for economic evaluation in implementation science
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 ...
Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:27 -
Revisiting concepts of evidence in implementation science
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...
Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:26 -
Obesity prevention practices in early care and education settings: an adaptive implementation trial
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.
Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:25 -
De-implementing low-value care in cancer care delivery: a systematic review
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...
Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:24 -
Effectiveness of a multifaceted implementation strategy for improving adherence to the guideline for prevention of mental ill-health among school personnel in Sweden: a cluster randomized trial
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...
Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:23 -
Scaling up Quality Improvement for Surgical Teams (QIST)—avoiding surgical site infection and anaemia at the time of surgery: a cluster randomised controlled trial of the effectiveness of quality improvement collaboratives to introduce change in the NHS
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...
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Do providers use computerized clinical decision support systems? A systematic review and meta-regression of clinical decision support uptake
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...
Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:21 -
Care team and practice-level implementation strategies to optimize pediatric collaborative care: study protocol for a cluster-randomized hybrid type III trial
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...
Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:20 -
Translational framework for implementation evaluation and research: a normalisation process theory coding manual for qualitative research and instrument development
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...
Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:19 -
Barriers, frameworks, and mitigating strategies influencing the dissemination and implementation of health promotion interventions in indigenous communities: a scoping review
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...
Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:18 -
Optimizing responsiveness to feedback about antibiotic prescribing in primary care: protocol for two interrelated randomized implementation trials with embedded process evaluations
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...
Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:17 -
Six practical recommendations for improved implementation outcomes reporting
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...
Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:16 -
Transfer of knowledge to diagnose infant abuse and its incidence – a time-series analysis from Sweden
To analyse the transfer of knowledge on how to detect physical abuse, especially shaken baby syndrome/abusive head trauma (SBS/AHT), and its association to trends in infant abuse diagnoses (maltreatment and as...
Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:15 -
Cost, cost-consequence and cost-effectiveness evaluation of a practice change intervention to increase routine provision of antenatal care addressing maternal alcohol consumption
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...
Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:14 -
Addressing health disparities through implementation science—a need to integrate an equity lens from the outset
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...
Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:13 -
Promoting de-implementation of inappropriate antimicrobial use in cardiac device procedures by expanding audit and feedback: protocol for hybrid III type effectiveness/implementation quasi-experimental study
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...
Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:12 -
Cost data in implementation science: categories and approaches to costing
A lack of cost information has been cited as a barrier to implementation and a limitation of implementation research. This paper explains how implementation researchers might optimize their measurement and inc...
Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:11 -
Implementability of healthcare interventions: an overview of reviews and development of a conceptual framework
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...
Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:10 -
Explaining variable effects of an adaptable implementation package to promote evidence-based practice in primary care: a longitudinal process evaluation
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...
Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:9 -
Correction to: Implementation of innovative medical technologies in German inpatient care: patterns of utilization and evidence development
Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:8 -
Conceptualizing outcomes for use with the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR): the CFIR Outcomes Addendum
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...
Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:7 -
Using theories and frameworks to understand how to reduce low-value healthcare: a scoping review
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...
Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:6 -
Scale-up of prevention programmes: sustained state-wide use of programme delivery software is explained by normalised self-organised adoption and non-adoption
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...
Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:5 -
Barriers and facilitators to implementation of evidence-based task-sharing mental health interventions in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review using implementation science frameworks
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...
Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:4 -
Translating Medicaid policy into practice: policy implementation strategies from three US states’ experiences enhancing substance use disorder treatment
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...
Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:3 -
Meta-review of implementation determinants for policies promoting healthy diet and physically active lifestyle: application of the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research
Although multiple systematic reviews indicate that various determinants (barriers and facilitators) occur in the implementation processes of policies promoting healthy diet, physical activity (PA), and sedenta...
Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:2 -
Iowa Implementation for Sustainability Framework
An application-oriented implementation framework designed for clinicians and based on the Diffusion of Innovations theory included 81 implementation strategies with suggested timing for use within four impleme...
Citation: Implementation Science 2022 17:1 -
Evaluation of a program for routine implementation of shared decision-making in cancer care: results of a stepped wedge cluster randomized trial
Shared decision-making (SDM) is preferred by many patients in cancer care. However, despite scientific evidence and promotion by health policy makers, SDM implementation in routine health care lags behind. Thi...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:106 -
Proceedings of the 4th UK Implementation Science Research Conference
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16(Suppl 2):104 -
Implementation strategies and outcomes for occupational therapy in adult stroke rehabilitation: a scoping review
Stroke survivors often encounter occupational therapy practitioners in rehabilitation practice settings. Occupational therapy researchers have recently begun to examine the implementation strategies that promo...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:105 -
Implementation Science and Implementation Science Communications: a refreshed description of the journals’ scope and expectations
This editorial provides a comprehensive consolidated overview of the scope and expectations of Implementation Science and Implementation Science Communications. We remain most interested in rigorous empirical stu...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:103 -
Use and effects of implementation strategies for practice guidelines in nursing: a systematic review
Practice guidelines can reduce variations in nursing practice and improve patient care. However, implementation of guidelines is complex and inconsistent in practice. It is unclear which strategies are effecti...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:102 -
Changing the preschool setting to promote healthy energy balance-related behaviours of preschoolers: a qualitative and quantitative process evaluation of the SuperFIT approach
The Early Care and Education (ECE) setting plays an important role in the promotion of a healthy lifestyle in young children. SuperFIT is a comprehensive, integrated intervention approach designed to promote h...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:101 -
A scoping review of de-implementation frameworks and models
Reduction or elimination of inappropriate, ineffective, or potentially harmful healthcare services and public health programs can help to ensure limited resources are used effectively. Frameworks and models (F...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:100 -
Using Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research to investigate facilitators and barriers of implementing alcohol screening and brief intervention among primary care health professionals: a systematic review
Alcohol screening and brief intervention (SBI) is recommended to be implemented in primary care settings to intervene against hazardous/harmful drinking. However, studies showed that the uptake rate was low in...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:99 -
Market viability: a neglected concept in implementation science
This debate paper asserts that implementation science needs to incorporate a key concept from entrepreneurship—market demand—and demonstrates how assessing an innovation’s potential market viability might adva...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:98 -
Letter to the editor on “the implementation research logic model: a method for planning, executing, reporting, and synthesizing implementation projects” (Smith JD, Li DH, Rafferty MR. the implementation research logic model: a method for planning, executing, reporting, and synthesizing implementation projects. Implement Sci. 2020;15 (1):84. Doi:10.1186/s13012-020-01041-8)
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:97 -
Integration of a task strengthening strategy for hypertension management into HIV care in Nigeria: a cluster randomized controlled trial study protocol
In regions with weak healthcare systems, critical shortages of the healthcare workforce, and increasing prevalence of dual disease burdens, there is an urgent need for the implementation of proven effective in...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:96 -
The effectiveness of quality improvement collaboratives in improving stroke care and the facilitators and barriers to their implementation: a systematic review
To successfully reduce the negative impacts of stroke, high-quality health and care practices are needed across the entire stroke care pathway. These practices are not always shared across organisations. Quali...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:95 -
Implementation of innovative medical technologies in German inpatient care: patterns of utilization and evidence development
Innovative medical technologies are commonly associated with positive expectations. At the time of their introduction into care, there is often little evidence available regarding their benefits and harms. Acc...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:94 -
Alignment in implementation of evidence-based interventions: a scoping review
Alignment (i.e., the process of creating fit between elements of the inner and outer context of an organization or system) in conjunction with implementation of an evidence-based intervention (EBI) has been id...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:93 -
Dissemination interventions to improve healthcare workers’ adherence with infection prevention and control guidelines: a systematic review and meta-analysis
The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged health systems worldwide since 2020. At the frontline of the pandemic, healthcare workers are at high risk of exposure. Compliance with infection prevention and control (IP...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:92 -
Validation and refinement of the Stakeholder-driven Community Diffusion Survey for childhood obesity prevention
Whole-of-community interventions hold promise in addressing childhood obesity. The COMPACT Stakeholder-driven Community Diffusion theory posits that stakeholders’ knowledge of childhood obesity prevention effo...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:91 -
Behavioral economic implementation strategies to improve serious illness communication between clinicians and high-risk patients with cancer: protocol for a cluster randomized pragmatic trial
Serious illness conversations (SICs) are an evidence-based approach to eliciting patients’ values, goals, and care preferences that improve patient outcomes. However, most patients with cancer die without a do...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:90 -
Study protocol for a type III hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial of strategies to implement firearm safety promotion as a universal suicide prevention strategy in pediatric primary care
Insights from behavioral economics, or how individuals’ decisions and behaviors are shaped by finite cognitive resources (e.g., time, attention) and mental heuristics, have been underutilized in efforts to inc...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:89 -
Organizational contextual factors that predict success of a quality improvement collaborative approach to enhance integrated HIV-tuberculosis services: a sub-study of the Scaling up TB/HIV Integration trial
A quality improvement (QI) collaborative approach to enhancing integrated HIV-Tuberculosis (TB) services may be effective in scaling up and improving the quality of service delivery. Little is known of the rol...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:88 -
Attitude theory and measurement in implementation science: a secondary review of empirical studies and opportunities for advancement
Implementation science studies often express interest in “attitudes,” a term borrowed from psychology. In psychology, attitude research has an established methodological and theoretical base, which we briefly ...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:87 -
Provider REport of Sustainment Scale (PRESS): development and validation of a brief measure of inner context sustainment
Implementation scientists and practitioners often rely on frontline providers for reporting on implementation outcomes. Furthermore, measures of sustainment are few, and available sustainment measures are main...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:86 -
Influence of physician networks on prescribing a new ingredient combination in heart failure: a longitudinal claim data-based study
Since 2016, the combination of sacubitril/valsartan, which combines an angiotensin receptor and neprilysin inhibitor (ARNI), has been recommended in the guidelines for the treatment of heart failure. The adopt...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:84
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