Articles
Page 5 of 43
-
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:59
-
Effectiveness of two procedures for deploying a facilitated collaborative modeling implementation strategy—the PVS-PREDIAPS strategy—to optimize type 2 diabetes prevention in primary care: the PREDIAPS cluster randomized hybrid type II implementation trial
The most efficient procedures to engage and guide healthcare professionals in collaborative processes that seek to optimize practice are unknown. The PREDIAPS project aims to assess the effectiveness and feasi...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:58 -
Implementing a digital intervention for managing uncontrolled hypertension in Primary Care: a mixed methods process evaluation
A high proportion of hypertensive patients remain above the target threshold for blood pressure, increasing the risk of adverse health outcomes. A digital intervention to facilitate healthcare practitioners (h...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:57 -
Theory-based approach to developing an implementation plan to support the adoption of a patient decision aid for Down syndrome prenatal screening
Our team has developed a decision aid to help pregnant women and their partners make informed decisions about Down syndrome prenatal screening. However, the decision aid is not yet widely available in Quebec’s...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:56 -
OASI2: a cluster randomised hybrid evaluation of strategies for sustainable implementation of the Obstetric Anal Sphincter Injury Care Bundle in maternity units in Great Britain
The Obstetric Anal Sphincter Injury (OASI) Care Bundle comprises four primary and secondary prevention practices that target the rising rates of severe perineal tearing during childbirth, which can have severe...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:55 -
Proceedings from the 13th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16(Suppl 1):49 -
Capitalizing on facilitators and addressing barriers when implementing active tuberculosis case-finding in six districts of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: a qualitative study with key stakeholders
Vietnam has a high burden of undetected tuberculosis (TB). The Vietnamese National TB Strategic Plan highlights active case-finding (ACF) as one strategy to find people with TB who are currently unreached by t...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:54 -
Enhancing the Behaviour Change Wheel with synthesis, stakeholder involvement and decision-making: a case example using the ‘Enhancing the Quality of Psychological Interventions Delivered by Telephone’ (EQUITy) research programme
Using frameworks such as the Behaviour Change Wheel to develop behaviour change interventions can be challenging because judgement is needed at various points in the process and it is not always clear how unce...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:53 -
Implementation fidelity of the Systems for Person-Centered Elder Care (SPEC): a process evaluation study
The Systems for Person-Centered Elder Care (SPEC), a complex intervention, was conducted to examine its effectiveness as a technology-enhanced, multidisciplinary, and integrated care model for frail older pers...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:52 -
Implementation and sustainability factors of two early-stage breast cancer conversation aids in diverse practices
Conversation aids can facilitate shared decision-making and improve patient-centered outcomes. However, few examples exist of sustained use of conversation aids in routine care due to numerous barriers at clin...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:51 -
Systematic review of experiences and perceptions of key actors and organisations at multiple levels within health systems internationally in responding to COVID-19
COVID-19 has presented challenges to healthcare systems and healthcare professionals internationally. After one year of the pandemic, the initial evidence on health system responses begins to consolidate, and ...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:50 -
Stakeholder selected strategies for obesity prevention in childcare: results from a small-scale cluster randomized hybrid type III trial
Together, We Inspire Smart Eating (WISE) is an intervention for the early care and education setting to support children’s exposure to and intake of fruits and vegetables. WISE emphasizes 4 evidence-based prac...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:48 -
5335 days of Implementation Science: using natural language processing to examine publication trends and topics
Moving evidence-based practices into the hands of practitioners requires the synthesis and translation of research literature. However, the growing pace of scientific publications across disciplines makes it i...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:47 -
Is fidelity to a complex behaviour change intervention associated with patient outcomes? Exploring the relationship between dietitian adherence and competence and the nutritional status of intervention patients in a successful stepped-wedge randomised clinical trial of eating as treatment (EAT)
Behavioural medicine is characterised by findings for the effectiveness and efficacy of complex behaviour change interventions. Comparatively, scant attention has been paid to key intervention components or me...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:46 -
Results of the CHlorhexidine Gluconate Bathing implementation intervention to improve evidence-based nursing practices for prevention of central line associated bloodstream infections Study (CHanGing BathS): a stepped wedge cluster randomized trial
Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) result in approximately 28,000 deaths and approximately $2.3 billion in added costs to the U.S. healthcare system each year, and yet, many of these infe...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:45 -
Perceptions of the barriers, facilitators, outcomes, and helpfulness of strategies to implement screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment in acute care
Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) is a clinical intervention used to address alcohol and illicit drug use. SBIRT use has resulted in positive health and social outcomes; however,...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:44 -
Correction to: Using organization theory to position middle-level managers as agents of evidence-based practice implementation
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:43 -
Impact of provincial and national implementation strategies on P2Y12 inhibitor utilization for acute coronary syndrome in the elderly: an interrupted time series analysis from 2008 to 2018
Guidelines recommend both acetylsalicylic acid and ticagrelor following acute coronary syndrome (ACS), but appropriate prescription practices lag. We analyzed the impact of government medication approval, nati...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:42 -
“Our Choice” improves use of safer conception methods among HIV serodiscordant couples in Uganda: a cluster randomized controlled trial evaluating two implementation approaches
Safer conception counseling (SCC) to promote the use of safer conception methods (SCM) is not yet part of routine family planning or HIV care. Guidelines for the use of SCM have been published, but to date the...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:41 -
Implementation strategies to improve statin utilization in individuals with hypercholesterolemia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Numerous implementation strategies to improve utilization of statins in patients with hypercholesterolemia have been utilized, with varying degrees of success. The aim of this systematic review is to determine...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:40 -
Decision-making process for introduction of maternal vaccines in Kenya, 2017–2018
Maternal immunization is a key strategy for reducing morbidity and mortality associated with infectious diseases in mothers and their newborns. Recent developments in the science and safety of maternal vaccina...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:39 -
A stepped wedge cluster randomized control trial to evaluate the implementation and effectiveness of optimized initiatives in improving quality of care for ST segment elevation myocardial infarction in response to the COVID-19 outbreak
The National Chest Pain Center Accreditation Program (CHANGE) is the first hospital-based, multifaceted, nationwide quality improvement (QI) initiative, to monitor and improve the quality of the ST segment ele...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:38 -
Using organization theory to position middle-level managers as agents of evidence-based practice implementation
Middle-level managers (MLMs; i.e., healthcare professionals who may fill roles including obtaining and diffusing information, adapting information and the intervention, mediating between strategy and day-to-da...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:37 -
The FRAME-IS: a framework for documenting modifications to implementation strategies in healthcare
Implementation strategies are necessary to ensure that evidence-based practices are successfully incorporated into routine clinical practice. Such strategies, however, are frequently modified to fit local popu...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:36 -
A step toward understanding the mechanism of action of audit and feedback: a qualitative study of implementation strategies
Audit and feedback (A&F) is a widely used implementation strategy. Understanding mechanisms of action of A&F increases the likelihood that the strategy will lead to implementation of an evidence-based practice...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:35 -
Forms and functions of bridging factors: specifying the dynamic links between outer and inner contexts during implementation and sustainment
Bridging factors are relational ties, formal arrangements, and processes that connect outer system and inner organizational contexts. They may be critical drivers of evidence-based practice (EBP) implementatio...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:34 -
Does coaching matter? Examining the impact of specific practice facilitation strategies on implementation of quality improvement interventions in the Healthy Hearts in the Heartland study
Practice facilitation is a multicomponent implementation strategy used to improve the capacity for practices to address care quality and implementation gaps. We sought to assess whether practice facilitators u...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:33 -
Audit and feedback with or without training in-practice targeting antibiotic prescribing (TiPTAP): a study protocol of a cluster randomised trial in dental primary care
Antimicrobial resistance is an increasingly serious threat to global public health and patient safety. Overuse of antibiotics has aggravated this issue. Around 7% of all antibiotics in Scotland are prescribed ...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:32 -
Protocol for a quasi-experimental, 950 county study examining implementation outcomes and mechanisms of Stepping Up, a national policy effort to improve mental health and substance use services for justice-involved individuals
The criminal justice system is the largest provider of mental health services in the USA. Many jurisdictions are interested in reducing the use of the justice system for mental health problems. The national St...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:31 -
The effectiveness of generic emails versus a remote knowledge broker to integrate mood management into a smoking cessation programme in team-based primary care: a cluster randomised trial
Knowledge brokering is a knowledge translation approach that has been gaining popularity in Canada although the effectiveness is unknown. This study evaluated the effectiveness of generalised, exclusively emai...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:30 -
A cluster randomized stepped-wedge trial to de-implement unnecessary post-operative antibiotics in children: the optimizing perioperative antibiotic in children (OPerAtiC) trial
Antibiotic-resistant infections have become a public health crisis that is driven by the inappropriate use of antibiotics. In the USA, antibiotic stewardship programs (ASP) have been established and are requir...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:29 -
Implementation science should give higher priority to health equity
There is growing urgency to tackle issues of equity and justice in the USA and worldwide. Health equity, a framing that moves away from a deficit mindset of what society is doing poorly (disparities) to one th...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:28 -
Correction to: Incentivizing appropriate malaria case management in the private sector: a study protocol for two linked cluster randomized controlled trials to evaluate provider- and client-focused interventions in western Kenya and Lagos, Nigeria
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:27 -
Cost analysis in implementation studies of evidence-based practices for mental health and substance use disorders: a systematic review
This study is a systematic literature review of cost analyses conducted within implementation studies on behavioral health services. Cost analysis of implementing evidence-based practices (EBP) has become impo...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:26 -
A cluster randomized controlled trial comparing Virtual Learning Collaborative and Technical Assistance strategies to implement an early palliative care program for patients with advanced cancer and their caregivers: a study protocol
Virtual Learning Collaboratives (VLC), learning communities focused on a common purpose, are used frequently in healthcare settings to implement best practices. Yet, there is limited research testing the effec...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:25 -
The decision sampling framework: a methodological approach to investigate evidence use in policy and programmatic innovation
Calls have been made for greater application of the decision sciences to investigate and improve use of research evidence in mental health policy and practice. This article proposes a novel method, “decision s...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:24 -
Care to Quit: a stepped wedge cluster randomised controlled trial to implement best practice smoking cessation care in cancer centres
Cigarette smoking in people with cancer is associated with negative treatment-related outcomes including increased treatment toxicity and complications, medication side effects, decreased performance status an...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:23 -
A systematic review of evidence-based practice implementation in drug and alcohol settings: applying the consolidated framework for implementation research framework
There is a paucity of translational research programmes to improve implementation of evidence-based care in drug and alcohol settings. This systematic review aimed to provide a synthesis and evaluation of the ...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:22 -
A myriad of factors influencing the implementation of transitional care innovations: a scoping review
Care transitions of older persons between multiple care settings are frequently hampered by various issues such as discontinuous care delivery or poor information transfer among healthcare providers. Therefore...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:21 -
Changing behaviour, ‘more or less’: do implementation and de-implementation interventions include different behaviour change techniques?
Decreasing ineffective or harmful healthcare practices (de-implementation) may require different approaches than those used to promote uptake of effective practices (implementation). Few psychological theories...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:20 -
Unpacking the intention to action gap: a qualitative study understanding how physicians engage with audit and feedback
Audit and feedback (A&F) often successfully enhances health professionals’ intentions to improve quality of care but does not consistently lead to practice changes. Recipients often cite data credibility and l...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:19 -
Understanding the implementation of evidence-informed policies and practices from a policy perspective: a critical interpretive synthesis
The fields of implementation science and knowledge translation have evolved somewhat independently from the field of policy implementation research, despite calls for better integration. As a result, implement...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:18 -
A micro costing analysis of the development of a primary care intervention to improve the uptake of diabetic retinopathy screening
The application of economic analysis within implementation science is still developing and the cost of intervention development, which differs markedly from the costs of initial implementation and maintenance,...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:17 -
Implementation science in maternity care: a scoping review
Despite wide recognition that clinical care should be informed by the best available evidence, this does not always occur. Despite a myriad of theories, models and frameworks to promote evidence-based populati...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:16 -
Implementation of clinical practice changes in the PICU: a qualitative study using and refining the iPARIHS framework
Like in many settings, implementation of evidence-based practices often fall short in pediatric intensive care units (PICU). Very few prior studies have applied implementation science frameworks to understand ...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:15 -
Incentivizing appropriate malaria case management in the private sector: a study protocol for two linked cluster randomized controlled trials to evaluate provider- and client-focused interventions in western Kenya and Lagos, Nigeria
A large proportion of artemisinin-combination therapy (ACT) anti-malarial medicines is consumed by individuals that do not have malaria. The over-consumption of ACTs is largely driven by retail sales in high m...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:14 -
Determinants of using children’s mental health research in policymaking: variation by type of research use and phase of policy process
Research use in policymaking is multi-faceted and has been the focus of extensive study. However, virtually no quantitative studies have examined whether the determinants of research use vary according to the ...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:13 -
Context-acceptability theories: example of family planning interventions in five African countries
Family planning (FP) can lengthen birth intervals and potentially reduce the risk of foetal death, low birthweight, prematurity, and being small for gestational age. Effective FP is most easily achieved throug...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:12 -
Correction to: Coincidence analysis: a new method for causal inference in implementation science
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:11 -
The reporting checklist for public versions of guidelines: RIGHT-PVG
Public or patient versions of guidelines (PVGs) are derivative documents that “translate” recommendations and their rationale from clinical guidelines for health professionals into a more easily understandable...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:10
Follow
Annual Journal Metrics
2022 Citation Impact
7.2 - 2-year Impact Factor
9.7 - 5-year Impact Factor
3.212 - SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper)
2.861 - SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)
2022 Speed
15 days submission to first editorial decision for all manuscripts (Median)
137 days submission to accept (Median)
2022 Usage
3,108,997 downloads
14,776 Altmetric mentions