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  1. A dramatic decline in mental health of people worldwide in the early COVID-19 pandemic years has not recovered. In rural and remote Australia, access to appropriate and timely mental health services has been i...

    Authors: Zephanie Tyack, Steven McPhail, Gregory A. Aarons, Kelly McGrath, Andrew Barron, Hannah Carter, Sarah Larkins, Adrian Barnett, Eloise Hummell, Ruth Tulleners, Olivia Fisher, Gillian Harvey, Lee Jones, Kate Murray and Bridget Abell
    Citation: Implementation Science 2024 19:62
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  2. Germline genetic testing is recommended for an increasing number of conditions with underlying genetic etiologies, the results of which impact medical management. However, genetic testing is underutilized in c...

    Authors: Anna C. Raper, Benita L. Weathers, Theodore G. Drivas, Colin A. Ellis, Colleen Morse Kripke, Randall A. Oyer, Anjali T. Owens, Anurag Verma, Paul E. Wileyto, Colin C. Wollack, Wenting Zhou, Marylyn D. Ritchie, Robert A. Schnoll and Katherine L. Nathanson
    Citation: Implementation Science 2024 19:61
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  3. Asthma is a leading cause of children’s hospitalizations, emergency department visits, and missed school days. Our school-based asthma intervention has reduced asthma exacerbations for children experiencing he...

    Authors: Amy G. Huebschmann, Nicole M. Wagner, Melanie Gleason, John T. Brinton, Michaela Brtnikova, Sarah E. Brewer, Anowara Begum, Rachel Armstrong, Lisa Ross DeCamp, Arthur McFarlane, Heather DeKeyser, Holly Coleman, Monica J. Federico, Stanley J. Szefler and Lisa C. Cicutto
    Citation: Implementation Science 2024 19:60
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  4. The implementation of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) is a cyclical process in which the evaluation stage can facilitate continuous improvement. Implementation science has utilized theoretical approaches, ...

    Authors: Nicole Freitas de Mello, Sarah Nascimento Silva, Dalila Fernandes Gomes, Juliana da Motta Girardi and Jorge Otávio Maia Barreto
    Citation: Implementation Science 2024 19:59
    Content type: Systematic review Published on:

  6. Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a preventable medical condition which has substantial impact on patient morbidity, mortality, and disability. Unfortunately, adherence to the published best practices for VTE pr...

    Authors: Christopher J. Tignanelli, Surbhi Shah, David Vock, Lianne Siegel, Carlos Serrano, Elliott Haut, Sean Switzer, Christie L. Martin, Rubina Rizvi, Vincent Peta, Peter C. Jenkins, Nicholas Lemke, Thankam Thyvalikakath, Jerome A. Osheroff, Denise Torres, David Vawdrey…
    Citation: Implementation Science 2024 19:57
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  7. Reducing low-value care (LVC) is crucial to improve the quality of patient care while increasing the efficient use of scarce healthcare resources. Recently, strategies to de-implement LVC have been mapped agai...

    Authors: Christina Kien, Julia Daxenbichler, Viktoria Titscher, Julia Baenziger, Pauline Klingenstein, Rahel Naef, Irma Klerings, Lauren Clack, Julian Fila and Isolde Sommer
    Citation: Implementation Science 2024 19:56
    Content type: Systematic review Published on:

  8. This study is a cost-effectiveness study of two implementation strategies designed to train therapists in college and university counseling centers to deliver interpersonal psychotherapy. Costs of implementing...

    Authors: Ramesh Raghavan, Ellen E. Fitzsimmons-Craft, R. Robinson Welch, Booil Jo, Enola K. Proctor, G. Terence Wilson, W. Stewart Agras and Denise E. Wilfley
    Citation: Implementation Science 2024 19:55
    Content type: Research Published on:

  9. Implementing evidence that changes practice in emergency departments (EDs) is notoriously difficult due to well-established barriers including high levels of uncertainty arising from undifferentiated nature of...

    Authors: Kate Curtis, Belinda Kennedy, Julie Considine, Margaret Murphy, Mary K. Lam, Christina Aggar, Margaret Fry, Ramon Z. Shaban and Sarah Kourouche
    Citation: Implementation Science 2024 19:54
    Content type: Research Published on:

  10. Authors: Laura Ellen Ashcraft, David E. Goodrich, Joachim Hero, Angela Phares, Rachel L. Bachrach, Deirdre A. Quinn, Nabeel Qureshi, Natalie C. Ernecof, Lisa G. Lederer, Leslie Page Scheunemann, Shari S. Rogal and Matthew J. Chinman
    Citation: Implementation Science 2024 19:53
    Content type: Publisher Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in Implementation Science 2024 19:43

  11. Complex health interventions (CHIs) are increasingly used in public health, clinical research and education to reduce the burden of disease worldwide. Numerous theories, models and frameworks (TMFs) have been ...

    Authors: Lixin Sun, Andrew Booth and Katie Sworn
    Citation: Implementation Science 2024 19:52
    Content type: Systematic review Published on:

  12. Antibiotics are globally overprescribed for the treatment of upper respiratory tract infections (URTI), especially in persons living with HIV. However, most URTIs are caused by viruses, and antibiotics are not...

    Authors: Candido Faiela, Troy D. Moon, Mohsin Sidat and Esperança Sevene
    Citation: Implementation Science 2024 19:51
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  13. There are no criteria specifically for evaluating the quality of implementation research and recommending implementation strategies likely to have impact to practitioners. We describe the development and appli...

    Authors: Virginia R. McKay, Alithia Zamantakis, Ana Michaela Pachicano, James L. Merle, Morgan R. Purrier, McKenzie Swan, Dennis H. Li, Brian Mustanski, Justin D. Smith, Lisa R. Hirschhorn and Nanette Benbow
    Citation: Implementation Science 2024 19:50
    Content type: Research Published on:

  14. Implementation of new practices in team-based settings requires teams to work together to respond to new demands and changing expectations. However, team constructs and team-based implementation approaches hav...

    Authors: Elizabeth A. McGuier, David J. Kolko, Gregory A. Aarons, Allison Schachter, Mary Lou Klem, Matthew A. Diabes, Laurie R. Weingart, Eduardo Salas and Courtney Benjamin Wolk
    Citation: Implementation Science 2024 19:49
    Content type: Systematic review Published on:

  15. The process of tailored implementation is ill-defined and under-explored. The ItFits-toolkit was developed and subsequently tested as a self-guided online platform to facilitate implementation of tailored stra...

    Authors: Tracy L. Finch, Sebastian Potthoff, Carl R. May, Melissa Girling, Neil Perkins, Christiaan Vis, Leah Bührmann, Anne Etzelmueller, Claire Rosalie van Genugten, Josien Schuurmans, Jordi Piera-Jiménez and Tim Rapley
    Citation: Implementation Science 2024 19:48
    Content type: Research Published on:

  16. Despite ongoing efforts to introduce evidence-based interventions (EBIs) into mental health care settings, little research has focused on the sustainability of EBIs in these settings. College campuses are a na...

    Authors: Sarah Kate Bearman, Paul Rohde, Sydney Pauling, Jeff M. Gau, Heather Shaw and Eric Stice
    Citation: Implementation Science 2024 19:47
    Content type: Research Published on:

  17. In their article on “Navigating the Field of Implementation Science Towards Maturity: Challenges and Opportunities,” Chambers and Emmons describe the rapid growth of implementation science along with remaining...

    Authors: Ross C. Brownson, Leopoldo J. Cabassa, Bettina F. Drake and Rachel C. Shelton
    Citation: Implementation Science 2024 19:46
    Content type: Letter to the Editor Published on:

  18. Laboratory test overuse in hospitals is a form of healthcare waste that also harms patients. Developing and evaluating interventions to reduce this form of healthcare waste is critical. We detail the protocol ...

    Authors: Anshula Ambasta, Jayna M. Holroyd-Leduc, Surakshya Pokharel, Pamela Mathura, Andrew Wei-Yeh Shih, Henry T. Stelfox, Irene Ma, Mark Harrison, Braden Manns, Peter Faris, Tyler Williamson, Caley Shukalek, Maria Santana, Onyebuchi Omodon, Deirdre McCaughey, Narmin Kassam…
    Citation: Implementation Science 2024 19:45
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  20. In Northwestern Switzerland, recent legislation tackles the needs of community-dwelling older adults by creating Information and Advice Centers (IACs). IACs are a new service in the community that aims to asse...

    Authors: Maria Jose Mendieta, Geert Goderis, Andreas Zeller, Olivia Yip, Flaka Siqeca, Franziska Zúñiga, Leah L. Zullig, Sabina M. De Geest, Mieke Deschodt, Johan Flamaing and Suzanne Dhaini
    Citation: Implementation Science 2024 19:44
    Content type: Methodology Published on:

  21. Studies of implementation strategies range in rigor, design, and evaluated outcomes, presenting interpretation challenges for practitioners and researchers. This systematic review aimed to describe the body of...

    Authors: Laura Ellen Ashcraft, David E. Goodrich, Joachim Hero, Angela Phares, Rachel L. Bachrach, Deirdre A. Quinn, Nabeel Qureshi, Natalie C. Ernecoff, Lisa G. Lederer, Leslie Page Scheunemann, Shari S. Rogal and Matthew J. Chinman
    Citation: Implementation Science 2024 19:43
    Content type: Systematic review Published on:

    The Publisher Correction to this article has been published in Implementation Science 2024 19:53

  22. There is a need for valid and reliable measures of determinants of sustainability of public health interventions in early childhood education and care (ECEC) settings. This study aimed to develop and evaluate ...

    Authors: Adam Shoesmith, Nicole Nathan, Melanie Lum, Serene Yoong, Erin Nolan, Luke Wolfenden, Rachel C. Shelton, Brittany Cooper, Cassandra Lane, Alice Grady, Noor Imad, Edward Riley-Gibson, Nicole McCarthy, Nicole Pearson and Alix Hall
    Citation: Implementation Science 2024 19:41
    Content type: Research Published on:

  23. Evidence-based interventions (EBIs) often address normative behaviors. If a behavior is also common among clinicians, they may be skeptical about the necessity or effectiveness of an EBI. Alternatively, clinic...

    Authors: Sophia M. Bartels, Huong T. T. Phan, Heidi E. Hutton, Do T. Nhan, Teerada Sripaipan, Jane S. Chen, Sarah L. Rossi, Olivia Ferguson, Ha T. T. Nong, Ngan T. K. Nguyen, Le Minh Giang, Hao T. M. Bui, Geetanjali Chander, Hojoon Sohn, Sol Kim, Ha V. Tran…
    Citation: Implementation Science 2024 19:40
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  24. HIV burden in the US among people who inject drugs (PWID) is driven by overlapping syndemic factors such as co-occurring health needs and environmental factors that synergize to produce worse health outcomes a...

    Authors: Laramie R. Smith, Amaya Perez-Brumer, Melanie Nicholls, Jayla Harris, Qiana Allen, Alan Padilla, Autumn Yates, Eliza Samore, Rebecca Kennedy, Irene Kuo, Jordan E. Lake, Cecile Denis, David Goodman-Meza, Peter Davidson, Steve Shoptaw and Nabila El-Bassel
    Citation: Implementation Science 2024 19:39
    Content type: Research Published on:

  25. Humanitarian assistance is hindered by a lack of strategies to optimize care delivery through research and organized networks. Distinct from global health, humanitarian assistance struggles to address its mult...

    Authors: Christopher W. Reynolds, Phillip J. Hsu and Dana Telem
    Citation: Implementation Science 2024 19:38
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  26. Policymakers and researchers recommend supporting the capabilities of feedback recipients to increase the quality of care. There are different ways to support capabilities. We aimed to describe the content and...

    Authors: Michael Sykes, Zahava R. S. Rosenberg-Yunger, Matthew Quigley, Lavanya Gupta, Owen Thomas, Lisa Robinson, Karen Caulfield, Noah Ivers and Sarah Alderson
    Citation: Implementation Science 2024 19:37
    Content type: Systematic review Published on:

  27. Integrated care involves care provided by a team of professionals, often in non-traditional settings. A common example worldwide is integrated school-based mental health (SBMH), which involves externally emplo...

    Authors: Yanchen Zhang, Madeline Larson, Mark G. Ehrhart, Kevin King, Jill Locke, Clayton R. Cook and Aaron R. Lyon
    Citation: Implementation Science 2024 19:36
    Content type: Research Published on:

  28. Providing secondary prevention through structured and comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation programmes to patients after a myocardial infarction (MI) reduces mortality and morbidity and improves health-related...

    Authors: Halldóra Ögmundsdóttir Michelsen, Matthias Lidin, Maria Bäck, Therese Scott Duncan, Björn Ekman, Emil Hagström, Maria Hägglund, Bertil Lindahl, Mona Schlyter and Margrét Leósdóttir
    Citation: Implementation Science 2024 19:35
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  29. The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is the United States largest learning health system. The Diffusion of Excellence (DoE) program is a large-scale model of diffusion that identifies and diffuses evidence...

    Authors: Andrea L. Nevedal, Marilla A. Opra Widerquist, Caitlin M. Reardon, Maria Arasim, George L. Jackson, Brandolyn White, Madison Burns, Gemmae M. Fix, Kathryn DeLaughter, Sarah L. Cutrona, Allen L. Gifford, Guneet K. Jasuja, Timothy P. Hogan, Heather A. King, Blake Henderson and Laura J. Damschroder
    Citation: Implementation Science 2024 19:34
    Content type: Research Published on:

  31. Although the importance of context in implementation science is not disputed, knowledge about the actual impact of external context variables on implementation processes remains rather fragmented. Current fram...

    Authors: Ine Huybrechts, Anja Declercq, Emily Verté, Peter Raeymaeckers and Sibyl Anthierens
    Citation: Implementation Science 2024 19:32
    Content type: Research Published on:

  33. Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a heritable disorder affecting 1.3 million individuals in the USA. Eighty percent of people with FH are undiagnosed, particularly minoritized populations including Black o...

    Authors: Christina Johnson, Jinbo Chen, Mary P. McGowan, Eric Tricou, Mary Card, Amy R. Pettit, Tamar Klaiman, Daniel J. Rader, Kevin G. Volpp and Rinad S. Beidas
    Citation: Implementation Science 2024 19:30
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  34. Theory and correlational research indicate organizational leadership and climate are important for successful implementation of evidence-based practices (EBPs) in healthcare settings; however, experimental evi...

    Authors: Nathaniel J. Williams, Mark G. Ehrhart, Gregory A. Aarons, Susan Esp, Marisa Sklar, Kristine Carandang, Nallely R. Vega, Lauren Brookman-Frazee and Steven C. Marcus
    Citation: Implementation Science 2024 19:29
    Content type: Research Published on:

  36. Authors: Yu-Chu Ella Chung, Yu-Chi Tung, Sheng-Chang Wang, Chieh-Liang Huang, Lian-Yu Chen and Wei J. Chen
    Citation: Implementation Science 2024 19:28
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in Implementation Science 2024 19:18

  39. Despite the increased risk of cervical cancer (CC) among women living with HIV (WLHIV), CC screening and treatment (CCST) rates remain low in Africa. The integration of CCST services into established HIV progr...

    Authors: Babayemi O. Olakunde, Ijeoma U. Itanyi, John O. Olawepo, Lin Liu, Chinenye Bembir, Ngozi Idemili-Aronu, Nwamaka N. Lasebikan, Tonia C. Onyeka, Cyril C. Dim, Chibuike O. Chigbu, Echezona E. Ezeanolue and Gregory A. Aarons
    Citation: Implementation Science 2024 19:25
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  40. Clinical practice guidelines recommend against the routine use of psychotropic medications in residential aged care facilities (RACFs). Knowledge brokers are individuals or groups who facilitate the transfer o...

    Authors: J. Simon Bell, Adam La Caze, Michelle Steeper, Terry P. Haines, Sarah N. Hilmer, Lakkhina Troeung, Lyntara Quirke, Jacqueline Wesson, Constance Dimity Pond, Laurie Buys, Nazanin Ghahreman-Falconer, Michael T. Lawless, Shakti Shrestha, Angelita Martini, Nancy Ochieng, Francesca Glamorgan…
    Citation: Implementation Science 2024 19:24
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  41. Antibiotic overuse at hospital discharge is common, costly, and harmful. While discharge-specific antibiotic stewardship interventions are effective, they are resource-intensive and often infeasible for hospit...

    Authors: Julia E. Szymczak, Lindsay A. Petty, Tejal N. Gandhi, Robert A. Neetz, Adam Hersh, Angela P. Presson, Peter K. Lindenauer, Steven J. Bernstein, Brandi M. Muller, Andrea T. White, Jennifer K. Horowitz, Scott A. Flanders, Justin D. Smith and Valerie M. Vaughn
    Citation: Implementation Science 2024 19:23
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  42. The United States (US) continues to face decades-long increases in opioid overdose fatalities. As an opioid overdose reversal medication, naloxone can dramatically reduce opioid overdose mortality rates when d...

    Authors: Barrot H. Lambdin, Ricky N. Bluthenthal, Bryan R. Garner, Lynn D. Wenger, Erica N. Browne, Terry Morris, Lee Ongais, Cariné E. Megerian and Alex H. Kral
    Citation: Implementation Science 2024 19:22
    Content type: Research Published on:

  43. Implementation strategies can be a vital leveraging point for enhancing the implementation and dissemination of evidence-based suicide prevention interventions and programming. However, much remains unknown ab...

    Authors: Jason I. Chen, Brandon Roth, Steven K. Dobscha and Julie C. Lowery
    Citation: Implementation Science 2024 19:20
    Content type: Systematic review Published on:

  44. Childhood cancer treatment while often curative, leads to elevated risks of morbidity and mortality. Survivors require lifelong periodic surveillance for late effects of treatment, yet adherence to guideline-r...

    Authors: Jennifer Shuldiner, Emily Lam, Nida Shah, Jeremy Grimshaw, Laura Desveaux, Ruth Heisey, Michael S. Taccone, Monica Taljaard, Kednapa Thavorn, David Hodgson, Sumit Gupta, Aisha Lofters, Noah Ivers and Paul C. Nathan
    Citation: Implementation Science 2024 19:19
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  45. Given the steady decline in patient numbers at methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) clinics in Taiwan since 2013, the government initiated Patients’ Medical Expenditure Supplements (PMES) in January 2019 and...

    Authors: Yu-Chu Ella Chung, Yu-Chi Tung, Sheng-Chang Wang, Chieh-Liang Huang, Lian-Yu Chen and Wei J. Chen
    Citation: Implementation Science 2024 19:18
    Content type: Research Published on:

    The Correction to this article has been published in Implementation Science 2024 19:28

  46. The field of implementation science was developed to address the significant time delay between establishing an evidence-based practice and its widespread use. Although implementation science has contributed m...

    Authors: Katy E. Trinkley, Ruopeng An, Anna M. Maw, Russell E. Glasgow and Ross C. Brownson
    Citation: Implementation Science 2024 19:17
    Content type: Debate Published on:

  47. Sustaining evidence-based practices (EBPs) is crucial to ensuring care quality and addressing health disparities. Approaches to identifying factors related to sustainability are critically needed. One such app...

    Authors: Bo Kim, Jennifer L. Sullivan, Madisen E. Brown, Samantha L. Connolly, Elizabeth G. Spitzer, Hannah M. Bailey, Lauren M. Sippel, Kendra Weaver and Christopher J. Miller
    Citation: Implementation Science 2024 19:16
    Content type: Research Published on:

  48. The gap between research findings and clinical practice is well documented and a range of strategies have been developed to support the implementation of research into clinical practice. The objective of this ...

    Authors: Annette Boaz, Juan Baeza, Alec Fraser and Erik Persson
    Citation: Implementation Science 2024 19:15
    Content type: Systematic review Published on:

  49. A myriad of federal, state, and organizational policies are designed to improve access to evidence-based healthcare, but the impact of these policies likely varies due to contextual determinants of, reinterpre...

    Authors: H. Irene Su, Bonnie N. Kaiser, Erika L. Crable, Ricardo Flores Ortega, Sara W. Yoeun, Melina A. Economou, Estefania Fernandez, Sally A. D. Romero, Gregory A. Aarons and Sara B. McMenamin
    Citation: Implementation Science 2024 19:14
    Content type: Research Published on:

  50. Clinical decision support systems (CDSSs) have the potential to improve quality of care, patient safety, and efficiency because of their ability to perform medical tasks in a more data-driven, evidence-based, ...

    Authors: Sophia Ackerhans, Thomas Huynh, Carsten Kaiser and Carsten Schultz
    Citation: Implementation Science 2024 19:11
    Content type: Systematic review Published on:
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