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Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16(Suppl 2):104
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 -
Psychometric properties of leadership scales for health professionals: a systematic review
The important role of leaders in the translation of health research is acknowledged in the implementation science literature. However, the accurate measurement of leadership traits and behaviours in health pro...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:85 -
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 -
Sustained effects of the INFORM cluster randomized trial: an observational post-intervention study
Numerous studies have examined the efficacy and effectiveness of health services interventions. However, much less research is available on the sustainability of study outcomes. The purpose of this study was t...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:83 -
Outer-context determinants in the sustainment phase of a reimbursement-driven implementation of evidence-based practices in children’s mental health services
Although there is increasing investment to implement evidence-based practices (EBPs) in public systems across the USA, continued or sustained use of EBPs after initial implementation remains a challenge. The l...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:82 -
How well do critical care audit and feedback interventions adhere to best practice? Development and application of the REFLECT-52 evaluation tool
Healthcare Audit and Feedback (A&F) interventions have been shown to be an effective means of changing healthcare professional behavior, but work is required to optimize them, as evidence suggests that A&F int...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:81 -
Response to letter to the editor
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:80 -
Letter to the editor of implementation science in response to “Implementation Science in maternity care, A scoping Review” by Dadich, Piper, and Coates (2021)
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:79 -
Implementing nudges to promote utilization of low tidal volume ventilation (INPUT): a stepped-wedge, hybrid type III trial of strategies to improve evidence-based mechanical ventilation management
Behavioral economic insights have yielded strategies to overcome implementation barriers. For example, default strategies and accountable justification strategies have improved adherence to best practices in c...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:78 -
Implementing work-related Mental health guidelines in general PRacticE (IMPRovE): a protocol for a hybrid III parallel cluster randomised controlled trial
The Clinical Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of Work-related Mental Health Conditions in General Practice (the Guideline) was published in 2019. The objective of this trial is to implement the Guide...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:77 -
Pharmacist dispensing of the abortion pill in Canada: Diffusion of Innovation meets integrated knowledge translation
Since Canadian drug regulatory approval of mifepristone for medical abortion in 2015 and its market availability in January 2017, the role of pharmacists in abortion provision has changed rapidly. We sought to...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:76 -
Implementation science issues in understanding, collecting, and using cost estimates: a multi-stakeholder perspective
Understanding the resources needed to achieve desired implementation and effectiveness outcomes is essential to implementing and sustaining evidence-based practices (EBPs). Despite this frequent observation, c...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:75 -
Barriers and facilitators to shared decision-making in hospitals from policy to practice: a systematic review
Involving patients in their healthcare using shared decision-making (SDM) is promoted through policy and research, yet its implementation in routine practice remains slow. Research into SDM has stemmed from pr...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:74 -
Data-driven approach for tailoring facilitation strategies to overcome implementation barriers in community pharmacy
Implementation research has delved into barriers to implementing change and interventions for the implementation of innovation in practice. There remains a gap, however, that fails to connect implementation ba...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:73 -
Rationale and protocol for a cluster randomized pragmatic clinical trial testing behavioral economic implementation strategies to improve tobacco treatment rates for cancer patients who smoke
Routine evidence-based tobacco use treatment minimizes cancer-specific and all-cause mortality, reduces treatment-related toxicity, and improves quality of life among patients receiving cancer care. Few cancer...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:72 -
Understanding adaptations in the Veteran Health Administration’s Transitions Nurse Program: refining methodology and pragmatic implications for scale-up
When complex health services interventions are implemented in real-world settings, adaptations are inevitable. Adaptations are changes made to an intervention, implementation strategy, or context prior to, dur...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:71 -
Barriers and facilitators to implementing evidence-based guidelines in long-term care: a qualitative evidence synthesis
The long-term care setting poses unique challenges and opportunities for effective knowledge translation. The objectives of this review are to (1) synthesize barriers and facilitators to implementing evidence-...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:70 -
The relationship between first-level leadership and inner-context and implementation outcomes in behavioral health: a scoping review
First-level leadership is uniquely positioned to support evidence-based practice (EBP) implementation for behavioral health due to first-level leaders’ access to and relationship with service providers. First-...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:69 -
What behaviour change techniques have been used to improve adherence to evidence-based low back pain imaging?
Despite international guideline recommendations, low back pain (LBP) imaging rates have been increasing over the last 20 years. Previous systematic reviews report limited effectiveness of implementation interv...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:68 -
Rapid versus traditional qualitative analysis using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR)
Qualitative approaches, alone or in mixed methods, are prominent within implementation science. However, traditional qualitative approaches are resource intensive, which has led to the development of rapid qua...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:67 -
Translating economic evaluations into financing strategies for implementing evidence-based practices
Implementation researchers are increasingly using economic evaluation to explore the benefits produced by implementing evidence-based practices (EBPs) in healthcare settings. However, the findings of typical e...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:66 -
Onset PrevenTIon of urinary retention in Orthopaedic Nursing and rehabilitation, OPTION—a study protocol for a randomised trial by a multi-professional facilitator team and their first-line managers’ implementation strategy
The Onset PrevenTIon of urinary retention in Orthopaedic Nursing and rehabilitation, OPTION, project aims to progress knowledge translation vis-à-vis evidence-based bladder monitoring in orthopaedic care, to d...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:65 -
Protocol for a hybrid type 3 cluster randomized trial of a technical assistance system supporting coalitions and evidence-based drug prevention programs
Over 5000 community anti-drug coalitions operating in the USA serve as a cornerstone of federal drug prevention. These coalitions, however, have demonstrated effectiveness in preventing substance use only when...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:64 -
Handoffs and transitions in critical care—understanding scalability: study protocol for a multicenter stepped wedge type 2 hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial
The implementation of evidence-based practices in critical care faces specific challenges, including intense time pressure and patient acuity. These challenges result in evidence-to-practice gaps that diminish...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:63 -
Barriers and facilitators influencing the sustainment of health behaviour interventions in schools and childcare services: a systematic review
Sustainment has been defined as the sustained use or delivery of an intervention in practice following cessation of external implementation support. This review aimed to identify and synthesise factors (barrie...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:62 -
Enhancing organizational readiness for implementation: constructing a typology of readiness-development strategies using a modified Delphi process
Knowledge about the development of organizational readiness for implementation (ORI) is limited. ORI, referred to as the willingness and capacity of all relevant stakeholders to change practice, is critical fo...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:61 -
Implementation of peer specialist services in VA primary care: a cluster randomized trial on the impact of external facilitation
Over 1100 veterans work in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) as peer specialists (PSs)—those with formal training who support other veterans with similar diagnoses. A White House Executive Action mandat...
Citation: Implementation Science 2021 16:60 -
Correction to: Effectiveness of guideline dissemination and implementation strategies on health care professionals’ behaviour and patient outcomes in the cancer care context: a systematic review
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
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