Journal articles

Below you can find all articles that were featured as monthly picks in our Implementation in Action Bulletin.

Article title Author(s) Bulletin issue

A feasibility study of external implementation support provided across two states in the U.S.

Rebecca Roppolo, William Aldridge, Christina DiSalvo, et al. November 2024

Where is critical analysis of power and positionality in knowledge translation?

Chloe Crosschild, Ngoc Huynh, Ismalia De Sousa, et al. November 2024

Are we being equitable enough? Lessons learned from sites lost in an implementation trial

Elizabeth J. Austin, Jessica Chen, Lori Ferro, et al. October 2024

Closing the gap: advancing implementation science through training and capacity building

Ross C. Brownson, Leopoldo J. Cabassa, Bettina F. Drake, et al. October 2024

“We all see things through a different lens based on our life experiences”: co-production of a web-based implementation toolkit with stakeholders across the health and social care system

Cindy Faith Brooks, Susi Lund, David Kryl, et al. September 2024

Bridges and Mechanisms: Integrating Systems Science Thinking into Implementation Research

Douglas A. Luke, Byron J. Powell, and Alejandra Paniagua-Avila September 2024

Embedding implementation science in the research pipeline

Leah L. Zullig, Connor Drake, Devon K. Check, et al. August 2024

Advancing a collective vision for equity-based cocreation through prototyping at an international forum

Michelle Phoenix, Sandra Moll, Alexa Vrzovski, et al. August 2024

Supporting Implementation Through Online Learning Communities: Lessons Learned From a National Training and Technical Assistance Network

Jonathan R. Olson, Elizabeth Reisinger Walker, Lydia Chwastiak, et al. July 2024

Technical Assistance for Systemic Change: Lessons Learned from a National Technical Assistance Center

Caryn S. Ward, Sophia Farmer, and Melanie Livet July 2024

The complexity of leadership in coproduction practices: a guiding framework based on a systematic literature review

Sofia Kjellström, Sophie Sarre & Daniel Masterson June 2024

What do you think it means? Using cognitive interviewing to improve measurement in implementation science: description and case example

Zabin Patel-Syed, Sara Becker, Miranda Olson, et al. June 2024

Navigating the field of implementation science towards maturity: challenges and opportunities

David A. Chambers and Karen M. Emmons May 2024

Organizing the dissemination and implementation field: who are we, what are we doing, and how should we do it?

Gretchen J. R. Buchanan, Lindsey M. Filiatreau & Julia E. Moore May 2024

Specifying cross-system collaboration strategies for implementation: a multi-site qualitative study with child welfare and behavioral health organizations.

Alicia C. Bunger, Emmeline Chuang, Amanda M. Girth, et al. April 2024

A scoping review of equity-focused implementation theories, models and frameworks in healthcare and their application in addressing ethnicity-related health inequities

Papillon Gustafson, Yasmin Abdul Aziz, Michelle Lambert, et al. April 2024

The “D&I Bridge”: introducing a teaching tool to define the D, the I, and the why

Sara J. Becker, Kira DiClemente-Bosco, Kelli Scott, et al. March 2024

The ART of Readiness: A Practical Tool for Implementation Tailoring at the Activity Level

Victoria C. Scott, Tara Kenworth LaMarca, Debra Hamm, et al. March 2024

Essential content for teaching implementation practice in healthcare: a mixed-methods study of teams offering capacity-building initiatives

Jessica Reszel, Olivia Daub, Jenny Leese, et al. February 2024

Matching barriers and facilitators to implementation strategies: recommendations for community settings

Laura E. Balis and Bailey Houghtaling February 2024

A scoping review of implementation science theories, models, and frameworks — an appraisal of purpose, characteristics, usability, applicability, and testability

Yingxuan Wang, Eliza Lai-Yi Wong, Per Nilsen, et al. January 2024

Implementing AI in healthcare—the relevance of trust: a scoping review

Emilie Steerling, Elin Siira, Per Nilsen, et al. January 2024

Applying an equity lens to assess context and implementation in public health and health services research and practice using the PRISM framework

Meredith P. Fort, Spero M. Manson & Russel E. Glasgow December 2023

Intentional practice: a common language, approach and set of methods to design, adapt and implement contextualised wellbeing solutions

Ivan J. Raymond December 2023

Connecting the science and practice of implementation – applying the lens of context to inform study design in implementation research

Gillian Harvey, Jo Rycroft-Malone, Kate Seers, et al. November 2023

Trajectory of external implementation support activities across two states in the United States: A descriptive study

William A. Aldridge, Rebecca H. Roppolo, Shannon D. Chaplo, et al. November 2023

Increasing consumer engagement: tools to engage service users in quality improvement or implementation efforts

Eva N. Woodward, Irenia A. Ball, Cathleen Willging et al. October 2023

What implementation strategies are relational? Using Relational Theory to explore the ERIC implementation strategies.

Leah Bartley, Allison Metz, and W. Oscar Fleming October 2023

Mechanisms of change in external implementation support: a conceptual model and case examples to guide research and practice

William A. Aldridge, Rebecca H. Roppolo, Jacquie Brown, et al. September 2023

Defining re-implementation

Rachel Moyal-Smith, James C. Etheridge, Ami Karlage, et al. September 2023

Building trusting relationships to support implementation: A proposed theoretical model

Allison Metz, Todd Jensen, Amanda Farley, et al. August 2023

Measures of organizational culture, organizational climate, and implementation climate in behavioral health: A systematic review

Byron J. Powell, Kayne D. Mettert, Caitlin N. Dorsey, et al. August 2023

Application of an antiracism lens in the field of implementation science (IS): Recommendations for reframing implementation research with a focus on justice and racial equity

Rachel C. Shelton, Prajakta Adsul, April Oh, et al. July 2023

Understanding implementation research collaborations from a co-creation lens: Recommendations for a path forward

Mónica Pérez Jolles, Cathleen E. Willging, Nicole A. Stadnick, et al. July 2023

Where is “policy” in dissemination and implementation science? Recommendations to advance theories, models, and frameworks: EPIS as a case example

Erika L. Crable, Rebecca Lengnick-Hall, Nicole A. Stadnick, et al. June 2023

Developing a typology of network alteration strategies for implementation: a scoping review and iterative synthesis

Alicia C. Bunger, Reza Yousefi-Nooraie, Keith Warren, et al. June 2023

Bridging the Silos: A Comparative Analysis of Implementation Science and Improvement Science

Per Nilsen, Johan Thor, Miriam Bender, et al. May 2023

Perspectives on learning to practice reflexivity while engaging communities in implementation science

Eva N. Woodward and Irenia A. Ball May 2023

Intervening for sustainable change: Tailoring strategies to align with values and principles of communities

Allison Metz, Kirsten Kainz and Annet Boaz April 2023

A scoping review of the evaluation and effectiveness of technical assistance

Victoria C. Scott, Zara Jillani, Adele Malpert, et al. April 2023

Conceptual tensions and practical trade-offs in tailoring implementation interventions

Sheena M. McHugh, Fiona Riordan, Geoff M. Curran, et al. March 2023

Equitable Implementation Guide

Collaborative for Implementation Practice March 2023

Scaling up Evidence-Based Interventions in US Public Systems to Prevent Behavioral Health Problems: Challenges and Opportunities

Abigail A. Fagan, Brian K. Bumbarger, Richard P. Barth, et al. February 2023

Building capacity in dissemination and implementation: a systematic review of the academic literature on teaching and training initiatives.

Rachel Davis & Danielle D'Lima February 2023

Making research relevant: if it is an evidence-based practice, where's the practice-based evidence?

Lawrence W. Green January 2023

Promises and pitfalls in implementation science from the perspective of US-based researchers: learning from a pre-mortem

Rinad S. Beidas, Shannon Dorsey, Cara C. Lewis, et al. January 2023

A typology of power in implementation: Building on the exploration, preparation, implementation, sustainment (EPIS) framework to advance mental health and HIV health equity

Megan C. Stanton, Samira B. Ali and the SUSTAIN Center Team November 2022

Using Implementation Mapping to Build Organizational Readiness

Amber K. Watson, Belinda F. Hernandez, Jenny Kolodny-Goetz, et al. November 2022

Using qualitative comparative analysis to uncover multiple pathways to program sustainment: implications for community-based youth substance misuse prevention

Brittany Rhoades Cooper, Laura G. Hill, Louise Parker, et al. October 2022

Studying complexity in health services research: desperately seeking an overdue paradigm shift

Trisha Greenhalgh and Chrysanthi Papoutsi October 2022

Implementation fidelity, attitudes, and influence: a novel approach to classifying implementer behavior

Taren Swindle, Julie M. Rutledge, Janna Martin, et al. September 2022

Grounding implementation science in health equity for cancer prevention and control

Prajakta Adsul, David Chambers, Heather M. Brandt, et al. September 2022

Is implementation research out of step with implementation practice? Pathways to effective implementation support over the last decade

Allison Metz, Todd Jensen, Amanda Farley, et al. August 2022

Iowa Implementation for Sustainability Framework

Laura Cullen, Kirsten Hanrahan, Stephanie W. Edmonds, et al. August 2022

Innovations in implementing a health systems response to violence against women in 3 tertiary hospitals of Maharashtra India: Improving provider capacity and facility readiness

Srinivas Gadappa, Priya Prabhu, Sonali Deshpande, et al. July 2022

Understanding implementation context and social processes through integrating Normalization Process Theory (NPT) and the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR)

Dawn Schroeder, Thea Luig, Tracy L. Finch, et al. July 2022

A typology of power in implementation: Building on the exploration, preparation, implementation, sustainment (EPIS) framework to advance mental health and HIV health equity

Megan C. Stanton, Samira B. Ali and the SUSTAIN Center Team June 2022

Practical Implementation Science: Moving Evidence into Action

Bryan J. Weiner, Cara C. Lewis and Kenneth Sherr June 2022

Using institutional entrepreneurship to understand the role of innovation teams in healthcare: a longitudinal qualitative study

Angela Melder, Ian Mcloughlin, Tracy Robinson, et al. May 2022

The Implementation Research Logic Model: a method for planning, executing, reporting, and synthesizing implementation projects

Justin D. Smith, Dennis H. Li and Miriam R. Rafferty May 2022

Rapid-cycle systems modeling to support evidence-informed decision-making during system-wide implementation

R. Christopher Sheldrick, Gracelyn Cruden, Ana J. Schaefer, et al. April 2022

Solving the Puzzle of Global Health Inequity: Completing the Picture Piece by Piece by Piece

Timothy A. Carey April 2022

Evidence-Based Policymaking: What Human Service Agencies Can Learn from Implementation Science and Integrated Data Systems

Sharon Zanti and M. Lori Thomas March 2022

Market viability: a neglected concept in implementation science

Enola K. Proctor, Emre Toker, Rachel Tabak, et al. March 2022

Rapid versus traditional qualitative analysis using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR)

Andrea L. Nevedal, Caitlin M. Reardon, Marilla A. Opra Widerquist, et al. February 2022

The Importance of Mental Models in Implementation Science

Jodi Summers Holtrop, Laura D. Scherer, Daniel D. Matlock, et al. February 2022

The Clinical Sustainability Assessment Tool: measuring organizational capacity to promote sustainability in healthcare

Sara Malone, Kim Prewitt, Rachel Hackett, et al. January 2022

Enhancing organizational readiness for implementation: constructing a typology of readiness-development strategies using a modified Delphi process

Sigal Vax, Marianne Farkas, Zlatka Russinova, et al. January 2022

A pilot study comparing tools for tracking implementation strategies and treatment adaptations

Callie Walsh-Bailey, Lorella G. Palazzo, Salene MW Jones, et al. December 2021

The pragmatic, rapid, and iterative dissemination and implementation (PRIDI) cycle: adapting to the dynamic nature of public health emergencies (and beyond)

Reza Yousefi Nooraie, Rachel C. Shelton, Kevin Fiscella, et al. December 2021

Aligning implementation science with improvement practice: a call to action

Jennifer Leeman, Catherine Rohweder, Matthew Lee, et al. November 2021

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

Cintia L. Faija, Judith Gellatly, Michael Barkham, et al. November 2021

Too much theory and not enough practice? The challenge of implementation science application in healthcare practice

Frances Rapport, James Smith, Karen Hutchinson, et al. October 2021

Virtual external implementation facilitation: successful methods for remotely engaging groups in quality improvement

Christine W. Hartmann, Ryann L. Engle, Camilla B. Pimentel, et al. October 2021

Equitable Implementation at Work

Allison Metz, Beadsie Woo and Audrey Loper September 2021

Implementing Anti-Racism Interventions in Healthcare Settings: A Scoping Review

Nadha Hassen, Aisha Lofters, Sinit Michael, et al. September 2021

Adapting strategies to promote implementation reach and equity (ASPIRE) in school mental health services

Larissa M. Gaias, Kimberly T. Arnold, Freda F. Liu, et al. August 2021

An Extension of RE-AIM to Enhance Sustainability: Addressing Dynamic Context and Promoting Health Equity Over Time

Rachel C. Shelton, David A. Chambers and Russell E. Glasgow August 2021

A conceptual model to guide research on the activities and effects of innovation champions

Christopher M. Shea July 2021

Implementation capital: merging frameworks of implementation outcomes and social capital to support the use of evidence-based practices

Jennifer Watling Neal and Zachary P. Neal July 2021

R = MC2 readiness building process: A practical approach to support implementation in local, state, and national settings

Ariel M. Domlyn, Victoria Scott, Melanie Livet, et al. June 2021

The FRAME-IS: a framework for documenting modifications to implementation strategies in healthcare

Christopher J. Miller, Miya L. Barnett, Ana A. Baumann, et al. June 2021

Implementation Practice in Human Service Systems: Understanding the Principles and Competencies of Professionals Who Support Implementation

Allison Metz, Bianca Albers, Katie Burke, et al. May 2021

When complexity science meets implementation science: a theoretical and empirical analysis of systems change

Jeffrey Braithwaite, Kate Churruca, Janet C. Long, et al. May 2021

Ready to roll: Strategies and actions to enhance organizational readiness for implementation in community mental health

Sigal Vax, Vasudha Gidugu, Marianne Farkas, et al. April 2021

Forms and functions of bridging factors: specifying the dynamic links between outer and inner contexts during implementation and sustainment

Rebecca Lengnick-Hall, Nicole A. Stadnick, Kelsey S. Dickson, et al. April 2021

Defining and assessing context in healthcare implementation studies: a systematic review

L. Rogers, A. De Brún & E. McAuliffe March 2021

Experiences of using the i-PARIHS framework: a co-designed case study of four multi-site implementation projects

S.C. Hunter, B. Kim, A. Mudge, et al. March 2021

Implementation science made too simple: a teaching tool

Geoffrey M. Curran February 2021

Getting a clinical innovation into practice: An introduction to implementation strategies

JoAnn E.Kirchner, Jeffrey L.Smith, Byron J. Powell, et al. February 2021

Adaptation of public health initiatives: expert views on current guidance and opportunities to advance their application and benefit

Sze Lin Yoong, Katarzyna Bolsewicz, Alice Grady, et al. January 2021

Adapting evidence-informed complex population health interventions for new contexts: a systematic review of guidance

A. Movsisyan, L. Arnold, R.Evans, et al. January 2021

Implementation Support Skills: Findings From a Systematic Integrative Review

Bianca Albers, Allison Metz, Katie Burke, et al. December 2020

The new era of thinking and practice in change and transformation: Improving Quality NHS

Helen Bevan and Steve Fairman December 2020

Development of a tool for identifying and addressing prioritised determinants of quality improvement initiatives led by healthcare professionals: a mixed-methods study

Anne A. C. van Tuijl, Hub C. Wollersheim, Cornelia R. M. G. Fluit, et al. November 2020

Policy failure and the policy-implementation gap: can policy support programs help?

Bob Hudson, David Hunter and Stephen Peckham November 2020

Incorporators, Early Investors, and Learners: a longitudinal study of organizational adaptation during EBP implementation and sustainment

Rebecca Lengnick-Hall, Cathleen E. Willging, Michael S. Hurlburt, et al. October 2020

Towards a taxonomy of behavior change techniques for promoting shared decision making

Titilayo Tatiana Agbadjé, Hélène Elidor, Milena Sia Perin, et al. October 2020

Making Implementation Science More Rapid: Use of the RE-AIM Framework for Mid-Course Adaptations Across Five Health Services Research Projects in the Veterans Health Administration

Russell E. Glasgow, Catherine Battaglia, Marina McCreight, et al. September 2020

Measurement of sustainment of prevention programs and initiatives: the sustainment measurement system scale

Lawrence A. Palinkas, Chih-Ping Chou, Suzanne E. Spear, et al. September 2020

A Guide to Patient Safety Improvement: Integrating Knowledge Translation & Quality Improvement Approaches

Canadian Patient Safety Institute August 2020

Measures of outer setting constructs for implementation research: A systematic review and analysis of psychometric quality

Sheena McHugh, Caitlin N. Dorsey, Kayne Mettert, et al. August 2020

The rise of rapid implementation: a worked example of solving an existing problem with a new method by combining concept analysis with a systematic integrative review

James Smith, Frances Rapport, Tracey A. O'Brien, et al. July 2020

Complexity leadership: Enabling people and organizations for adaptability.

Mary Uhi-Bien and Michael Arena July 2020

Designing a Bias-Free Organization

Gardiner Morse June 2020

Evaluating and optimizing the consolidated framework for implementation research (CFIR) for use in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review

Arianna Rubin Means, Christopher G. Kemp, Marie-Claire Gwayi-Chore, et al. June 2020

Implementation support practitioners – a proposal for consolidating a diverse evidence base

Bianca Albers, Allison Metz and Katie Burke May 2020

Ten recommendations for using implementation frameworks in research and practice

Joanna C. Moullin, Kelsey S. Dickson, Nicole A. Stadnick, et al. May 2020

Developing educational competencies for dissemination and implementation research training programs: an exploratory analysis using card sorts

Margaret Padek, Graham Colditz, Maureen Dobbins, et al. April 2020

Specifying and comparing implementation strategies across seven large implementation interventions: a practical application of theory

Cynthia K. Perry, Laura J. Damschroder, Jennifer R. Hemler, et al. April 2020

The spread challenge: How to support the successful uptake of innovations and improvements in health care

Tim Horton, John Illingworth and Will Warburton March 2020

Planning for the sustainability of community-based health programs: conceptual frameworks and future directions for research, practice and policy

M.C. Shediac-Rizkallah and L.R. Bone February 2020

Evidence-based intervention sustainability strategies: a systematic review

Maji Hailemariam, Tatiana Bustos, Barrett Montgomery, et al. February 2020

The spread challenge: How to support the successful uptake of innovations and improvements in health care

Tim Horton, John Illingworth and Will Warburton January 2020

Collaborative, Participatory, and Empowerment Evaluation: Building a Strong Conceptual Foundation for Stakeholder Involvement Approaches to Evaluation (A Response to Cousins, Whitmore, and Shulha, 2013)

David Fetterman, Liliana Rodriguez-Campos, Abraham Wandersman, et al. January 2020

Implementation of Implementation Science Knowledge: The Research-Practice Gap Paradox

Anna Westerlund, Per Nilsen and Linda Sundberg December 2019

Outcomes for Implementation Research: Conceptual Distinctions, Measurement Challenges, and Research Agenda

Enola Proctor, Hiie Silmere, Ramesh Raghavan, et al. December 2019

Coaching for Change

Richard E. Boyatzis, Melvin Smith, and Ellen Van Oosten October 2019

The role of evidence, context, and facilitation in an implementation trial: implications for the development of the PARIHS framework

Jo Rycroft-Malone, Kate Seers, Jackie Chandler, et al. October 2019

Scaling up Evidence-Based Interventions in US Public Systems to Prevent Behavioral Health Problems: Challenges and Opportunities

Abigail A. Fagan, Brian K Bumbarger, Richard P Barth, et al. September 2019

Energise: The Secrets of Motivation

Robert West and Jamie West September 2019

Fostering implementation of health services research findings into practice: a consolidated framework for advancing implementation science

Laura J Damschroder, David C. Aron, Rosalind E Keith, et al. August 2019

Designing for Accelerated Translation (DART) of emerging innovations in health

Alex T. Ramsey, Enola K. Proctor, David A. Chambers, et al. August 2019

Beyond “implementation strategies”: classifying the full range of strategies used in implementation science and practice

Jennifer Leeman, Sarah A. Birken, Byron J. Powell, et al. July 2019

The FRAME: an expanded framework for reporting adaptations and modifications to evidence-based interventions

Shannon Wiltsey Stirman, Ana A. Baumann and Christopher J. Miller July 2019

Practice-Based Evidence in Public Health: Improving Reach, Relevance, and Results

Alice Ammerman, Tosha Woods Smith and Larissa Calancie June 2019

Results First Clearinghouse Database

The Pew Charitable Trusts June 2019

Implementation matters: a review of research on the influence of implementation on program outcomes and the factors affecting implementation

Joseph A. Durlak and Emily P. DuPre May 2019

KT Pathways

Michael Smith Health Research BC May 2019

Bridging Research and Practice

Rachel G. Tabak, Elaine C. Khoong, David Chambers, et al. April 2019

Implementation Science at a Glance

U.S Department of Health & Human Services | National Institute of Health April 2019

The role of a state-level prevention support system in promoting high-quality implementation and sustainability of evidence-based programs

Brittany L. Rhoades, Brian K Bumbarger, and Julia E Moore March 2019

Implementation capital: merging frameworks of implementation outcomes and social capital to support the use of evidence-based practices

Jennifer Watling Neal and Zachary P. Neal March 2019

Collaboration and Co-Production of Knowledge in Healthcare: Opportunities and Challenges

Jo Rycroft-Malone, Christopher R. Burton, Tracey Bucknall, et al. February 2019

Community-based participatory research and integrated knowledge translation: advancing the co-creation of knowledge

Janet Jull, Audrey Giles and Ian D. Graham February 2019

Demystifying theory and its use in improvement

Frank Davidoff, Mary Dixon-Woods, Laura Leviton, et al. January 2019

Leading Large Scale Change: A practical guide

Sustainable Improvement Team and the Horizons Team January 2019

Psychology of Change Framework

Institute for Healthcare Improvement December 2018

Bridging the gap between prevention research and practice: the interactive systems framework for dissemination and implementation

Abraham Wandersman, Jennifer Duffy, Paul Flaspohler, et al. December 2018

Development and testing of the Measure of Innovation-Specific Implementation Intentions (MISII) using Rasch measurement theory

Joanna C. Moullin, Mark G. Ehrhart, and Gregory A. Aarons November 2018

Implementation Research – A synthesis of the literature

Dean Fixsen, Sandra Naoom, Karen Blase, et al. November 2018

Making sense of implementation theories, models and frameworks

Per Nilsen October 2018

Opportunities for Epidemiologists in Implementation Science: A Primer

Gila Neta, Ross C Brownson, and David A Chambers October 2018
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