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... (Source: Implementation Science)
Source: Implementation Science - November 20, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: Enola K. Proctor, Emre Toker, Rachel Tabak, Virginia R. McKay, Cole Hooley and Bradley Evanoff Tags: Debate Source Type: research

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... (Source: Implementation Science)
Source: Implementation Science - November 20, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: Paul Shing-fong Chan, Yuan Fang, Martin Chi-sang Wong, Junjie Huang, Zixin Wang and Eng Kiong Yeoh Tags: Systematic review Source Type: research

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. Implemen t Sci. 2020;15 (1):84. Doi:10.1186/s13012-020-01041-8)
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Source: Implementation Science - November 17, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: Anne E. Sales, Douglas P. Barnaby and Victor Cattani Rentes Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research

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... (Source: Implementation Science)
Source: Implementation Science - November 16, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: Angela A. Aifah, Oluwatosin Odubela, Ashlin Rakhra, Deborah Onakomaiya, Jiyuan Hu, Ucheoma Nwaozuru, David A. Oladele, Aina Olufemi Odusola, Ifeoma Idigbe, Adesola Z. Musa, Ayodeji Akere, Bamidele Tayo, Gbenga Ogedegbe, Juliet Iwelunmor and Oliver Ezechi Tags: Study protocol Source Type: research

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... (Source: Implementation Science)
Source: Implementation Science - November 3, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: Hayley J. Lowther, Joanna Harrison, James E. Hill, Nicola J. Gaskins, Kimberly C. Lazo, Andrew J. Clegg, Louise A. Connell, Hilary Garrett, Josephine M. E. Gibson, Catherine E. Lightbody and Caroline L. Watkins Tags: Systematic review Source Type: research

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... (Source: Implementation Science)
Source: Implementation Science - October 30, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: Marie Dreger, Helene Eckhardt, Susanne Felgner, Hanna Errmann, Hendrikje Lantzsch, Tanja Rombey, Reinhard Busse, Cornelia Henschke and Dimitra Panteli Tags: Research Source Type: research

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... (Source: Implementation Science)
Source: Implementation Science - October 28, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: Robert Lundmark, Henna Hasson, Anne Richter, Ermine Khachatryan, Amanda Åkesson and Leif Eriksson Tags: Systematic review Source Type: research

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... (Source: Implementation Science)
Source: Implementation Science - October 24, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: Marcus Tolentino Silva, Tais Freire Galvao, Evelina Chapman, Everton Nunes da Silva and Jorge Ot ávio Maia Barreto Tags: Systematic review Source Type: research

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... (Source: Implementation Science)
Source: Implementation Science - October 9, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: Ariella R. Korn, Julia Appel, Ross A. Hammond, Erin Hennessy, Louise C. M âsse, Aviva Must and Christina D. Economos Tags: Methodology Source Type: research

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... (Source: Implementation Science)
Source: Implementation Science - September 25, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: Samuel U. Takvorian, Justin Bekelman, Rinad S. Beidas, Robert Schnoll, Alicia B. W. Clifton, Tasnim Salam, Peter Gabriel, E. Paul Wileyto, Callie A. Scott, David A. Asch, Alison M. Buttenheim, Katharine A. Rendle, Krisda Chaiyachati, Rachel C. Shelton, Su Tags: Study protocol Source Type: research

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... (Source: Implementation Science)
Source: Implementation Science - September 22, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: Rinad S. Beidas, Brian K. Ahmedani, Kristin A. Linn, Steven C. Marcus, Christina Johnson, Melissa Maye, Joslyn Westphal, Leslie Wright, Arne L. Beck, Alison M. Buttenheim, Matthew F. Daley, Molly Davis, Marisa E. Elias, Shari Jager-Hyman, Katelin Hoskins, Tags: Study protocol Source Type: research

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... (Source: Implementation Science)
Source: Implementation Science - September 17, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: Santhanalakshmi Gengiah, Catherine Connolly, Nonhlanhla Yende-Zuma, Pierre M. Barker, Andrew J. Nunn, Nesri Padayatchi, Myra Taylor, Marian Loveday and Kogieleum Naidoo Tags: Research Source Type: research

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 ... (Source: Implementation Science)
Source: Implementation Science - September 14, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: Jessica Fishman, Catherine Yang and David Mandell Tags: Research Source Type: research

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... (Source: Implementation Science)
Source: Implementation Science - August 30, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: Joanna C. Moullin, Marisa Sklar, Mark G. Ehrhart, Amy Green and Gregory A. Aarons Tags: Research Source Type: research

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... (Source: Implementation Science)
Source: Implementation Science - August 28, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: Melissa A. Carlson, Sarah Morris, Fiona Day, Ann Dadich, Annika Ryan, Elizabeth A. Fradgley and Christine Paul Tags: Systematic review Source Type: research