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... (Source: Implementation Science)
Source: Implementation Science - April 12, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: Nancy A. Otieno, Fauzia A. Malik, Stacy W. Nganga, Winnie N. Wairimu, Dominic O. Ouma, Godfrey M. Bigogo, Sandra S. Chaves, Jennifer R. Verani, Marc-Alain Widdowson, Andrew D. Wilson, Irina Bergenfeld, Ines Gonzalez-Casanova and Saad B. Omer Tags: Research Source Type: research
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... (Source: Implementation Science)
Source: Implementation Science - April 12, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: Shuduo Zhou, Xuejie Dong, Fangjing Liu, Yan Zhang, Dahai Yue, Qiang Zhou, Yinzi Jin and Zhi-Jie Zheng Tags: Study protocol Source Type: research
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... (Source: Implementation Science)
Source: Implementation Science - April 9, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: Sarah A. Birken and Graeme Currie Tags: Commentary Source Type: research
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... (Source: Implementation Science)
Source: Implementation Science - April 7, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: Christopher J. Miller, Miya L. Barnett, Ana A. Baumann, Cassidy A. Gutner and Shannon Wiltsey-Stirman Tags: Debate Source Type: research
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... (Source: Implementation Science)
Source: Implementation Science - April 1, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: Mellanie V. Springer, Anne E. Sales, Nishat Islam, A. Camille McBride, Zach Landis-Lewis, Michael Tupper, Casey L. Corches, Maria Cielito Robles and Lesli E. Skolarus Tags: Research Source Type: research
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... (Source: Implementation Science)
Source: Implementation Science - April 1, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: Rebecca Lengnick-Hall, Nicole A. Stadnick, Kelsey S. Dickson, Joanna C. Moullin and Gregory A. Aarons Tags: Debate Source Type: research
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... (Source: Implementation Science)
Source: Implementation Science - March 31, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: Theresa L. Walunas, Jiancheng Ye, Jennifer Bannon, Ann Wang, Abel N. Kho, Justin D. Smith and Nicholas Soulakis Tags: Research Source Type: research
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 ... (Source: Implementation Science)
Source: Implementation Science - March 30, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: Beatriz Goulao, Claire Scott, Irene Black, Jan Clarkson, Lee McArthur, Craig Ramsay, Linda Young and Eilidh Duncan Tags: Study protocol Source Type: research
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... (Source: Implementation Science)
Source: Implementation Science - March 29, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: Jennifer E. Johnson, Jill Viglione, Niloofar Ramezani, Alison E. Cuellar, Maji Hailemariam, Rochelle Rosen, Alex Breno and Faye S. Taxman Tags: Study protocol Source Type: research
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
This study evaluated the effectiveness of generalised, exclusively emai... (Source: Implementation Science)
Source: Implementation Science - March 20, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: Nadia Minian, Sheleza Ahad, Anna Ivanova, Scott Veldhuizen, Laurie Zawertailo, Arun Ravindran, Claire de Oliveira, Dolly Baliunas, Carol Mulder, Corneliu Bolbocean and Peter Selby Tags: Research Source Type: research
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... (Source: Implementation Science)
Source: Implementation Science - March 19, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: Ross C. Brownson, Shiriki K. Kumanyika, Matthew W. Kreuter and Debra Haire-Joshu Tags: Debate Source Type: research
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... (Source: Implementation Science)
Source: Implementation Science - March 19, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: Sara Malone, Virginia R. McKay, Christina Krucylak, Byron J. Powell, Jingxia Liu, Cindy Terrill, Jacqueline M. Saito, Shawn J. Rangel and Jason G. Newland Tags: Study protocol Source Type: research
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. (Source: Implementation Science)
Source: Implementation Science - March 16, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: Aaron M. Woolsey, Ryan A. Simmons, Meley Woldeghebriel, Yunji Zhou, Oluwatosin Ogunsola, Sarah Laing, Tayo Olaleye, Joseph Kipkoech, Bomar Mendez Rojas, Indrani Saran, Mercy Odhiambo, Josephine Malinga, George Ambani, Emmah Kimachas, Chizoba Fashanu, Owen Tags: Correction Source Type: research
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... (Source: Implementation Science)
Source: Implementation Science - March 12, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: Diana M. Bowser, Brandy F. Henry and Kathryn E. McCollister Tags: Systematic review Source Type: research
The decision sampling framework: a methodological approach to investigate evidence use in policy and programmatic innovation
This article proposes a novel method, “decision s... (Source: Implementation Science)
Source: Implementation Science - March 11, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: Thomas I. Mackie, Ana J. Schaefer, Justeen K. Hyde, Laurel K. Leslie, Emily A. Bosk, Brittany Fishman and R. Christopher Sheldrick Tags: Methodology Source Type: research
