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Implementation Science

Issue 1/2015

Content (164 Articles)

Open Access Short report

Elaborating on theory with middle managers’ experience implementing healthcare innovations in practice

Sarah A. Birken, Lisa D. DiMartino, Meredith A. Kirk, Shoou-Yih D. Lee, Mark McClelland, Nancy M. Albert

Open Access Research

Health system guidance appraisal—concept evaluation and usability testing

Denis E. Ako-Arrey, Melissa C. Brouwers, John N. Lavis, Mita K. Giacomini

Open Access Systematic review

Barriers and facilitators to uptake of systematic reviews by policy makers and health care managers: a scoping review

Andrea C. Tricco, Roberta Cardoso, Sonia M. Thomas, Sanober Motiwala, Shannon Sullivan, Michael R. Kealey, Brenda Hemmelgarn, Mathieu Ouimet, Michael P. Hillmer, Laure Perrier, Sasha Shepperd, Sharon E. Straus

Open Access Research

Patient-, organization-, and system-level barriers and facilitators to preventive oral health care: a convergent mixed-methods study in primary dental care

Anna Rose Templeton, Linda Young, Alison Bish, Wendy Gnich, Heather Cassie, Shaun Treweek, Debbie Bonetti, Douglas Stirling, Lorna Macpherson, Sharon McCann, Jan Clarkson, Craig Ramsay

Open Access Methodology

Reporting standards for guideline-based performance measures

Monika Nothacker, Tim Stokes, Beth Shaw, Patrice Lindsay, Raija Sipilä, Markus Follmann, Ina Kopp

Open Access Study protocol

Linking clinician interaction and coordination to clinical performance in Patient-Aligned Care Teams

Sylvia J. Hysong, Candice L. Thomas, Christiane Spitzmüller, Amber B. Amspoker, LeChauncy Woodard, Varsha Modi, Aanand D. Naik

Open Access Study protocol

Enhanced syphilis screening among HIV-positive men (ESSAHM): a study protocol for a clinic-randomized trial with stepped wedge design

Ann N. Burchell, Vanessa G. Allen, Ramandip Grewal, Paul A. MacPherson, Anita Rachlis, Sharon Walmsley, Sharmistha Mishra, Sandra L. Gardner, Janet Raboud, Curtis Cooper, Kevin Gough, Sean B. Rourke, Rodney Rousseau, Irving Salit, Darrell H. S. Tan

Open Access Systematic review

Health systems guidance appraisal—a critical interpretive synthesis

Denis E. Ako-Arrey, Melissa C. Brouwers, John N. Lavis, Mita K. Giacomini

Open Access Research

Effects of computer reminders on complications of peripheral venous catheters and nurses’ adherence to a guideline in paediatric care—a cluster randomised study

Ulrika Förberg, Maria Unbeck, Lars Wallin, Eva Johansson, Max Petzold, Britt-Marie Ygge, Anna Ehrenberg

Open Access Research

Barriers and facilitators of evidence-based management of patients with bacterial infections among general dental practitioners: a theory-informed interview study

Rumana Newlands, Eilidh M. Duncan, Maria Prior, Paula Elouafkaoui, Andrew Elders, Linda Young, Jan E. Clarkson, Craig R. Ramsay

Open Access Research

A cluster-randomised controlled trial of values-based training to promote autonomously held recovery values in mental health workers

Virginia Williams, Frank P. Deane, Lindsay G. Oades, Trevor P. Crowe, Joseph Ciarrochi, Retta Andresen

Open Access Research

Bridging the gap between pragmatic intervention design and theory: using behavioural science tools to modify an existing quality improvement programme to implement “Sepsis Six”

Siri H. Steinmo, Susan Michie, Christopher Fuller, Sarah Stanley, Caitriona Stapleton, Sheldon P. Stone

Open Access Methodology

A review of methods and tools to assess the implementation of government policies to create healthy food environments for preventing obesity and diet-related non-communicable diseases

Sirinya Phulkerd, Mark Lawrence, Stefanie Vandevijvere, Gary Sacks, Anthony Worsley, Viroj Tangcharoensathien

Open Access Research

Bridging the gap between science and policy: an international survey of scientists and policy makers in China and Canada

Bernard C. K. Choi, Liping Li, Yaogui Lu, Li R. Zhang, Yao Zhu, Anita W. P. Pak, Yue Chen, Julian Little

Open Access Research

Collective action for implementation: a realist evaluation of organisational collaboration in healthcare

Jo Rycroft-Malone, Christopher R Burton, Joyce Wilkinson, Gill Harvey, Brendan McCormack, Richard Baker, Sue Dopson, Ian D. Graham, Sophie Staniszewska, Carl Thompson, Steven Ariss, Lucy Melville-Richards, Lynne Williams

Open Access Research

How providers influence the implementation of provider-initiated HIV testing and counseling in Botswana: a qualitative study

Shahira Ahmed, Till Bärnighausen, Norman Daniels, Richard Marlink, Marc J. Roberts

Open Access Research

Bariatric surgery implementation trends in the USA from 2002 to 2012

Emily E. Johnson, Annie N. Simpson, Jillian B. Harvey, Kit N. Simpson

Open Access Study protocol

Partnering with health system operations leadership to develop a controlled implementation trial

Mark S. Bauer, Christopher Miller, Bo Kim, Robert Lew, Kendra Weaver, Craig Coldwell, Kathy Henderson, Sally Holmes, Marjorie Nealon Seibert, Kelly Stolzmann, A. Rani Elwy, JoAnn Kirchner

Open Access Research

The facilitators and barriers associated with implementation of a patient-centered medical home in VHA

Christian D. Helfrich, Philip W. Sylling, Randall C. Gale, David C. Mohr, Susan E. Stockdale, Sandra Joos, Elizabeth J. Brown, David Grembowski, Steven M. Asch, Stephan D. Fihn, Karin M. Nelson, Lisa S. Meredith

Open Access Study protocol

Action to Support Practices Implement Research Evidence (ASPIRE): protocol for a cluster-randomised evaluation of adaptable implementation packages targeting ‘high impact’ clinical practice recommendations in general practice

Thomas A. Willis, Suzanne Hartley, Liz Glidewell, Amanda J. Farrin, Rebecca Lawton, Rosemary R. C. McEachan, Emma Ingleson, Peter Heudtlass, Michelle Collinson, Susan Clamp, Cheryl Hunter, Vicky Ward, Claire Hulme, David Meads, Daniele Bregantini, Paul Carder, Robbie Foy

Open Access Systematic review

Patient-mediated knowledge translation (PKT) interventions for clinical encounters: a systematic review

Anna R. Gagliardi, France Légaré, Melissa C. Brouwers, Fiona Webster, Elizabeth Badley, Sharon Straus

Open Access Research

Increasing smoking cessation care across a network of hospitals: an implementation study

Carolyn Slattery, Megan Freund, Karen Gillham, Jenny Knight, Luke Wolfenden, Alessandra Bisquera, John Wiggers

Open Access Study protocol

Tailoring implementation strategies for evidence-based recommendations using computerised clinical decision support systems: protocol for the development of the GUIDES tools

Stijn Van de Velde, Pavel Roshanov, Tiina Kortteisto, Ilkka Kunnamo, Bert Aertgeerts, Per Olav Vandvik, Signe Flottorp

Open Access Research

Building capacity in implementation science research training at the University of Nairobi

George O. Osanjo, Julius O. Oyugi, Isaac O. Kibwage, Walter O. Mwanda, Elizabeth N. Ngugi, Fredrick C. Otieno, Wycliffe Ndege, Mara Child, Carey Farquhar, Jeremy Penner, Zohray Talib, James N. Kiarie

Open Access Research

A tailored intervention to implement guideline recommendations for elderly patients with depression in primary care: a pragmatic cluster randomised trial

Eivind Aakhus, Ingeborg Granlund, Jan Odgaard-Jensen, Andrew D. Oxman, Signe A. Flottorp

Open Access Reviewer acknowledgement

Annual acknowledgement of manuscript reviewers

Anne Sales, Michel Wensing

Open Access Study protocol

Collaborative approach to Optimise MEdication use for Older people in Nursing homes (COME-ON): study protocol of a cluster controlled trial

Pauline Anrys, Goedele Strauven, Benoit Boland, Olivia Dalleur, Anja Declercq, Jean-Marie Degryse, Jan De Lepeleire, Séverine Henrard, Valérie Lacour, Steven Simoens, Niko Speybroeck, Kris Vanhaecht, Anne Spinewine, Veerle Foulon

Open Access Research

Challenges for the implementation of World Health Organization guidelines for acute stress, PTSD, and bereavement: a qualitative study in Uganda

Jeremy C. Kane, Alex Adaku, Juliet Nakku, Raymond Odokonyero, James Okello, Seggane Musisi, Jura Augustinavicius, M. Claire Greene, Steve Alderman, Wietse A. Tol

Open Access Erratum

Erratum to: ‘Evaluation of quality improvement for cesarean sections programmes through mixed methods’

Clara Bermúdez-Tamayo, Mira Johri, Francisco Jose Perez-Ramos, Gracia Maroto-Navarro, Africa Caño-Aguilar, Leticia Garcia-Mochon, Longinos Aceituno, François Audibert, Nils Chaillet

Open Access Systematic review

Integrated knowledge translation (IKT) in health care: a scoping review

Anna R. Gagliardi, Whitney Berta, Anita Kothari, Jennifer Boyko, Robin Urquhart

Open Access Study protocol

Understanding cancer networks better to implement them more effectively: a mixed methods multi-case study

Dominique Tremblay, Nassera Touati, Danièle Roberge, Mylaine Breton, Geneviève Roch, Jean-Louis Denis, Bernard Candas, Danièle Francoeur

Open Access Systematic review

Achieving change in primary care—causes of the evidence to practice gap: systematic reviews of reviews

Rosa Lau, Fiona Stevenson, Bie Nio Ong, Krysia Dziedzic, Shaun Treweek, Sandra Eldridge, Hazel Everitt, Anne Kennedy, Nadeem Qureshi, Anne Rogers, Richard Peacock, Elizabeth Murray

Open Access Short report

Measurement resources for dissemination and implementation research in health

Borsika A. Rabin, Cara C. Lewis, Wynne E. Norton, Gila Neta, David Chambers, Jonathan N. Tobin, Ross C. Brownson, Russell E. Glasgow

Open Access Systematic review

Toward the sustainability of health interventions implemented in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and conceptual framework

Juliet Iwelunmor, Sarah Blackstone, Dorice Veira, Ucheoma Nwaozuru, Collins Airhihenbuwa, Davison Munodawafa, Ezekiel Kalipeni, Antar Jutal, Donna Shelley, Gbenga Ogedegbe

Open Access Study protocol

Researching effective approaches to cleaning in hospitals: protocol of the REACH study, a multi-site stepped-wedge randomised trial

Lisa Hall, Alison Farrington, Brett G. Mitchell, Adrian G. Barnett, Kate Halton, Michelle Allen, Katie Page, Anne Gardner, Sally Havers, Emily Bailey, Stephanie J. Dancer, Thomas V. Riley, Christian A. Gericke, David L. Paterson, Nicholas Graves

Open Access Research

Effectiveness of an intervention in increasing the provision of preventive care by community mental health services: a non-randomized, multiple baseline implementation trial

Kate M. Bartlem, Jenny Bowman, Megan Freund, Paula M. Wye, Daniel Barker, Kathleen M. McElwaine, Luke Wolfenden, Elizabeth M. Campbell, Patrick McElduff, Karen Gillham, John Wiggers

Open Access Research

Understanding the implementation of interventions to improve the management of chronic kidney disease in primary care: a rapid realist review

Jung Yin Tsang, Tom Blakeman, Janet Hegarty, John Humphreys, Gill Harvey

Open Access Study protocol

Study protocol: DEcisions in health Care to Introduce or Diffuse innovations using Evidence (DECIDE)

Simon Turner, Stephen Morris, Jessica Sheringham, Emma Hudson, Naomi J. Fulop

Open Access Study protocol

A protocol for a pragmatic randomized controlled trial using the Health Teams Advancing Patient Experience: Strengthening Quality (Health TAPESTRY) platform approach to promote person-focused primary healthcare for older adults

Lisa Dolovich, Doug Oliver, Larkin Lamarche, Gina Agarwal, Tracey Carr, David Chan, Laura Cleghorn, Lauren Griffith, Dena Javadi, Monika Kastner, Jennifer Longaphy, Dee Mangin, Alexandra Papaioannou, Jenny Ploeg, Parminder Raina, Julie Richardson, Cathy Risdon, P. Lina Santaguida, Sharon Straus, Lehana Thabane, Ruta Valaitis, David Price

Open Access Systematic review

Systematic review of interventions to increase the delivery of preventive care by primary care nurses and allied health clinicians

Kathleen M. McElwaine, Megan Freund, Elizabeth M. Campbell, Kate M. Bartlem, Paula M. Wye, John H. Wiggers

Open Access Systematic review

How can we improve stroke thrombolysis rates? A review of health system factors and approaches associated with thrombolysis administration rates in acute stroke care

Christine L. Paul, Annika Ryan, Shiho Rose, John R. Attia, Erin Kerr, Claudia Koller, Christopher R. Levi

Open Access Erratum

Erratum to: ‘Toward the sustainability of health interventions implemented in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and conceptual framework’

Juliet Iwelunmor, Sarah Blackstone, Dorice Veira, Ucheoma Nwaozuru, Collins Airhihenbuwa, Davison Munodawafa, Ezekiel Kalipeni, Antar Jutal, Donna Shelley, Gbenga Ogedegbe

Open Access Research

Finding what works: identification of implementation strategies for the integration of methadone maintenance therapy and HIV services in Vietnam

Vivian F. Go, Giuliana J. Morales, Nguyen Tuyet Mai, Ross C. Brownson, Tran Viet Ha, William C. Miller

Open Access Research

Sustainability of knowledge translation interventions in healthcare decision-making: a scoping review

Andrea C. Tricco, Huda M. Ashoor, Roberta Cardoso, Heather MacDonald, Elise Cogo, Monika Kastner, Laure Perrier, Ann McKibbon, Jeremy M. Grimshaw, Sharon E. Straus

Open Access Research

Using intervention mapping to develop a theory-driven, group-based complex intervention to support self-management of osteoarthritis and low back pain (SOLAS)

Deirdre A. Hurley, Laura Currie Murphy, David Hayes, Amanda M. Hall, Elaine Toomey, Suzanne M. McDonough, Chris Lonsdale, Nicola E. Walsh, Suzanne Guerin, James Matthews

Open Access Study protocol

Juvenile Justice—Translational Research on Interventions for Adolescents in the Legal System (JJ-TRIALS): a cluster randomized trial targeting system-wide improvement in substance use services

Danica K. Knight, Steven Belenko, Tisha Wiley, Angela A. Robertson, Nancy Arrigona, Michael Dennis, John P. Bartkowski, Larkin S. McReynolds, Jennifer E. Becan, Hannah K. Knudsen, Gail A. Wasserman, Eve Rose, Ralph DiClemente, Carl Leukefeld

Open Access Study protocol

An effectiveness-implementation hybrid trial study protocol targeting posttraumatic stress disorder and comorbidity

Douglas F. Zatzick, Joan Russo, Doyanne Darnell, David A. Chambers, Lawrence Palinkas, Erik Van Eaton, Jin Wang, Leah M. Ingraham, Roxanne Guiney, Patrick Heagerty, Bryan Comstock, Lauren K. Whiteside, Gregory Jurkovich

Open Access Study protocol

A mixed methods evaluation of the maternal-newborn dashboard in Ontario: dashboard attributes, contextual factors, and facilitators and barriers to use: a study protocol

Sandra Dunn, Ann E. Sprague, Jeremy M. Grimshaw, Ian D. Graham, Monica Taljaard, Deshayne Fell, Wendy E. Peterson, Elizabeth Darling, JoAnn Harrold, Graeme N. Smith, Jessica Reszel, Andrea Lanes, Carolyn Truskoski, Jodi Wilding, Deborah Weiss, Mark Walker

Open Access Research

Using intervention mapping to develop a home-based parental-supervised toothbrushing intervention for young children

K. A. Gray-Burrows, P. F. Day, Z. Marshman, E. Aliakbari, S. L. Prady, R. R. C. McEachan

Open Access Methodology

A methodology for enhancing implementation science proposals: comparison of face-to-face versus virtual workshops

Brigid R. Marriott, Allison L. Rodriguez, Sara J. Landes, Cara C. Lewis, Katherine A. Comtois

Open Access Systematic review

Using theory of change to design and evaluate public health interventions: a systematic review

Erica Breuer, Lucy Lee, Mary De Silva, Crick Lund

Open Access Study protocol

Enhancing access to alcohol use disorder pharmacotherapy and treatment in primary care settings: ADaPT-PC

Hildi J. Hagedorn, Randall Brown, Michael Dawes, Eric Dieperink, Donald Hugh Myrick, Elizabeth M. Oliva, Todd H. Wagner, Jennifer P. Wisdom, Alex H. S. Harris

Open Access Study protocol

Assessing fidelity of cognitive behavioral therapy in rural VA clinics: design of a randomized implementation effectiveness (hybrid type III) trial

Michael A. Cucciare, Geoffrey M. Curran, Michelle G. Craske, Traci Abraham, Michael B. McCarthur, Kathy Marchant-Miros, Jan A. Lindsay, Michael R. Kauth, Sara J. Landes, Greer Sullivan

Open Access Research

Discrepancies between qualitative and quantitative evaluation of randomised controlled trial results: achieving clarity through mixed methods triangulation

Sarah Tonkin-Crine, Sibyl Anthierens, Kerenza Hood, Lucy Yardley, Jochen W. L. Cals, Nick A. Francis, Samuel Coenen, Alike W. van der Velden, Maciek Godycki-Cwirko, Carl Llor, Chris C. Butler, Theo J. M. Verheij, Herman Goossens, Paul Little

Open Access Research

Efficiency of the implementation of cardiovascular risk management in primary care practices: an observational study

Eddy M. M. Adang, Anne Gerritsma, Elvira Nouwens, Jan van Lieshout, Michel Wensing

Open Access Research

Understanding the dynamics of the Seguro Popular de Salud policy implementation in Mexico from a complex adaptive systems perspective

Gustavo Nigenda, Luz María González-Robledo, Clara Juárez-Ramírez, Taghreed Adam

Open Access Research

Identifying and ranking implicit leadership strategies to promote evidence-based practice implementation in addiction health services

Erick G. Guerrero, Howard Padwa, Karissa Fenwick, Lesley M. Harris, Gregory A. Aarons

Open Access Study protocol

Effectiveness of a strategy that uses educational games to implement clinical practice guidelines among Spanish residents of family and community medicine (e-EDUCAGUIA project): a clinical trial by clusters

Isabel del Cura-González, Juan A. López-Rodríguez, Teresa Sanz-Cuesta, Ricardo Rodríguez-Barrientos, Jesús Martín-Fernández, Gloria Ariza-Cardiel, Elena Polentinos-Castro, Begoña Román-Crespo, Esperanza Escortell-Mayor, Milagros Rico-Blázquez, Virginia Hernández-Santiago, Amaya Azcoaga-Lorenzo, Elena Ojeda-Ruiz, Ana I González-González, José F Ávila-Tomas, Jaime Barrio-Cortés, José M Molero-García, Raul Ferrer-Peña, María Eugenia Tello-Bernabé, Mar Trujillo-Martín

Open Access Systematic review

A systematic review of the use of the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research

M. Alexis Kirk, Caitlin Kelley, Nicholas Yankey, Sarah A. Birken, Brenton Abadie, Laura Damschroder

Open Access Methodology

Applying the COM-B model to creation of an IT-enabled health coaching and resource linkage program for low-income Latina moms with recent gestational diabetes: the STAR MAMA program

Margaret A. Handley, Elizabeth Harleman, Enrique Gonzalez-Mendez, Naomi E. Stotland, Priyanka Althavale, Lawrence Fisher, Diana Martinez, Jocelyn Ko, Isabel Sausjord, Christina Rios

Open Access Research

Dissemination of evidence-based cancer control interventions among Catholic faith-based organizations: results from the CRUZA randomized trial

Jennifer D. Allen, Maria Idalí Torres, Laura S. Tom, Bryan Leyva, Ana V. Galeas, Hosffman Ospino

Open Access Research

Implementation plans included in World Health Organisation guidelines

Zhicheng Wang, Susan L. Norris, Lisa Bero

Open Access Research

Cluster randomised trial of a tailored intervention to improve the management of overweight and obesity in primary care in England

Jane Goodfellow, Shona Agarwal, Fawn Harrad, David Shepherd, Tom Morris, Arne Ring, Nicola Walker, Stephen Rogers, Richard Baker

Open Access Short report

Sustained effectiveness of a multifaceted intervention to reduce potentially inappropriate prescribing in older patients in primary care (OPTI-SCRIPT study)

Barbara Clyne, Susan M. Smith, Carmel M. Hughes, Fiona Boland, Janine A. Cooper, Tom Fahey

Open Access Research

Explaining outcomes in major system change: a qualitative study of implementing centralised acute stroke services in two large metropolitan regions in England

Naomi J. Fulop, Angus I. G. Ramsay, Catherine Perry, Ruth J. Boaden, Christopher McKevitt, Anthony G. Rudd, Simon J. Turner, Pippa J. Tyrrell, Charles D. A. Wolfe, Stephen Morris

Open Access Systematic review

Strategies for disseminating recommendations or guidelines to patients: a systematic review

K. Schipper, M. Bakker, M. De Wit, J. C. F. Ket, T. A. Abma

Open Access Study protocol

Study protocol: realist evaluation of effectiveness and sustainability of a community health workers programme in improving maternal and child health in Nigeria

Tolib Mirzoev, Enyi Etiaba, Bassey Ebenso, Benjamin Uzochukwu, Ana Manzano, Obinna Onwujekwe, Reinhard Huss, Nkoli Ezumah, Joseph P. Hicks, James Newell, Timothy Ensor

Open Access Research

Reporting behaviour change interventions: do the behaviour change technique taxonomy v1, and training in its use, improve the quality of intervention descriptions?

Caroline E. Wood, Wendy Hardeman, Marie Johnston, Jill Francis, Charles Abraham, Susan Michie

Open Access Study protocol

A national evaluation of a dissemination and implementation initiative to enhance primary care practice capacity and improve cardiovascular disease care: the ESCALATES study protocol

Deborah J. Cohen, Bijal A. Balasubramanian, Leah Gordon, Miguel Marino, Sarah Ono, Leif I. Solberg, Benjamin F. Crabtree, Kurt C. Stange, Melinda Davis, William L. Miller, Laura J. Damschroder, K. John McConnell, John Creswell

Open Access Study protocol

Implementation of a patient decision aid for men with localized prostate cancer: evaluation of patient outcomes and practice variation

Dawn Stacey, Monica Taljaard, Jennifer Smylie, Laura Boland, Rodney H. Breau, Meg Carley, Kunal Jana, Larry Peckford, Terry Blackmore, Marian Waldie, Robert Chi Wu, France Legare

Open Access Study protocol

Testing the use of practice facilitation in a cluster randomized stepped-wedge design trial to improve adherence to cardiovascular disease prevention guidelines: HealthyHearts NYC

Donna R. Shelley, Gbenga Ogedegbe, Sheila Anane, Winfred Y. Wu, Keith Goldfeld, Heather T. Gold, Sue Kaplan, Carolyn Berry

Open Access Study protocol

Implementing an evidence-based computerized decision support system to improve patient care in a general hospital: the CODES study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Lorenzo Moja, Hernan Polo Friz, Matteo Capobussi, Koren Kwag, Rita Banzi, Francesca Ruggiero, Marien González-Lorenzo, Elisa Giulia Liberati, Massimo Mangia, Peter Nyberg, Ilkka Kunnamo, Claudio Cimminiello, Giuseppe Vighi, Jeremy Grimshaw, Stefanos Bonovas

Open Access Study protocol

Improving mental health care transitions for children and youth: a protocol to implement and evaluate an emergency department clinical pathway

Mona Jabbour, S. Reid, C. Polihronis, P. Cloutier, W. Gardner, A. Kennedy, C. Gray, R. Zemek, K. Pajer, N. Barrowman, M. Cappelli

Open Access Debate

A modified theoretical framework to assess implementation fidelity of adaptive public health interventions

Dennis Pérez, Patrick Van der Stuyft, María del Carmen Zabala, Marta Castro, Pierre Lefèvre

Open Access Study protocol

A hybrid effectiveness-implementation cluster randomized trial of group CBT for anxiety in urban schools: rationale, design, and methods

Ricardo Eiraldi, Muniya S. Khanna, Abbas F. Jawad, Jessica Fishman, Henry A. Glick, Billie S. Schwartz, Jaclyn Cacia, Abraham Wandersman, Rinad Beidas

Open Access Research

The GRADE evidence-to-decision framework: a report of its testing and application in 15 international guideline panels

Ignacio Neumann, Romina Brignardello-Petersen, Wojtek Wiercioch, Alonso Carrasco-Labra, Carlos Cuello, Elie Akl, Reem A. Mustafa, Waleed Al-Hazzani, Itziar Etxeandia-Ikobaltzeta, Maria Ximena Rojas, Maicon Falavigna, Nancy Santesso, Jan Brozek, Alfonso Iorio, Pablo Alonso-Coello, Holger J. Schünemann

Open Access Research

Sustaining complex interventions in long-term care: a qualitative study of direct care staff and managers

Cathleen Colón-Emeric, Mark Toles, Michael P. Cary Jr., Melissa Batchelor-Murphy, Tracey Yap, Yuting Song, Rasheeda Hall, Amber Anderson, Andrew Burd, Ruth A. Anderson

Open Access Study protocol

Measuring sustainment of prevention programs and initiatives: a study protocol

Lawrence A. Palinkas, Suzanne E. Spear, Sapna J. Mendon, Juan Villamar, Thomas Valente, Chi-Ping Chou, John Landsverk, Shepperd G. Kellam, C. Hendricks Brown

Open Access Research

Impact of primary healthcare providers’ initial role security and therapeutic commitment on implementing brief interventions in managing risky alcohol consumption: a cluster randomised factorial trial

M. Keurhorst, P. Anderson, M. Heinen, Preben Bendtsen, Begoña Baena, Krzysztof Brzózka, Joan Colom, Paolo Deluca, Colin Drummond, Eileen Kaner, Karolina Kłoda, Artur Mierzecki, Dorothy Newbury-Birch, Katarzyna Okulicz-Kozaryn, Jorge Palacio-Vieira, Kathryn Parkinson, Jillian Reynolds, Gaby Ronda, Lidia Segura, Luiza Słodownik, Fredrik Spak, Ben van Steenkiste, Paul Wallace, Amy Wolstenholme, Marcin Wojnar, Antoni Gual, M. Laurant, M. Wensing

Open Access Research

External facilitators and interprofessional facilitation teams: a qualitative study of their roles in supporting practice change

Sylvie Lessard, Céline Bareil, Lyne Lalonde, Fabie Duhamel, Eveline Hudon, Johanne Goudreau, Lise Lévesque

Open Access Research

Systematic development of a theory-informed multifaceted behavioural intervention to increase physical activity of adults with type 2 diabetes in routine primary care: Movement as Medicine for Type 2 Diabetes

Leah Avery, Sarah J. Charman, Louise Taylor, Darren Flynn, Kylie Mosely, Jane Speight, Matthew Lievesley, Roy Taylor, Falko F. Sniehotta, Michael I. Trenell

Open Access Study protocol

Cluster randomized trial of a multilevel evidence-based quality improvement approach to tailoring VA Patient Aligned Care Teams to the needs of women Veterans

Elizabeth M. Yano, Jill E. Darling, Alison B. Hamilton, Ismelda Canelo, Emmeline Chuang, Lisa S. Meredith, Lisa V. Rubenstein

Open Access Research

Challenges and opportunities associated with the introduction of next-generation long-lasting insecticidal nets for malaria control: a case study from Burkina Faso

Kemi Tesfazghi, Adama Traore, Hilary Ranson, Sagnon N’Fale, Jenny Hill, Eve Worrall

Open Access Research

Understanding implementation and feasibility of tobacco cessation in routine primary care in Nepal: a mixed methods study

Helen Elsey, Sudeepa Khanal, Shraddha Manandhar, Dilip Sah, Sushil Chandra Baral, Kamran Siddiqi, James Nicholas Newell

Open Access Short report

A theory-based evaluation of a dissemination intervention to improve childcare cooks’ intentions to implement nutritional guidelines on their menus

Sze Lin Yoong, Jannah Jones, Josephine Marshall, John Wiggers, Kirsty Seward, Meghan Finch, Alison Fielding, Luke Wolfenden

Open Access Erratum

Erratum to: ‘A modified theoretical framework to assess implementation fidelity of adaptive public health interventions’

Dennis Pérez, Patrick Van der Stuyft, María del Carmen Zabala, Marta Castro, Pierre Lefèvre

Open Access Study protocol

Evaluating the implementation of a national clinical programme for diabetes to standardise and improve services: a realist evaluation protocol

S. McHugh, M. L. Tracey, F. Riordan, K O’Neill, N. Mays, P. M. Kearney

Open Access Study protocol

iLead—a transformational leadership intervention to train healthcare managers’ implementation leadership

Anne Richter, Ulrica von Thiele Schwarz, Caroline Lornudd, Robert Lundmark, Rebecca Mosson, Henna Hasson

Open Access Research

Integrating evidence-based practices for increasing cancer screenings in safety net health systems: a multiple case study using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research

Shuting Liang, Michelle C. Kegler, Megan Cotter, Emily Phillips, Derrick Beasley, April Hermstad, Rentonia Morton, Jeremy Martinez, Kara Riehman

Open Access Research

The impact of leadership hubs on the uptake of evidence-informed nursing practices and workplace policies for HIV care: a quasi-experimental study in Jamaica, Kenya, Uganda and South Africa

Nancy Edwards, Dan Kaseje, Eulalia Kahwa, Hester C. Klopper, Judy Mill, June Webber, Susan Roelofs, Jean Harrowing

Open Access Study protocol

A mixed methods protocol to evaluate the effect and cost-effectiveness of an Integrated electronic Diagnosis Approach (IeDA) for the management of childhood illnesses at primary health facilities in Burkina Faso

Karl Blanchet, James J. Lewis, Francisco Pozo-Martin, Arsene Satouro, Serge Somda, Patrick Ilboudo, Sophie Sarrassat, Simon Cousens

Open Access Research

Implementation of a post-arrest care team: understanding the nuances of a team-based intervention

Katie N. Dainty, Elizabeth Racz, Laurie J. Morrison, Steven C. Brooks

Open Access Research

Using the Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF) to understand adherence to multiple evidence-based indicators in primary care: a qualitative study

Rebecca Lawton, Jane Heyhoe, Gemma Louch, Emma Ingleson, Liz Glidewell, Thomas A. Willis, Rosemary R. C. McEachan, Robbie Foy

Open Access Debate

Implementing shared decision-making: consider all the consequences

Glyn Elwyn, Dominick L. Frosch, Sarah Kobrin

Open Access Research

Tailored implementation of cardiovascular risk management in general practice: a cluster randomized trial

Jan van Lieshout, Elke Huntink, Jan Koetsenruijter, Michel Wensing

Open Access Methodology

Designing a rapid response program to support evidence-informed decision-making in the Americas region: using the best available evidence and case studies

Michelle M. Haby, Evelina Chapman, Rachel Clark, Jorge Barreto, Ludovic Reveiz, John N. Lavis

Open Access Research

A qualitative study to understand guideline-discordant use of imaging to stage incident prostate cancer

Danil V. Makarov, Erica Sedlander, R. Scott Braithwaite, Scott E. Sherman, Steven Zeliadt, Cary P. Gross, Caitlin Curnyn, Michele Shedlin

Open Access Methodology

Automatic classification of communication logs into implementation stages via text analysis

Dingding Wang, Mitsunori Ogihara, Carlos Gallo, Juan A. Villamar, Justin D. Smith, Wouter Vermeer, Gracelyn Cruden, Nanette Benbow, C. Hendricks Brown

Open Access Research

Education-only versus a multifaceted intervention for improving assessment of rehabilitation needs after stroke; a cluster randomised trial

Elizabeth A. Lynch, Dominique A. Cadilhac, Julie A. Luker, Susan L. Hillier

Open Access Research

A theory-based process evaluation alongside a randomised controlled trial of printed educational messages to increase primary care physicians’ prescription of thiazide diuretics for hypertension [ISRCTN72772651]

Justin Presseau, Jeremy M. Grimshaw, Jacqueline M. Tetroe, Martin P. Eccles, Jill J. Francis, Gaston Godin, Ian D. Graham, Janet E. Hux, Marie Johnston, France Légaré, Louise Lemyre, Nicole Robinson, Merrick Zwarenstein

Open Access Study protocol

Can preventive care activities in general practice be sustained when financial incentives and external audit plus feedback are removed? ACCEPt-able: a cluster randomised controlled trial protocol

Jane S. Hocking, Meredith Temple-Smith, Mieke van Driel, Matthew Law, Rebecca Guy, Liliana Bulfone, Anna Wood, Nicola Low, Basil Donovan, Christopher K. Fairley, John Kaldor, Jane Gunn

Open Access Research

Process evaluation of five tailored programs to improve the implementation of evidence-based recommendations for chronic conditions in primary care

C. Jäger, J. Steinhäuser, T. Freund, R. Baker, S. Agarwal, M. Godycki-Cwirko, A. Kowalczyk, E. Aakhus, I. Granlund, J. van Lieshout, J. Szecsenyi, M. Wensing

Open Access Research

Printed educational messages fail to increase use of thiazides as first-line medication for hypertension in primary care: a cluster randomized controlled trial [ISRCTN72772651]

Merrick Zwarenstein, Jeremy M. Grimshaw, Justin Presseau, Jill J. Francis, Gaston Godin, Marie Johnston, Martin P. Eccles, Jacqueline Tetroe, Susan K. Shiller, Ruth Croxford, Diane Kelsall, J. Michael Paterson, Peter C. Austin, Karen Tu, Lingsong Yun, Janet E. Hux

Open Access Research

High impact of implementation on school-based smoking prevention: the X:IT study—a cluster-randomized smoking prevention trial

Lotus Sofie Bast, Pernille Due, Pernille Bendtsen, Lene Ringgard, Louise Wohllebe, Mogens Trab Damsgaard, Morten Grønbæk, Annette Kjær Ersbøll, Anette Andersen

Open Access Systematic review

Effectiveness of multifaceted implementation strategies for the implementation of back and neck pain guidelines in health care: a systematic review

Arnela Suman, Marije F. Dikkers, Frederieke G. Schaafsma, Maurits W. van Tulder, Johannes R. Anema

Open Access Systematic review

Do complexity-informed health interventions work? A scoping review

Julii Brainard, Paul R. Hunter

Open Access Methodology

Health Information Technologies—Academic and Commercial Evaluation (HIT-ACE) methodology: description and application to clinical feedback systems

Aaron R. Lyon, Cara C. Lewis, Abigail Melvin, Meredith Boyd, Semret Nicodimos, Freda F. Liu, Nathaniel Jungbluth

Open Access Study protocol

An integrated general practice and pharmacy-based intervention to promote the use of appropriate preventive medications among individuals at high cardiovascular disease risk: protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial

Adina Hayek, Rohina Joshi, Tim Usherwood, Ruth Webster, Baldeep Kaur, Bandana Saini, Carol Armour, Ines Krass, Tracey-Lea Laba, Christopher Reid, Louise Shiel, Charlotte Hespe, Fred Hersch, Stephen Jan, Serigne Lo, David Peiris, Anthony Rodgers, Anushka Patel

Open Access Erratum

Erratum to: ‘Integrating evidence-based practices for increasing cancer screenings in safety net health systems: a multiple case study using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research’

Shuting Liang, Michelle C. Kegler, Megan Cotter, Emily Phillips, Derrick Beasley, April Hermstad, Rentonia Morton, Jeremy Martinez, Kara Riehman

Open Access Study protocol

Assessing outcomes of enhanced chronic disease care through patient education and a value-based formulary study (ACCESS)—study protocol for a 2×2 factorial randomized trial

David J. T. Campbell, Marcello Tonelli, Brenda Hemmelgarn, Chad Mitchell, Ross Tsuyuki, Noah Ivers, Tavis Campbell, Raj Pannu, Eric Verkerke, Scott Klarenbach, Kathryn King-Shier, Peter Faris, Derek Exner, Vikas Chaubey, Braden Manns

Open Access Study protocol

Implementing goals of care conversations with veterans in VA long-term care setting: a mixed methods protocol

Anne E. Sales, Mary Ersek, Orna K. Intrator, Cari Levy, Joan G. Carpenter, Robert Hogikyan, Helen C. Kales, Zach Landis-Lewis, Tobie Olsan, Susan C. Miller, Marcos Montagnini, Vyjeyanthi S. Periyakoil, Sheri Reder

Open Access Research

Research for Policy (R4P): development of a reflection tool for researchers to improve knowledge utilization

Ingrid Hegger, Lisanne K. Marks, Susan W.J. Janssen, Albertine J. Schuit, Jolanda F.M. Keijsers, Hans A.M. van Oers

Open Access Study protocol

A mixed methods study of individual and organizational factors that affect implementation of interventions for children with autism in public schools

Jill Locke, Rinad S. Beidas, Steven Marcus, Aubyn Stahmer, Gregory A. Aarons, Aaron R. Lyon, Carolyn Cannuscio, Frances Barg, Shannon Dorsey, David S. Mandell

Open Access Research

Use of the Theoretical Domains Framework to evaluate factors driving successful implementation of the Accelerated Chest pain Risk Evaluation (ACRE) project

Wade Skoien, Katie Page, William Parsonage, Sarah Ashover, Tanya Milburn, Louise Cullen

Open Access Research

Forging a link between mentoring and collaboration: a new training model for implementation science

Douglas A. Luke, Ana A. Baumann, Bobbi J. Carothers, John Landsverk, Enola K. Proctor

Open Access Study protocol

Study protocol for “Healthy Hearts Northwest”: a 2 × 2 randomized factorial trial to build quality improvement capacity in primary care

Michael L. Parchman, Lyle J. Fagnan, David A. Dorr, Peggy Evans, Andrea J. Cook, Robert B. Penfold, Clarissa Hsu, Allen Cheadle, Laura-Mae Baldwin, Leah Tuzzio

Open Access Study protocol

Triage, treatment and transfer of patients with stroke in emergency department trial (the T3 Trial): a cluster randomised trial protocol

Sandy Middleton, Chris Levi, Simeon Dale, N. Wah Cheung, Elizabeth McInnes, Julie Considine, Catherine D’Este, Dominique A. Cadilhac, Jeremy Grimshaw, Richard Gerraty, Louise Craig, Verena Schadewaldt, Patrick McElduff, Mark Fitzgerald, Clare Quinn, Greg Cadigan, Sonia Denisenko, Mark Longworth, Jeanette Ward, Chris May, Rohan Grimley, Richard Paolini, Rosemary Phillips, Enna Salema, Janne Pitkin, Toni Sheridan

Open Access Systematic review

Knowledge brokering for healthy aging: a scoping review of potential approaches

Dwayne Van Eerd, Kristine Newman, Ryan DeForge, Robin Urquhart, Evelyn Cornelissen, Katie N. Dainty

Open Access Debate

Implementation, context and complexity

Carl R. May, Mark Johnson, Tracy Finch

Open Access Research

A multifaceted implementation strategy versus passive implementation of low back pain guidelines in general practice: a cluster randomised controlled trial

Allan Riis, Cathrine Elgaard Jensen, Flemming Bro, Helle Terkildsen Maindal, Karin Dam Petersen, Mette Dahl Bendtsen, Martin Bach Jensen

Open Access Systematic review

Barriers and enablers to guideline implementation strategies to improve obstetric care practice in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review of qualitative evidence

Tim Stokes, Elizabeth J. Shaw, Janette Camosso-Stefinovic, Mari Imamura, Lovney Kanguru, Julia Hussein

Open Access Study protocol

Implementing school nursing strategies to reduce LGBTQ adolescent suicide: a randomized cluster trial study protocol

Cathleen E. Willging, Amy E. Green, Mary M. Ramos

Open Access Systematic review

Factors that influence the implementation of e-health: a systematic review of systematic reviews (an update)

Jamie Ross, Fiona Stevenson, Rosa Lau, Elizabeth Murray

Open Access Research

Implementation of the Tobacco Tactics intervention versus usual care in Trinity Health community hospitals

Sonia A. Duffy, David L. Ronis, Lee A. Ewing, Andrea H. Waltje, Stephanie V. Hall, Patricia L. Thomas, Christine M. Olree, Kimberly A. Maguire, Lisa Friedman, Sue Klotz, Neil Jordan, Gay L. Landstrom

Open Access Systematic review

Psychometric properties of implementation measures for public health and community settings and mapping of constructs against the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research: a systematic review

Tara Clinton-McHarg, Sze Lin Yoong, Flora Tzelepis, Tim Regan, Alison Fielding, Eliza Skelton, Melanie Kingsland, Jia Ying Ooi, Luke Wolfenden

Open Access Research

A complex endeavour: an ethnographic study of the implementation of the Sepsis Six clinical care bundle

Carolyn Tarrant, Barbara O’Donnell, Graham Martin, Julian Bion, Alison Hunter, Kevin D. Rooney

Open Access Research

Factors affecting implementation of perinatal mental health screening in women of refugee background

Nishani Nithianandan, Melanie Gibson-Helm, Jacquie McBride, Amanda Binny, Kylie M. Gray, Christine East, Jacqueline A. Boyle

Open Access Research

The social network around influenza vaccination in health care workers: a cross-sectional study

Anna Llupià, Joaquim Puig, Guillermo Mena, José M. Bayas, Antoni Trilla

Open Access Study Protocol

Implementing an evidence-based computerized decision support system linked to electronic health records to improve care for cancer patients: the ONCO-CODES study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Lorenzo Moja, Alessandro Passardi, Matteo Capobussi, Rita Banzi, Francesca Ruggiero, Koren Kwag, Elisa Giulia Liberati, Massimo Mangia, Ilkka Kunnamo, Michela Cinquini, Roberto Vespignani, Americo Colamartini, Valentina Di Iorio, Ilaria Massa, Marien González-Lorenzo, Lorenzo Bertizzolo, Peter Nyberg, Jeremy Grimshaw, Stefanos Bonovas, Oriana Nanni

Open Access Study Protocol

Study protocol: implementation of a computer-assisted intervention for autism in schools: a hybrid type II cluster randomized effectiveness-implementation trial

Melanie Pellecchia, Rinad S. Beidas, Steven C. Marcus, Jessica Fishman, John R. Kimberly, Carolyn C. Cannuscio, Erica M. Reisinger, Keiran Rump, David S. Mandell

Open Access Study protocol

Reorganising specialist cancer surgery for the twenty-first century: a mixed methods evaluation (RESPECT-21)

Naomi J. Fulop, Angus I. G. Ramsay, Cecilia Vindrola-Padros, Michael Aitchison, Ruth J. Boaden, Veronica Brinton, Caroline S. Clarke, John Hines, Rachael M. Hunter, Claire Levermore, Satish B. Maddineni, Mariya Melnychuk, Caroline M. Moore, Muntzer M. Mughal, Catherine Perry, Kathy Pritchard-Jones, David C. Shackley, Jonathan Vickers, Stephen Morris

Open Access Methodology

A system dynamics model of clinical decision thresholds for the detection of developmental-behavioral disorders

R. Christopher Sheldrick, Dominic J. Breuer, Razan Hassan, Kee Chan, Deborah E. Polk, James Benneyan

Open Access Systematic review

Identifying the barriers and enablers for a triage, treatment, and transfer clinical intervention to manage acute stroke patients in the emergency department: a systematic review using the theoretical domains framework (TDF)

Louise E. Craig, Elizabeth McInnes, Natalie Taylor, Rohan Grimley, Dominique A. Cadilhac, Julie Considine, Sandy Middleton

Open Access Research

Implementation of the BETTER 2 program: a qualitative study exploring barriers and facilitators of a novel way to improve chronic disease prevention and screening in primary care

Nicolette Sopcak, Carolina Aguilar, Mary Ann O’Brien, Candace Nykiforuk, Kris Aubrey-Bassler, Richard Cullen, Eva Grunfeld, Donna Patricia Manca

Open Access Study protocol

Improving stroke prevention therapy for patients with atrial fibrillation in primary care: protocol for a pragmatic, cluster-randomized trial

Theresa M. Lee, Noah M. Ivers, Sacha Bhatia, Debra A. Butt, Paul Dorian, Liisa Jaakkimainen, Kori Leblanc, Dan Legge, Dante Morra, Alissia Valentinis, Laura Wing, Jacqueline Young, Karen Tu

Open Access Research

Effect of a web-based audit and feedback intervention with outreach visits on the clinical performance of multidisciplinary teams: a cluster-randomized trial in cardiac rehabilitation

Wouter T. Gude, Mariëtte M. van Engen-Verheul, Sabine N. van der Veer, Hareld M. C. Kemps, Monique W. M. Jaspers, Nicolette F. de Keizer, Niels Peek

Open Access Debate

Developing the ethics of implementation research in health

Vijayaprasad Gopichandran, Valerie A. Luyckx, Nikola Biller-Andorno, Amy Fairchild, Jerome Singh, Nhan Tran, Abha Saxena, Pascal Launois, Andreas Reis, Dermot Maher, Mahnaz Vahedi

Open Access Systematic review

The effectiveness of evidence summaries on health policymakers and health system managers use of evidence from systematic reviews: a systematic review

Jennifer Petkovic, Vivian Welch, Maria Helena Jacob, Manosila Yoganathan, Ana Patricia Ayala, Heather Cunningham, Peter Tugwell

Open Access Study protocol

A multidimensional approach to assessing intervention fidelity in a process evaluation of audit and feedback interventions to reduce unnecessary blood transfusions: a study protocol

Fabiana Lorencatto, Natalie J. Gould, Stephen A. McIntyre, Camilla During, Jon Bird, Rebecca Walwyn, Robert Cicero, Liz Glidewell, Suzanne Hartley, Simon J. Stanworth, Robbie Foy, Jeremy M. Grimshaw, Susan Michie, Jill J. Francis

Open Access Research

Process evaluation of a tailored intervention programme of cardiovascular risk management in general practices

E. Huntink, M. Wensing, I. M. Timmers, J. van Lieshout

Open Access Systematic review

Enablers and barriers to implementing collaborative care for anxiety and depression: a systematic qualitative review

Gritt Overbeck, Annette Sofie Davidsen, Marius Brostrøm Kousgaard

Open Access Research

Assessing the fidelity of delivery of an intervention to increase attendance at the English Stop Smoking Services

Molly Sweeney-Magee, Dimitra Kale, Simon Galton, Andrea Hamill, Hazel Gilbert