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01-09-2017 | Introduction
Opportunities and challenges in conducting community-engaged dissemination/implementation research
Authors:
Cheryl L. Holt, PhD, David A. Chambers, DPhil
Published in:
Translational Behavioral Medicine
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Issue 3/2017
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Excerpt
Dissemination and implementation (D&I) research has emerged in recent years in response to the recognition that the pathway from research to practice is complex, lengthy, and rarely completed [
1,
2]. As studies have suggested that only a fraction of scientific findings have an impact on health and health care [
3], D&I research centers on the processes to get those findings, often evidence-based interventions, integrated within the variety of clinical and community systems where health care is delivered. Evidence-based interventions can range in focus from diagnostics, prevention, treatment, and maintenance of health, and can target individuals or populations. …