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
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