1. Frameworks:
A guide to frameworks:
– Nilsen P. Making sense of implementation theories, models and frameworks. Implement Sci 2015; 10:53.
Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research:
– Damschroder LJ, Aron DC, Keith RE, et al. Fostering implementation of health services research findings into practice: a consolidated framework for advancing implementation science. Implement Sci 2009;4:50. (Original version)
– Damschroder LJ, Reardon CM, Opra Widerquist MA, et al. The updated Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research based on user feedback. Implement Sci 2022;17:75. (Updated version)
RE-AIM and PRISM:
– Glasgow RE, Vogt TM, Boles SM. Evaluating the public health impact of health promotion interventions: the RE-AIM framework. Am J Public Health 1999; 89(9):1322-7.
– Feldstein AC, Glasgow RE. A practical, robust implementation and sustainability model (PRISM) for integrating research findings into practice. Jt Comm Qual Patient Saf 2008; 34(4):228-43.
Health equity implementation framework:
– Woodward EN, Matthieu MM, Uchendu US, et al. The health equity implementation framework: proposal and preliminary study of hepatitis C virus treatment. Implement Sci 2019; 14:26
2.Implementation outcomes:
– Proctor, EK, Silmere H, Raghavan R, et al. Outcomes for implementation research: Conceptual distinctions, measurement challenges, and research agenda. Adm Policy Ment Health 2011; 38(2): 65-76
– Lengnick-Hall R, Gerke DR, Proctor EJ, et al. Six practical recommendations for improved implementation outcomes reporting. Implement Sci 2022; 17:16.
3.Implementation strategies:
– Kirchner JE, Smith JL, Powell BJ, et al. Getting a clinical innovation into practice: An introduction to implementation strategies. Psychiatry Res 2019; 283: 112467.
– Waltz TJ, Powell BJ, Fernandez ME, et al. Choosing implementation strategies to address contextual barriers: diversity in recommendations and future directions. Implement Sci 2019; 14:42.
– Proctor EK, Powell BJ, McMillen JC. Implementation strategies: recommendations for specifying and reporting. Implement Sci 2013; 8:139.
4.Study designs for implementation science:
Quantitative focus:
– Brown CH, Curran G, Palinkas LA, et al. An overview of research and evaluation designs for dissemination and implementation. Annu Rev Public Health 2017; 38:1- 22.
– Curran GM, Bauer M, Mittman B, et al. Effectiveness-implementation hybrid designs. Med Care 2012; 50(3):217-226.
– Brown CH, Ten Have TR, Jo B, et al. Adaptive designs for randomized trials in public health. Annu Rev Public Health 2009; 20:1-25.
– Handley MA, Lyles CR, McCulloch C, et al. Selecting and improving quasi-experimental designs in effectiveness and implementation research. Annu Rev Public Health 2018; 39:5-25.
Qualitative/mixed-methods focus:
– Hamilton & Finley (2019) Qualitative Methods in Implementation Research – An Introduction (see below to download document).
– Southam-Gerow & Dorsey (2014) Qualitative and Mixed Methods Research in Dissemination and Implementation Science – Introduction to the Special Issue (see below to download document). To read more about the issue click here.
– Palinkas (2014) Qualitative and Mixed Methods in Mental Health Services and Implementation Research (see below to download document).
– NCI (2020) Qualitative Methods in Implementation Science (see below to download document).