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  1. Integrated Knowledge Translation (IKT) and other forms of research co-production are increasingly recognized as valuable approaches to knowledge creation as a way to better facilitate the implementation of sci...

    Authors: Jenna Dixon, Emily Shantz, Ann E. Clarke and Susan J. Elliott
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2023 4:120
    Content type: Research Published on:

  2. Selecting effective implementation strategies to support guideline-concordant dental care is a complex process. We are drawing on data collected during the DISGO study to reflect on barriers we encountered in ...

    Authors: Inga Gruß, Tim Dawson, Charles D. Kaplan, Daniel J. Pihlstrom, Jeffrey L. Fellows and Deborah E. Polk
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2023 4:119
    Content type: Short report Published on:

  3. Adoption of colorectal cancer (CRC) screening has lagged in community health center (CHC) populations in the USA. To address this implementation gap, we developed a multilevel intervention to improve screening...

    Authors: Renée M. Ferrari, Jennifer Leeman, Alison T. Brenner, Sara Y. Correa, Teri L. Malo, Alexis A. Moore, Meghan C. O’Leary, Connor M. Randolph, Shana Ratner, Leah Frerichs, Deeonna Farr, Seth D. Crockett, Stephanie B. Wheeler, Kristen Hassmiller Lich, Evan Beasley, Michelle Hogsed…
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2023 4:118
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  4. Continued tobacco use in cancer patients increases the risk of cancer treatment failure and decreases survival. However, currently, most cancer patients do not receive evidence-based tobacco treatment. A recen...

    Authors: Joshua W. Ohde, David O. Warner, Jason S. Egginton and Hildi J. Hagedorn
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2023 4:117
    Content type: Research Published on:

  5. To increase uptake of implementation science (IS) methods by researchers and implementers, many have called for ways to make it more accessible and intuitive. The purpose of this paper is to describe the iPRIS...

    Authors: Katy E. Trinkley, Russell E. Glasgow, Sidney D’Mello, Meredith P. Fort, Bryan Ford and Borsika A. Rabin
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2023 4:116
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  6. Considerable efforts have been made to improve guideline adherence in healthcare through de-implementation, such as decreasing the prescription of inappropriate medicines. However, we have limited knowledge ab...

    Authors: Jennifer Dunsmore, Eilidh Duncan, Sara MacLennan, James N’Dow and Steven MacLennan
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2023 4:115
    Content type: Systematic review Published on:

  7. Normalisation process theory (NPT) provides researchers with a set of tools to support the understanding of the implementation, normalisation and sustainment of an intervention in practice. Previous reviews of...

    Authors: Hayley Carter, David Beard, Alison Harvey, Paul Leighton, Fiona Moffatt, Benjamin Smith, Kate Webster and Pip Logan
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2023 4:114
    Content type: Systematic review Published on:

  8. Engaging policy actors in research design and execution is critical to increasing the practical relevance and real-world impact of policy-focused dissemination and implementation science. Identifying and selec...

    Authors: Gracelyn Cruden, Erika L. Crable, Rebecca Lengnick-Hall and Jonathan Purtle
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2023 4:113
    Content type: Methodology Published on:

  9. There is a need for pragmatic and reliable measures of sound factors that affect evidence-based practice (EBP) adoption and implementation in different languages and cultural environments. The Implementation L...

    Authors: Marta Llarena, Heather Lynn Rogers, Patricia Macia, Susana Pablo, Marta Gonzalez- Saenz de Tejada, Marta Montejo, Natalia Paniagua, Javier Benito, Mikel Rueda, Borja Santos, Gonzalo Grandes and Alvaro Sanchez
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2023 4:112
    Content type: Research Published on:

  10. Policy is receiving increasing attention in the field of implementation science. However, there remains a lack of clear, concise guidance about how policy can be conceptualized in implementation science resear...

    Authors: Jonathan Purtle, Corrina Moucheraud, Lawrence H. Yang and Donna Shelley
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2023 4:111
    Content type: Debate Published on:

  11. Research findings are not always disseminated in ways preferred by audiences, and research dissemination is not always considered a priority by researchers. While designing for dissemination (D4D) provides an ...

    Authors: Yiluan Hu, Xuejun Yin, Enying Gong, Jing Liu, Xia Liu, Ruitai Shao, Juan Zhang and Ross C Brownson
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2023 4:110
    Content type: Research Published on:

  12. The fundamental components of a vaccine delivery system are well-documented, but robust evidence is needed on how the related processes and implementation strategies — including the facilitators and barriers — co...

    Authors: Cam Escoffery, Emily Awino Ogutu, Zoe Sakas, Kyra A. Hester, Anna Ellis, Katie Rodriguez, Chandni Jaishwal, Chenmua Yang, Sameer Dixit, Anindya Bose, Moussa Sarr, William Kilembe, Robert A. Bednarczyk and Matthew C. Freeman
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2023 4:109
    Content type: Research Published on:

  13. There is little guidance for conducting health equity-focused economic evaluations of evidence-based practices in resource-constrained settings, particularly with respect to staff time use. Investigators must ...

    Authors: Douglas E. Levy, Deepinder Singh, Kelly A. Aschbrenner, Madeline E. Davies, Leslie Pelton-Cairns and Gina R. Kruse
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2023 4:108
    Content type: Short report Published on:

  14. South African national tuberculosis (TB) guidelines, in accordance with the World Health Organization, recommend conducting routine household TB contact investigation with provision of TB preventive therapy (T...

    Authors: Brittney J. van de Water, Michael Wilson, Karl le Roux, Ben Gaunt, Sarah Gimbel and Norma C. Ware
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2023 4:107
    Content type: Short report Published on:

  15. Logic models map the short-term and long-term outcomes that are expected to occur with a program, and thus are an essential tool for evaluation. Funding agencies, especially in the United States (US), have enc...

    Authors: Douglas V. Easterling, Rebekah R. Jacob, Ross C. Brownson, Debra Haire-Joshu, Daniel A. Gundersen, Heather Angier, Jennifer E. DeVoe, Sonja Likumahuwa-Ackman, Thuy Vu, Russell E. Glasgow and Robert Schnoll
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2023 4:106
    Content type: Methodology Published on:

  16. A key question in implementation science is how to balance adaptation and fidelity in translating interventions to new settings. There is growing consensus regarding the importance of planned adaptations to deliv...

    Authors: Bonnie N. Kaiser, Julia Kaufman, Jonathan Taylor Wall, Elsa A. Friis Healy, David Ayuku, Gregory A. Aarons and Eve S. Puffer
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2023 4:105
    Content type: Research Published on:

  17. Caring for people with dementia is complex, and there are various evidence-based interventions. However, a gap exists between the available interventions and how to implement them. The objectives of our review...

    Authors: Mike Rommerskirch-Manietta, Christina Manietta, Daniel Purwins, Jana Isabelle Braunwarth, Tina Quasdorf and Martina Roes
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2023 4:104
    Content type: Systematic review Published on:

  18. Numerous transitional care innovations (TCIs) are being developed and implemented to optimize care continuity for older persons when transferring between multiple care settings, help meet their care needs, and...

    Authors: Amal Fakha, Bram de Boer, Jan. P. Hamers, Hilde Verbeek and Theo van Achterberg
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2023 4:103
    Content type: Research Published on:

  19. World Health Organization (WHO) HEARTS packages are increasingly used to control hypertension. However, their feasibility in persons living with HIV (PLHIV) is unknown. We studied the effectiveness and impleme...

    Authors: Martin Muddu, Fred Collins Semitala, Isaac Derick Kimera, Douglas Joseph Musimbaggo, Mary Mbuliro, Rebecca Ssennyonjo, Simon Peter Kigozi, Rodgers Katwesigye, Florence Ayebare, Christabellah Namugenyi, Frank Mugabe, Gerald Mutungi, Chris T. Longenecker, Anne R. Katahoire, Jeremy I. Schwartz and Isaac Ssinabulya
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2023 4:102
    Content type: Research Published on:

  20. More than half of cancers could be prevented by employing evidence-based interventions (EBIs), including prevention interventions targeting nutrition, physical activity, and tobacco. Federally qualified health...

    Authors: Rebekka M. Lee, James G. Daly, Kamini Mallick, Shoba Ramanadhan, Cristina Huebner Torres, Cassidy R. Hayes, Alyssa Bertolini, Ra’Shaun Nalls and Karen M. Emmons
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2023 4:101
    Content type: Research Published on:

  21. Implementation researchers often combine the Theoretical Domain Framework (TDF) and Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) in their studies. However there is some debate on the merits of usi...

    Authors: B. O’Donovan, C. Kirke, M. Pate, S. McHugh, K. Bennett and C. Cahir
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2023 4:100
    Content type: Short report Published on:

  22. Few training opportunities or resources for non-expert implementers focus on the “practice” as opposed to the “science” of knowledge translation (KT). As a guide for novice implementers, we present an open-acc...

    Authors: Christine Fahim, Melissa Courvoisier, Nadia Somani, Fatiah De Matas and Sharon E. Straus
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2023 4:99
    Content type: Short report Published on:

  23. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a leading cause of liver-related mortality and morbidity. Despite effective direct acting antivirals and a simplified treatment algorithm, limited access to HCV treatment in vulnerab...

    Authors: Anmol Desai, Lauren O’Neal, Kia Reinis, Cristal Brown, Michael Stefanowicz, Audrey Kuang, Deepak Agrawal, Darlene Bhavnani and Tim Mercer
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2023 4:98
    Content type: Research Published on:

  24. Family caregiver training decreases caregiver psychological burden and improves caregiver depressive symptoms and health-related quality of life. Caregivers FIRST is an evidence-based group skills training cur...

    Authors: Kasey Decosimo, Connor Drake, Cynthia J. Coffman, Nina R. Sperber, Matthew Tucker, Jaime M. Hughes, Leah L. Zullig, Trisha Chadduck, Leah Christensen, Brystana Kaufman, Kelli D. Allen, S. Nicole Hastings and Courtney H. Van Houtven
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2023 4:97
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  25. Implementation evaluation should focus on implementation success, guided by theories and frameworks. With high staff vacancies in the health services, it is important to consider pragmatic methods of data coll...

    Authors: Andria Hanbury, Nyasha Mafirakureva, Nicola Chicken and Liam Bailey
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2023 4:96
    Content type: Research Published on:

  26. The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in disruptions to routine HIV services for youth living with HIV (YLH), provoking rapid adaptation to mitigate interruptions in care. The Adolescent Transition to Adult Care for ...

    Authors: Dorothy Imbuka Mangale, Alvin Onyango, Cyrus Mugo, Caren Mburu, Nok Chhun, Dalton Wamalwa, Irene Njuguna, Arianna Rubin Means, Grace John-Stewart, Bryan J. Weiner and Kristin Beima-Sofie
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2023 4:95
    Content type: Research Published on:

  27. Audit and feedback (A&F) is an implementation strategy that can facilitate implementation tailoring by identifying gaps between desired and actual clinical care. While there are several theory-based propositio...

    Authors: Mira D. H. Snider, Meredith R. Boyd, Madison R. Walker, Byron J. Powell and Cara C. Lewis
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2023 4:94
    Content type: Research Published on:

  28. There is a higher risk for HIV acquisition during pregnancy and postpartum. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is recommended during this period for those at high risk of infection; integrated delivery in materna...

    Authors: Sarah Hicks, Ben Odhiambo, Felix Abuna, Julia C. Dettinger, Nancy Ngumbau, Laurén Gómez, Joseph Sila, George Oketch, Enock Sifuna, Bryan J. Weiner, Grace John-Stewart, John Kinuthia and Anjuli D. Wagner
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2023 4:93
    Content type: Research Published on:

  29. Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) is a framework for implementing evidence-based interventions for preventing behavioral issues and improving climate in schools. The implementation of schoo...

    Authors: Hannah G. Calvert, Michaela McQuilkin, Ashley Havlicak, Teri Lewis and Lindsey Turner
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2023 4:92
    Content type: Research Published on:

  30. The United States has been grappling with the opioid epidemic, which has resulted in over 75,000 opioid-related deaths between April 2020 and 2021. Evidence-based pharmaceutical interventions (buprenorphine, m...

    Authors: Carla C. Garcia, Mark Bounthavong, Adam J. Gordon, Allison M. Gustavson, Marie E. Kenny, Wendy Miller, Aryan Esmaeili, Princess E. Ackland, Barbara A. Clothier, Ann Bangerter, Siamak Noorbaloochi, Alex H. S. Harris and Hildi J. Hagedorn
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2023 4:91
    Content type: Research Published on:

  31. Approximately 115,000 young adults will experience their first episode of psychosis (FEP) each year in the USA. Coordinated specialty care (CSC) for early psychosis is an evidence-based early intervention mode...

    Authors: Oladunni Oluwoye, Ari Lissau, Sheldon Stokes, Alexandria T. Selloni, Najé James, Solmaz Amiri, Michael G. McDonell and Deidre M. Anglin
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2023 4:90
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  32. Practice facilitators (PFs) coach practices through quality improvement (QI) initiatives aimed at enhancing patient outcomes and operational efficiencies. Practice facilitation is a dynamic intervention that, ...

    Authors: Kent F. Sutton, Erica L. Richman, Jennifer R. Rees, Liza L. Pugh-Nicholson, Macie M. Craft, Shannon H. Peaden, Orysya Soroka, Monique Mackey, Doyle M. Cummings, Andrea L. Cherrington, Monika M. Safford and Jacqueline R. Halladay
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2023 4:89
    Content type: Short report Published on:

  33. This study examined campus and clinic factors that may influence likelihood of implementing sexual violence (SV) prevention for college students seeking care in campus health and counseling centers.

    Authors: Jocelyn C. Anderson, Gabrielle Peruggia, Summer Miller-Walfish, Janine Talis, Carmen Burrell, Micaela Hayes and Elizabeth Miller
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2023 4:88
    Content type: Research Published on:

  34. Half of people living with HIV (PLWH) in sub-Saharan Africa default from care within two years. In Uganda, and across sub-Saharan Africa, traditional healers (TH) are ubiquitous and often serve as the first li...

    Authors: Radhika Sundararajan, Matthew Ponticiello, Giselle Birch, Gabriel Nuwagaba, Rinu Alaiku, Denis Nansera, Juliet Mwanga-Amumpaire and Winnie Muyindike
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2023 4:87
    Content type: Research Published on:

  35. Community-based organizations (CBOs) are critical partners in delivering evidence-based interventions (EBIs) to address cancer inequities. However, CBO practitioners do not typically have access to opportuniti...

    Authors: Shoba Ramanadhan, Jennifer L. Cruz, Maggie Weese, Natasha Naveed, Shinelle Kirk, Madison K. Rivard, Judi Kirk, Albert Whitaker, Karen Peterson and Arthur Eisenkraft
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2023 4:86
    Content type: Research Published on:

  36. Knowledge translation (KT) is a key competency for trainees (graduate students and post-doctoral fellows), the new generation of researchers who must learn how to synthesize, disseminate, exchange, and ethical...

    Authors: Gurprit Kaur Randhawa, Juma Orach, Agnes Black, Vivienne Chan, Naomi Potter, Jacqui Brinkman, Hélène Côté, Larry Worfolk, Darryl Knight, Ivan Leversage and Scott J. Tebbutt
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2023 4:85
    Content type: Research Published on:

  37. The Systems Analysis and Improvement Approach (SAIA) is an evidence-based package of systems engineering tools originally designed to improve patient flow through the prevention of Mother-to-Child transmission...

    Authors: Celso Inguane, Sarah Gimbel, Caroline Soi, Esperança Tavede, Filipe Murgorgo, Xavier Isidoro, Yaesh Sidat, Regina Nassiaca, Joana Coutinho, Maria Cruz, Mery Agostinho, Fernando Amaral, Aneth Dinis, Kristjana Ábsjörnsdóttir, Jonny Crocker, Nélia Manaca…
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2023 4:84
    Content type: Research Published on:

  38. Maternal health outcomes in the USA are far worse than in peer nations. Increasing implementation research in maternity care is critical to addressing quality gaps and unwarranted variations in care. Implement...

    Authors: Rebecca F. Hamm, Michelle H. Moniz, Inaya Wahid, Rachel Blankstein Breman and Jennifer A. Callaghan-Koru
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2023 4:83
    Content type: Research Published on:

  39. Rapid-cycle feedback loops provide timely information and actionable feedback to healthcare organizations to accelerate implementation of interventions. We aimed to (1) describe a mixed-method approach for gen...

    Authors: Salva N. Balbale, Willemijn L. A. Schäfer, Teaniese L. Davis, Sarah C. Blake, Sharron Close, Gwyneth A. Sullivan, Audra J. Reiter, Andrew J. Hu, Charesa J. Smith, Maxwell J. Wilberding, Julie K. Johnson, Jane L. Holl and Mehul V. Raval
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2023 4:82
    Content type: Methodology Published on:

  40. Despite the extensive hopes and expectations for value creation resulting from the implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) applications in healthcare, research has predominantly been technology-centric ...

    Authors: Margit Neher, Lena Petersson, Jens M Nygren, Petra Svedberg, Ingrid Larsson and Per Nilsen
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2023 4:81
    Content type: Research Published on:

  41. Apnoea of prematurity (AOP) is a common condition among preterm infants. Methylxanthines, such as caffeine and aminophylline/theophylline, can help prevent and treat AOP. Due to its physiological benefits and ...

    Authors: Grace Irimu, Ferdinand Okwaro, Jesse Coleman, Mary Waiyego, Florence Murila, Dorothy Chomba, Millicent Parsimei, Cynthia Shitote, Roseline Ochieng, Jasmit Shah, Morris Ogero, Amy Sarah Ginsburg, J. Mark Ansermino and William Macharia
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2023 4:80
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  42. Shared decision making (SDM) in breast cancer care improves outcomes, but it is not routinely implemented. Results from the What Matters Most trial demonstrated that early-stage breast cancer surgery conversat...

    Authors: Danielle Schubbe, Renata W. Yen, Hannah Leavitt, Rachel C. Forcino, Christopher Jacobs, Erica B. Friedman, Maureen McEvoy, Kari M. Rosenkranz, Kristin E. Rojas, Ann Bradley, Eloise Crayton, Sherrill Jackson, Myrtle Mitchell, A. James O’Malley, Mary Politi, Anna N. A. Tosteson…
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2023 4:79
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  43. Offering antiretroviral therapy (ART) to patients directly following an HIV diagnosis (“Rapid ART”) improves clinical outcomes and is feasible and acceptable for patients and providers. Despite this, implementati...

    Authors: Lissa Moran, Kimberly A. Koester, Noelle Le Tourneau, Susa Coffey, Kelvin Moore Jr., Janessa Broussard, Pierre-Cedric Crouch, Lyndon VanderZanden, John Schneider, Elizabeth Lynch, Jorge Roman and Katerina A. Christopoulos
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2023 4:78
    Content type: Research Published on:

  44. As the focus has grown in recent years on both engaged research and dissemination and implementation (D&I) research, so too has federal funding to support these areas. The purpose of this analysis is to provid...

    Authors: Aubrey Villalobos, Dara Blachman-Demner, Antoinette Percy-Laurry, Deshiree Belis and Manami Bhattacharya
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2023 4:77
    Content type: Research Published on:

  45. There is a lack of consensus about how to prioritize potential implementation strategies for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) delivery. We compared several prioritization methods for their agreement and pra...

    Authors: Sarah Hicks, Felix Abuna, Ben Odhiambo, Julia C. Dettinger, Nancy Ngumbau, Laurén Gómez, Joseph Sila, George Oketch, Enock Sifuna, Bryan J. Weiner, Grace C. John-Stewart, John Kinuthia and Anjuli D. Wagner
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2023 4:76
    Content type: Research Published on:

  46. Leaders can improve implementation outcomes by developing an organizational climate conducive to the implementation of evidence-based practices (EBP). This study tested the lagged associations between individu...

    Authors: Karina Myhren Egeland, Randi Hovden Borge, Nadina Peters, Harald Bækkelund, Nora Braathu, Marisa Sklar, Gregory A. Aarons and Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2023 4:75
    Content type: Research Published on:

  47. Available resources within an organization can determine the implementation success of an intervention. However, few studies have investigated how the required resources change over the phases of implementatio...

    Authors: Ying-Jen Lin, Allison Ranusch, F. Jacob Seagull, Jeremy B. Sussman and Geoffrey D. Barnes
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2023 4:74
    Content type: Research Published on:

  48. Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are particularly vulnerable to the double burden of malnutrition: co-existence of underweight, overweight, obesity, and/or diet-related non-communicable diseases. Nutri...

    Authors: Biljana Meshkovska, Mekdes Kebede Gebremariam, Prudence Atukunda, Per Ole Iversen, Margareta Wandel and Nanna Lien
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2023 4:73
    Content type: Research Published on:

  49. Tobacco use remains the leading cause of preventable disease, disability, and death in the world. Lebanon has an exceptionally high tobacco use burden. The World Health Organization endorses smoking cessation ...

    Authors: Ramzi G. Salloum, Maya Romani, Dima S. Bteddini, Fadi El-Jardali, Ji-Hyun Lee, Ryan Theis, Jennifer H. LeLaurin, Randa Hamadeh, Mona Osman, Ruba Abla, Jihan Khaywa, Kenneth D. Ward, Donna Shelley and Rima Nakkash
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2023 4:72
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  50. Emergency department (ED) overcrowding is a global problem and a threat to the quality and safety of emergency care. Providing timely and safe emergency care therein is challenging. To address this in New Sout...

    Authors: Kate Curtis, Michael M. Dinh, Amith Shetty, Sarah Kourouche, Margaret Fry, Julie Considine, Ling Li, Thomas Lung, Timothy Shaw, Mary K. Lam, Margaret Murphy, Hatem Alkhouri, Christina Aggar, Saartje Berendsen Russell, Radhika V. Seimon, James A. Hughes…
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2023 4:70
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:
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