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  1. Viral suppression is key to ending the HIV epidemic, yet only 58% of people living with HIV (PLHIV) in sub-Saharan Africa are suppressed. Cash transfers are an effective strategy to improve retention in care, ...

    Authors: Laura Packel, Carolyn Fahey, Atuganile Kalinjila, Agatha Mnyippembe, Prosper Njau and Sandra I. McCoy
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2021 2:109
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  2. New cervical cancer screening guidelines recommend primary human papillomavirus (HPV) testing for women age 30–65 years. Healthcare organizations are preparing to de-implement the previous recommended strategi...

    Authors: Erin E. Hahn, Corrine Munoz-Plaza, Danielle E. Altman, Chunyi Hsu, Nancy T. Cannizzaro, Quyen Ngo-Metzger, Patricia Wride, Michael K. Gould, Brian S. Mittman, Melissa Hodeib, Krishnansu S. Tewari, Lena H. Ajamian, Ramez N. Eskander, Devansu Tewari and Chun R. Chao
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2021 2:108
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  3. Research has identified cognitive behavioral therapy with exposures (CBT) as an effective treatment for youth anxiety. Despite implementation efforts, few anxious youth receive CBT. Direct-to-consumer marketin...

    Authors: Margaret E. Crane, Marc S. Atkins, Sara J. Becker, Jonathan Purtle, Thomas M. Olino and Philip C. Kendall
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2021 2:107
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  4. Clinical practice guideline (CPG)-consistent care improves patient outcomes, but CPG implementation is poor. Little is known about CPG implementation in pediatric oncology. This study aimed to understand suppo...

    Authors: Aaron J. Sugalski, Tammy Lo, Melissa Beauchemin, Allison C. Grimes, Paula D. Robinson, Alexandra M. Walsh, Nancy Santesso, Ha Dang, Brian T. Fisher, Andrea Rothfus Wrightson, Lolie C. Yu, Lillian Sung and L. Lee Dupuis
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2021 2:106
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  5. Evidence for the central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) bundle effectiveness remains mixed, possibly reflecting implementation challenges and persistent ambiguities in how CLABSIs are counted a...

    Authors: Joanne Goldman, Leahora Rotteau, Kaveh G. Shojania, G. Ross Baker, Paula Rowland, Marlys K. Christianson, Timothy J. Vogus, Connie Cameron and Maitreya Coffey
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2021 2:105
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  6. Trials show that antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) strategies, including communication skills training, point-of-care C-reactive protein testing (POC-CRPT) and delayed prescriptions, help optimise antibiotic pre...

    Authors: Aleksandra J. Borek, Anne Campbell, Elle Dent, Michael Moore, Christopher C. Butler, Alison Holmes, A. Sarah Walker, Monsey McLeod and Sarah Tonkin-Crine
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2021 2:104
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  7. Audit and feedback as an implementation strategy leads to small, but potentially important improvements in practice. Yet, audit and feedback is time and personnel intensive. Many interventions designed for inp...

    Authors: Rebecca F. Hamm, Lisa D. Levine, Meghan Lane-Fall and Rinad Beidas
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2021 2:103
    Content type: Short report Published on:

  8. Psychosocial factors are pivotal in recovery after acute orthopedic traumatic injuries. Addressing psychosocial factors is an important opportunity for preventing persistent pain and disability. We aim to iden...

    Authors: Ana-Maria Vranceanu, Jafar Bakhshaie, Mira Reichman, James Doorley, Ryan A. Mace, Cale Jacobs, Mitchel Harris, Kristin R. Archer, David Ring and A. Rani Elwy
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2021 2:102
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  9. Seven housing and health services organizations were guided through a process of translating Chapter Six of the Canadian Guidelines for Recovery-Oriented Practice into a recovery-oriented innovation and plan f...

    Authors: Myra Piat, Megan Wainwright, Danielle Cherkas, Sébastien Leblanc, Eleni Sofouli, Marie-Pier Rivest, Hélène Albert, Regina Casey, Joseph J. O’Rourke and Lise Labonté
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2021 2:101
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  10. Effective implementation requires a comprehensive understanding of individual, organisational and system determinants. This study aimed to compare inductive and deductive analysis techniques to understand a co...

    Authors: Carissa Bonner, Jane Tuckerman, Jessica Kaufman, Daniel Costa, David N. Durrheim, Lyndal Trevena, Susan Thomas and Margie Danchin
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2021 2:100
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  11. In several recent articles, authors have called for aligning the fields of implementation and improvement science. In this paper, we call for implementation science to also align with improvement practice. Multip...

    Authors: Jennifer Leeman, Catherine Rohweder, Matthew Lee, Alison Brenner, Andrea Dwyer, Linda K. Ko, Meghan C. O’Leary, Grace Ryan, Thuy Vu and Shoba Ramanadhan
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2021 2:99
    Content type: Debate Published on:

  12. Implementation facilitators support the adoption of evidence-based practices and other improvement efforts in complex healthcare settings. Facilitators are trained to develop essential facilitation skills and ...

    Authors: Tanya T. Olmos-Ochoa, Karissa M. Fenwick, David A. Ganz, Neetu Chawla, Lauren S. Penney, Jenny M. Barnard, Isomi M. Miake-Lye, Alison B. Hamilton and Erin P. Finley
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2021 2:98
    Content type: Short report Published on:

  13. Implementing an evidence-based hypertension program in primary healthcare centers (PHCs) in the Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria is an opportunity to improve hypertension diagnosis, treatment, and control an...

    Authors: Rosemary C. B. Okoli, Gabriel Shedul, Lisa R. Hirschhorn, Ikechukwu A. Orji, Tunde M. Ojo, Nonye Egenti, Kasarachi Omitiran, Blessing Akor, Abigail S. Baldridge, Mark D. Huffman, Dike Ojji and Namratha R. Kandula
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2021 2:97
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  14. The American Dental Association (ADA) recommends dental providers apply dental sealants to the occlusal surfaces of permanent molars for the prevention or treatment of non-cavitated dental caries. Despite the ...

    Authors: Deborah E. Polk, Erick G. Guerrero, Inga Gruß, Nilesh H. Shah, Nadia M. Yosuf, Tim Dawson, Charles D. Kaplan, Daniel J. Pihlstrom and Jeffrey L. Fellows
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2021 2:96
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  15. The aims of this feasibility study were to (1) examine the implementation of a community-based health advocate (CHA) training programme to develop the clinical skills needed to support a diabetes remission pro...

    Authors: Kim R. Quimby, Natasha Sobers, Colette George, Natalie Greaves, Francine Browman-Jones and T. Alafia Samuels
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2021 2:95
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  16. Active travel to school contributes to multiple physical and psychosocial benefits for youth, yet population rates of active travel to school are alarmingly low in the USA and many other countries. Though walk...

    Authors: MacKenzie Koester, Carolina M. Bejarano, Ann M. Davis, Ross C. Brownson, Jon Kerner, James F. Sallis, Chelsea Steel and Jordan A. Carlson
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2021 2:94
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  17. Acute respiratory failure, a major cause of death in COVID-19, is managed with high-flow oxygen therapy via invasive mechanical ventilation. In resource-limited settings like Nigeria, the shortage of ventilato...

    Authors: Aimalohi A. Ahonkhai, Adesola Z. Musa, André A. Fenton, Muktar H. Aliyu, Igho Ofotokun, Alex Hornstein, Baba M. Musa, Nnamdi Nwosu, Ifeoma Ulasi, Samuel Ajayi, Catherine Falade, Adedamola Dada, Aliyu Abdu, Mogaji Sunday, Adenike Odewabi, Muyiwa K. Rotimi…
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2021 2:93
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  18. Despite overall declines in cancer mortality in the USA over the past three decades, many patients in community settings fail to receive evidence-based cancer care. Networks that link academic medical centers ...

    Authors: Jennifer L. Ridgeway, Lisa A. Boardman, Joan M. Griffin and Timothy J. Beebe
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2021 2:92
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  19. Improving nursing home quality of care relies partly on reducing or stopping ineffective or harmful practices, a process known as de-implementation. We know little about de-implementation in this setting. Rela...

    Authors: Christine W. Hartmann, Christopher Gillespie, George G. Sayre and A. Lynn Snow
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2021 2:91
    Content type: Research Published on:

  20. Dementia is regularly associated with behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD, also referred to as challenging behavior). Structured dementia-specific case conferences (DSCCs) enable nursing st...

    Authors: Sonja Teupen, Daniela Holle and Martina Roes
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2021 2:90
    Content type: Research Published on:

  21. At-birth and point-of-care (POC) testing can expedite early infant diagnosis of HIV and improve infant outcomes. Guided by the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR), this study describes th...

    Authors: Catherine Wexler, Yvonne Kamau, Elizabeth Muchoki, Shadrack Babu, Nicodemus Maosa, May Maloba, Melinda Brown, Kathy Goggin, Natabhona Mabachi, Brad Gautney and Sarah Finocchario-Kessler
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2021 2:89
    Content type: Research Published on:

  22. Whereas the value of an evidence-based intervention (EBI) is often determined by its effect on clinical outcomes, the value of implementing and using EBIs in practice is broader, reflecting qualities such as a...

    Authors: Ulrica von Thiele Schwarz, Aaron R. Lyon, Kristoffer Pettersson, Fabrizia Giannotta, Pernilla Liedgren and Henna Hasson
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2021 2:88
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  23. Children with sickle cell anemia are at risk for stroke. Ischemic stroke risk can be identified among children ages 2–16 years with sickle cell anemia using transcranial Doppler ultrasound. Despite strong reco...

    Authors: Shannon M. Phillips, Alyssa M. Schlenz, Martina Mueller, Cathy L. Melvin, Robert J. Adams and Julie Kanter
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2021 2:87
    Content type: Research Published on:

  24. Blunt chest wall injuries can lead to complications, especially without early intervention. A blunt Chest Injury Protocol (ChIP) was developed to help improve the consistency of evidence-based care following admi...

    Authors: Sarah Kourouche, Kate Curtis, Belinda Munroe, Michael Watts, Sharyn Balzer and Thomas Buckley
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2021 2:86
    Content type: Research Published on:

  25. The champion model is increasingly being adopted to improve uptake of guideline-based care in long-term care (LTC). Studies suggest that an on-site champion may improve the quality of care residents’ health ou...

    Authors: Amanda M. Hall, Gerd M. Flodgren, Helen L. Richmond, Sheila Welsh, Jacqueline Y. Thompson, Bradley M. Furlong and Andrea Sherriff
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2021 2:85
    Content type: Systematic review Published on:

  26. The KT Challenge program supports health care professionals to effectively implement evidence-based practices. Unlike other knowledge translation (KT) programs, this program is grounded in capacity building, f...

    Authors: Agnes T. Black, Marla Steinberg, Amanda E. Chisholm, Kristi Coldwell, Alison M. Hoens, Jiak Chin Koh, Allana LeBlanc, Martha Mackay, Amy Salmon and M. Elizabeth Snow
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2021 2:84
    Content type: Short report Published on:

  27. Audit and feedback (A&F) has been used as a strategy to modify clinician behavior with moderate success. Although A&F is theorized to work by improving the accuracy of clinicians’ estimates of their own behavi...

    Authors: Celine Larkin, Alexandra M. Sanseverino, James Joseph, Lauren Eisenhauer and Martin A. Reznek
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2021 2:83
    Content type: Research Published on:

  28. Facilitation is a complex, relational implementation strategy that guides change processes. Facilitators engage in multiple activities and tailor efforts to local contexts. How this work is coordinated and sha...

    Authors: Lauren S. Penney, Teresa M. Damush, Nicholas A. Rattray, Edward J. Miech, Sean A. Baird, Barbara J. Homoya, Laura J. Myers and Dawn M. Bravata
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2021 2:82
    Content type: Research Published on:

  29. Transitional care involves time-limited interventions focusing on the continuity of care from hospital to home, to optimize patient functioning and management. Providing interventions, as part of transitional ...

    Authors: Mary T. Fox, Souraya Sidani, Jeffrey I. Butler, Mark W. Skinner, Marilyn Macdonald, Evelyne Durocher, Kathleen F. Hunter, Adrian Wagg, Lori E. Weeks, Ann MacLeod and Sherry Dahlke
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2021 2:81
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  30. Current soil-transmitted helminth (STH) control programs target pre-school and school-age children with mass drug administration (MDA) of deworming medications, reducing morbidity without interrupting ongoing ...

    Authors: Arianna Rubin Means, Elizabeth Orlan, Marie-Claire Gwayi-Chore, Angelin Titus, Saravanakumar Puthupalayam Kaliappan, Comlanvi Innocent Togbevi, Félicien Chabi, Katherine E. Halliday, Providence Nindi, Euripide Avokpaho, Khumbo Kalua, Moudachirou Ibikounlé, Sitara S. R. Ajjampur, Bryan J. Weiner, Judd L. Walson and Kumudha Aruldas
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2021 2:80
    Content type: Research Published on:

  31. Only three of twenty Caribbean Community (CARCICOM) countries have mandatory school nutrition policies despite one third of the region’s children being overweight or obese. In Barbados, there are nutrition gui...

    Authors: Natasha P. Sobers, Lisa Bishop, Shu Wen Ng, Suzanne Soares-Wynter, Natalie S. Greaves and Madhuvanti M. Murphy
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2021 2:79
    Content type: Research Published on:

  32. Implementation strategies have flourished in an effort to increase integration of research evidence into clinical practice. Most strategies are complex, socially mediated processes. Many are complicated, expen...

    Authors: Aaron R. Lyon, Jessica Coifman, Heather Cook, Erin McRee, Freda F. Liu, Kristy Ludwig, Shannon Dorsey, Kelly Koerner, Sean A. Munson and Elizabeth McCauley
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2021 2:78
    Content type: Methodology Published on:

  33. Few validated assessment tools are available to increase understanding and measure factors associated with sustainment of clinical practices, an increasingly recognized need among clinicians. We describe the d...

    Authors: Sara Malone, Kim Prewitt, Rachel Hackett, John C. Lin, Virginia McKay, Callie Walsh-Bailey and Douglas A. Luke
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2021 2:77
    Content type: Methodology Published on:

  34. The World Health Organization (WHO) published the WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist in 2015, which included the key evidence-based practices to prevent the major causes of maternal and neonatal morbidity and morta...

    Authors: Rose L. Molina, Anne-Caroline Benski, Lauren Bobanski, Danielle E. Tuller and Katherine E. A. Semrau
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2021 2:76
    Content type: Short report Published on:

  35. Authors: Gregory A. Aarons, Kendal Reeder, Nadia A. Sam-Agudu, Susan Vorkoper and Rachel Sturke
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2021 2:75
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in Implementation Science Communications 2021 2:53

  36. Teleophthalmology provides evidence-based, telehealth diabetic retinopathy screening that is underused even when readily available in primary care clinics. There is an urgent need to increase teleophthalmology...

    Authors: Alejandra Torres Diaz, Loren J. Lock, Todd D. Molfenter, Jane E. Mahoney, Deanne Boss, Timothy D. Bjelland and Yao Liu
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2021 2:74
    Content type: Research Published on:

  37. Community-based interventions (CBIs) are interventions aimed at improving the well-being of people in a community. CBIs for HIV testing seek to increase the availability of testing services to populations that...

    Authors: Florida Uzoaru, Ucheoma Nwaozuru, Jason J. Ong, Felix Obi, Chisom Obiezu-Umeh, Joseph D. Tucker, Thembekile Shato, Stacey L. Mason, Victoria Carter, Sunita Manu, Rhonda BeLue, Oliver Ezechi and Juliet Iwelunmor
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2021 2:73
    Content type: Systematic review Published on:

  38. Coordinated Specialty Care (CSC) programs provide evidence-based services for young people with a recent onset of a psychotic disorder. OnTrackNY is a nationally recognized model of CSC treatment in New York s...

    Authors: Sapana R. Patel, Iruma Bello, Leopoldo J. Cabassa, Ilana R. Nossel, Melanie M. Wall, Elaina Montague, Reanne Rahim, Chacku M. Mathai and Lisa B. Dixon
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2021 2:72
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  39. A 12-dose, once-weekly regimen of isoniazid and rifapentine (3HP) is effective in preventing tuberculosis (TB) among people living with HIV (PLHIV). We sought to identify potential barriers to and facilitators...

    Authors: Fred C. Semitala, Allan Musinguzi, Jackie Ssemata, Fred Welishe, Juliet Nabunje, Jillian L. Kadota, Christopher A. Berger, Achilles Katamba, Noah Kiwanuka, Moses R. Kamya, David Dowdy, Adithya Cattamanchi and Anne R. Katahoire
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2021 2:71
    Content type: Research Published on:

  40. Qualitative methods are critical for implementation science as they generate opportunities to examine complexity and include a diversity of perspectives. However, it can be a challenge to identify the approach...

    Authors: Shoba Ramanadhan, Anna C. Revette, Rebekka M. Lee and Emma L. Aveling
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2021 2:70
    Content type: Debate Published on:

  41. Infections caused by carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) and carbapenemase-producing (CP) CRE are difficult to treat, resulting in high mortality in healthcare settings every year. The Veterans Healt...

    Authors: Cassie Cunningham Goedken, Marylou Guihan, Charnetta R. Brown, Swetha Ramanathan, Amanda Vivo, Katie J. Suda, Margaret A. Fitzpatrick, Linda Poggensee, Eli N. Perencevich, Michael Rubin, Heather Schacht Reisinger, Martin Evans and Charlesnika T. Evans
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2021 2:69
    Content type: Research Published on:

  42. Realist approaches and Normalization Process Theory (NPT) have both gained significant traction in implementation research over the past 10 years. The aim of this study was therefore to explore how the approac...

    Authors: Sonia Michelle Dalkin, Rebecca J. L. Hardwick, Catherine A. Haighton and Tracy L. Finch
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2021 2:68
    Content type: Systematic review Published on:

  43. Governments in some countries or states/provinces mandate school-based policies intended to improve the health and well-being of primary and secondary students and in some cases the health of school staff. Exa...

    Authors: Gabriella M. McLoughlin, Peg Allen, Callie Walsh-Bailey and Ross C. Brownson
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2021 2:67
    Content type: Research Published on:

  44. Relatively little guidance exists on how to use virtual implementation facilitation to successfully implement evidence-based practices and innovations into clinical programs. Yet virtual methods are increasing...

    Authors: Christine W. Hartmann, Ryann L. Engle, Camilla B. Pimentel, Whitney L. Mills, Valerie A. Clark, Virginia C. Keleher, Princess Nash, Corilyn Ott, Therasia Roland, Sharon Sloup, Barbara Frank, Cathie Brady and A. Lynn Snow
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2021 2:66
    Content type: Methodology Published on:

  45. Implementation facilitators enable healthcare staff to effectively implement change, yet little is known about their affective (e.g., emotional, mental, physical) experiences of facilitation. We propose an exp...

    Authors: Tanya T. Olmos-Ochoa, David A. Ganz, Jenny M. Barnard, Lauren Penney, Erin P. Finley, Alison B. Hamilton and Neetu Chawla
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2021 2:65
    Content type: Methodology Published on:

  46. Describe and evaluate an implementation science network focused on HIV prevention and treatment in New England.

    Authors: Jacob J. van den Berg, Elaine O’Keefe, Daniel Davidson, David A. Fiellin, Trace Kershaw, Russell C. Barbour, Susan Cu-Uvin and Paul D. Cleary
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2021 2:64
    Content type: Short report Published on:

  47. Medication reconciliation (MedRec) is an important patient safety initiative that aims to prevent patient harm from medication errors. Yet, the implementation and sustainability of MedRec interventions have be...

    Authors: Deonni P. Stolldorf, Sheila H. Ridner, Timothy J. Vogus, Christianne L. Roumie, Jeffrey L. Schnipper, Mary S. Dietrich, David G. Schlundt and Sunil Kripalani
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2021 2:63
    Content type: Research Published on:

  48. Children with cancer and their families are at risk for short- and long-term psychosocial difficulties. Screening for psychosocial risk remains inconsistent, leading to inequitable access to psychosocial servi...

    Authors: Janet A. Deatrick, Anne E. Kazak, Rebecca E. Madden, Glynnis A. McDonnell, Katherine Okonak, Michele A. Scialla and Lamia P. Barakat
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2021 2:62
    Content type: Research Published on:

  49. Due to striking disparities in the implementation of healthcare innovations, it is imperative that researchers and practitioners can meaningfully use implementation determinant frameworks to understand why dis...

    Authors: Eva N. Woodward, Rajinder Sonia Singh, Phiwinhlanhla Ndebele-Ngwenya, Andrea Melgar Castillo, Kelsey S. Dickson and JoAnn E. Kirchner
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2021 2:61
    Content type: Methodology Published on:

  50. Acute aortic syndrome (AAS) is an uncommon, life-threatening emergency that is frequently misdiagnosed. The 2020 Canadian clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis of AAS incorporate all available evidenc...

    Authors: Caitlin Dmitriew and Robert Ohle
    Citation: Implementation Science Communications 2021 2:60
    Content type: Short report Published on:
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