Knowledge and attitudes of Implementation Support Practitioners—Findings from a systematic integrative review

L Bührmann, P Driessen, A Metz, K Burke, L Bartley… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background It requires thoughtful planning and work to successfully apply and sustain
research-supported interventions like healthcare treatments, social support, or preventive …

Developing a practice-driven research agenda in implementation science: Perspectives from experienced implementation support practitioners

TM Jensen, AJ Metz, ME Disbennett… - Implementation …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Attention is being placed on the “ironic gap” or “secondary” research-to-practice
gap in the field of implementation science. Among several challenges posited to exacerbate …

Building trusting relationships to support implementation: a proposed theoretical model

A Metz, T Jensen, A Farley, A Boaz, L Bartley… - Frontiers in health …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
This paper presents a theory of change that articulates (a) proposed strategies for building
trust among implementation stakeholders and (b) the theoretical linkages between trusting …

Is implementation research out of step with implementation practice? Pathways to effective implementation support over the last decade

A Metz, T Jensen, A Farley… - … research and practice, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: There is growing interest in the lived experience of professionals who provide
implementation support (ie, implementation support practitioners). However, there remains …

Conceptual tensions and practical trade-offs in tailoring implementation interventions

SM McHugh, F Riordan, GM Curran… - Frontiers in Health …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Tailored interventions have been shown to be effective and tailoring is a popular process
with intuitive appeal for researchers and practitioners. However, the concept and process …

The Cultural Adaptation Checklist (CAC): Quality indicators for cultural adaptation of intervention and practice

JD Lee, H Meadan, MM Sands, AK Terol… - International Journal …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Cultural adaptation of evidence-based interventions for children with developmental
disabilities, including autism, is an effective way to increase the effectiveness and …

Strengthening the science and practice of implementation support: Evaluating the effectiveness of training and technical assistance centers

A Wandersman, LM Scheier - Evaluation & the Health …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Hundreds of millions of dollars are spent each year by US federal agencies for training and
technical assistance (TTA) to be delivered by training and technical assistance centers …

Intervening for sustainable change: Tailoring strategies to align with values and principles of communities

A Metz, K Kainz, A Boaz - Frontiers in health services, 2023 - frontiersin.org
This paper presents a rationale for tailoring implementation strategies within a values-driven
implementation approach. Values-driven implementation seeks to organize implementers …

Common elements approaches to implementation research and practice: methods and integration with intervention science

T Engell, NA Stadnick, GA Aarons… - … research and applications, 2023 - Springer
We propose that common elements approaches can advance implementation research and
practice and facilitate pragmatic use of intervention and implementation evidence. Common …

The mechanisms of implementation support-findings from a systematic integrative review

B Albers, A Metz, K Burke, L Bührmann… - Research on Social …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Purpose: Mechanisms of Change (MoC) explain how strategies used to enhance the uptake
of evidence in social and human services enable change in the behaviors of individual …