Implementation strategies: recommendations for specifying and reporting

Implementation strategies have unparalleled importance in implementation science, as they constitute the 'how to' component of changing healthcare practice. Yet, implementation researchers and other stakeholders are not able to fully utilize the findings of studies focusing on implementation strategies because they are often inconsistently labelled and poorly described, are rarely justified theoretically, lack operational definitions or manuals to guide their use, and are part of 'packaged' approaches whose specific elements are poorly understood. We address the challenges of specifying and reporting implementation strategies encountered by researchers who design, conduct, and report research on implementation…

• WU
  Washington University in St. Louis
• IO
  Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences
• NI
  National Institute of Mental Health

  Award: UL1 RR024992
• NC
  National Center for Research Resources

  Awards: RR024992, UL1 RR024992