Table of Contents

Contributors


Preface


Instructor Resources


Chapter 1. Introducing Implementation Science by Bryan J. Weiner, Cara C. Lewis, and Kenneth Sherr


Chapter 2. Assessing the Practice (Know-Do) Gap by Christine Fahim and Sharon E. Straus


Chapter 3. Selecting Evidence-Based Interventions to Reduce Practice Gaps by Jennifer Leeman, Mary Wangen, and Cam Escoffery


Chapter 4. Adaptation of Evidence-Based Interventions by Heidi La Bash, Fiona C. Thomas, and Shannon Wiltsey Stirman


Chapter 5. Understanding Barriers and Facilitators for Implementation Across Settings by Maria E. Fernandez, Laura Damschroder, and Bijal Balasubramanian


Chapter 6. Engaging Stakeholders by Melanie Pellechhia, Kimberly T. Arnold, Liza Tomczuk, and Rinad S. Beidas


Chapter 7. Creating a Structure for Implementation: Building Implementation Teams and Developing Implementation Plans by Kevin Fiori, Hueiming Liu, and Lisa R. Hirschhorn


Chapter 8. How to Implement an Evidence-Based Intervention by Ryan R. Singh and Lisa Saldana


Chapter 9. An Introduction to Evaluation and Learning in Implementation Science by Arianna Rubin Means, Bradley H. Wagenaar, Sarah J. Masyuko, and Anjuli D. Wagner


Chapter 10. Disseminating Information about Evidence-Based Interventions by Jonathan Purtle, Margaret E. Crane, Katherine L. Nelson, and Ross C. Brownson


Chapter 11. Scaling Up Evidence-Based Interventions by Ruth Simmons, Peter Fajans, and Laura Ghiron


Chapter 12. Sustaining Evidence-Based Interventions by Rachel C. Shelton and Nicole Nathan


Chapter 13. De-implementing Low-Value Practices in Healthcare and Public Health by Christian D. Helfrich, Barbara R. Majerczyk, and Elspeth Nolen


Chapter 14. Implementation Science in Policy by Heather L. Bullock, Michael G. Wilson, and John N. Lavis


Glossary


Index

About the Author

Bryan Weiner, PhD is a Professor in the Departments of Global Health and Health Services at the University of Washington. Dr. Weiner’s research focuses on the implementation of innovations and evidence-based practices in healthcare. Over the past 23 years, he has examined a wide range of innovations including quality improvement practices, care management practices, and patient safety practices; as well evidence-based clinical practices in cancer and cardiovascular disease. His research has advanced implementation science by creating knowledge about the organizational determinants of effective implementation, developing new theories of implementation, and improving the state of measurement in the field.

Kenneth Sherr, PhD is a Professor in the Department of Global Health at the University of Washington. Dr. Sherr’s research focuses on developing and testing practical solutions to support data-drive decision making and service integration into the primary health care framework to improve health system coverage and quality. Dr. Sherr has led the development of implementation science training curricula in the Department of Global Health at the University of Washington, including the development of the Ph.D. program in implementation science in 2012.

Cara C. Lewis, PhD is a clinical psychologist, Associate Investigator at Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute and affiliate faculty in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington. She is Past President of the Society for Implementation Research Collaboration and co-founding Editor-in-Chief of the proposed SIRC journal. Her research focuses on advancing pragmatic and rigorous measures and methods for implementation science and practice and informing tailored implementation of evidence-based practices. She is also a Beck Scholar with expertise in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.