Implementation Science and Urban Health Research

Fostering implementation of health services research findings into practice: a consolidated framework for advancing implementation science

BACKGROUND Many interventions found to be effective in health services research studies fail to translate into meaningful patient care outcomes across multiple contexts. Health services researchers recognize the need to evaluate not only summative outcomes but also formative outcomes to assess the extent to which implementation is effective in a specific setting, prolongs sustainability, and pr...

Operational research as implementation science: definitions, challenges and research priorities

BACKGROUND Operational research (OR) is the discipline of using models, either quantitative or qualitative, to aid decision-making in complex implementation problems. The methods of OR have been used in healthcare since the 1950s in diverse areas such as emergency medicine and the interface between acute and community care; hospital performance; scheduling and management of patient home visits;...

Advances in Health Science Research

The invention of thiazolidinediones, also referred to as glitazones, has been one of the greatest developments in the treatment of Type II diabetes over the last two decades. Although the efficacy of the glitazones is substantial, their use has been limited by adverse effects including edema, weight gain and cardiac issues. While still being used for a specific subset of diabetic patients, much...

Dissemination and Implementation Research: Intersection between Nursing Science and Health Care Delivery

Dissemination is the targeted distribution of information and intervention materials to spread knowledge and evidence-based interventions to a larger audience (NIH, 2011). Implementation is the use of strategies to promote the systematic uptake of evidence-based practices into routine practice and healthcare policy to improve the quality and effectiveness of health services (IOM, 2012). The dis...

Journal of Membrane Science and Research