Key papers in implementation science

General: 

Dhaini et al. Swiss Implementation Science Network (IMPACT): A Crucial Building Block to Strengthen the Swiss Research Pipeline for Real-World Translation. Int. J Public Health, 29 April 2021. doi: 10.3389/ijph.2021.1604081

De Geest et al. Powering Swiss health care for the future: implementation science to bridge “the valley of death”. Swiss Medical Weekly 2020. doi: 10.4414/smw.2020.20323

Mielke et al. Unraveling implementation context: the Basel Approach for coNtextual ANAlysis (BANANA) in implementation science and its application in the SMILe project. Implementation Science Communications 2022. doi: 10.1186/s43058-022-00354-7

Peters et al. Implementation research: what is it and how to do it? BMJ 2013; 347. doi: 10.1136/bmj.f6753

Hybrid designs:

Curran et al. Effectiveness-implemenation hybrid designs: combining elements of clinical effectiveness and implementation research to enhance public health impact. Medical care 2012. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3182408812

Brown et al. An Overview of Research and Evaluation Designs for Dissemination and Implementation. Annu Rev Public Health. 2017; 38: 1–22. doi: 10.1146/annurev-publhealth-031816-044215

Context analysis: 

Flottorp et al. A checklist for identifying determinants of practice: A systematic review and synthesis of frameworks and taxonomies of factors that prevent or enable improvements in healthcare professional practice. Implementation Science 2013, 8:35. doi: 10.1186/1748-5908-8-35

Pfadenhauer et al. Making sense of complexity in context and implementation: the Context and Implementation of Complex Interventions (CICI) framework. Implementation Science 2017, 12:21. doi: 10.1186/s13012-017-0552-5

Implementation strategies: 

Waltz et al. Use of concept mapping to characterize relationships among implementation strategies and assess their feasibility and importance: results from the Expert Recommendations for implementing Change (ERIC) study. Implementation Science 2015. doi: 10.1186/s13012-015-0295-0

Bunger et al. Tracking implementation strategies: a description of a practical approach and early findings. BMC Health Research Policy and Systems 2017, 15:15. doi: 10.1186/s12961-017-0175-y

Implementation outcomes:

Proctor et al. Outcomes for implementation research: conceptual distinctions, measurement challenges, and research agenda. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research 2011. doi: 10.1007/s10488-010-0319-7

Adapting EB interventions:

Bartholomew et al. Using Intervention Mapping to Adapt Evidence-Based Interventions. In: Bartholomew Eldredge L, Markham C, Ruiter R, Fernandez M, Kok G, Parcel G, eds. Planning health promotion programs: an intervention mapping approach. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass; 2016: 597–649.