Research  

Translating research findings into practice – the implementation of kangaroo mother care in Ghana

Anne-Marie Bergh, Rhoda Manu, Karen Davy, Elise van Rooyen, Gloria Asare, J Koku Williams, McDamien Dedzo, Akwasi Twumasi, Alexis Nang-beifubah Implementation Science 2012, 7:75 (13 August 2012)

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Study protocol  

Improving the care of people with traumatic brain injury through the Neurotrauma Evidence Translation (NET) program: protocol for a program of research

Sally E Green, Marije Bosch, Joanne E McKenzie, Denise A O’Connor, Emma J Tavender, Peter Bragge, Marisa Chau, Veronica Pitt, Jeffrey V Rosenfeld, Russell L Gruen Implementation Science 2012, 7:74 (7 August 2012)

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Research  

‘It’s a can of worms’: understanding primary care practitioners’ behaviours in relation to HPV using the theoretical domains framework

Lisa A McSherry, Stephan U Dombrowski, Jill J Francis, Judith Murphy, Cara M Martin, John J O’Leary, Linda Sharp, ATHENS Group Implementation Science 2012, 7:73 (3 August 2012)

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Research  

Decision boxes for clinicians to support evidence-based practice and shared decision making: the user experience

Anik Giguere, France Légaré, Roland Grad, Pierre Pluye, R Haynes, Michel Cauchon, François Rousseau, Juliana Argote, Michel Labrecque Implementation Science 2012, 7:72 (3 August 2012)

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Editorial  

Implementation Science six years on—our evolving scope and common reasons for rejection without review

Martin P Eccles, Robbie Foy, Anne Sales, Michel Wensing, Brian Mittman Implementation Science 2012, 7:71 (27 July 2012)

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Systematic review  

Systematic review of knowledge translation strategies in the allied health professions

Shannon D Scott, Lauren Albrecht, Kathy O’Leary, Geoff DC Ball, Lisa Hartling, Anne Hofmeyer, C Allyson Jones, Terry P Klassen, Katharina Kovacs Burns, Amanda S Newton, David Thompson, Donna M Dryden Implementation Science 2012, 7:70 (25 July 2012)

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Research  

Drawbacks and benefits associated with inter-organizational collaboration along the discovery-development-delivery continuum: a cancer research network case study

Jenine K Harris, Keith G Provan, Kimberly J Johnson, Scott J Leischow Implementation Science 2012, 7:69 (25 July 2012)

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Research  

Patients’ perspectives on the implementation of intra-dialytic cycling—a phenomenographic study

Susanne Heiwe, Helena Tollin Implementation Science 2012, 7:68 (25 July 2012)

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Research  

Integrating guideline development and implementation: analysis of guideline development manual instructions for generating implementation advice

Anna R Gagliardi, Melissa C Brouwers Implementation Science 2012, 7:67 (23 July 2012)

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Research  

Implementing nurse-initiated and managed antiretroviral treatment (NIMART) in South Africa: a qualitative process evaluation of the STRETCH trial

Daniella Georgeu, Christopher J Colvin, Simon Lewin, Lara Fairall, Max O Bachmann, Kerry Uebel, Merrick Zwarenstein, Beverly Draper, Eric D Bateman Implementation Science 2012, 7:66 (16 July 2012)

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Research  

Measurement properties of a novel survey to assess stages of organizational readiness for evidence-based interventions in community chronic disease prevention settings

Katherine A Stamatakis, Amy McQueen, Carl Filler, Elizabeth Boland, Mariah Dreisinger, Ross C Brownson, Douglas A Luke Implementation Science 2012, 7:65 (16 July 2012)

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Study protocol  

Brief cognitive behavioral therapy in primary care: a hybrid type 2 patient-randomized effectiveness-implementation design

Jeffrey A Cully, Maria E A Armento, Juliette Mott, Michael R Nadorff, Aanand D Naik, Melinda A Stanley, Kristen H Sorocco, Mark E Kunik, Nancy J Petersen, Michael R Kauth Implementation Science 2012, 7:64 (11 July 2012)

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Study protocol  

Supporting Treatment decision making to Optimise the Prevention of STROKE in Atrial Fibrillation: The STOP STROKE in AF study. Protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial

Melina Gattellari, John M Worthington, Dominic Y Leung, Nicholas Zwar Implementation Science 2012, 7:63 (6 July 2012)

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Methodology  

Developing clinical practice guidelines: reviewing, reporting, and publishing guidelines; updating guidelines; and the emerging issues of enhancing guideline implementability and accounting for comorbid conditions in guideline development

Paul Shekelle, Steven Woolf, Jeremy M Grimshaw, Holger J Schünemann, Martin P Eccles Implementation Science 2012, 7:62 (4 July 2012)

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Methodology  

Developing clinical practice guidelines: types of evidence and outcomes; values and economics, synthesis, grading, and presentation and deriving recommendations

Steven Woolf, Holger J Schünemann, Martin P Eccles, Jeremy M Grimshaw, Paul Shekelle Implementation Science 2012, 7:61 (4 July 2012)

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Methodology  

Developing clinical practice guidelines: target audiences, identifying topics for guidelines, guideline group composition and functioning and conflicts of interest

Martin P Eccles, Jeremy M Grimshaw, Paul Shekelle, Holger J Schünemann, Steven Woolf Implementation Science 2012, 7:60 (4 July 2012)

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Research  

Measurement of a model of implementation for health care: toward a testable theory

Joan M Cook, Casey O’Donnell, Stephanie Dinnen, James C Coyne, Josef I Ruzek, Paula P Schnurr Implementation Science 2012, 7:59 (3 July 2012)

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Study protocol  

Designing a strategy to implement cost-effective blood transfusion management in elective hip and knee arthroplasties: A study protocol

Veronique MA Voorn, Perla J Marang-van de Mheen, Cynthia So-Osman, Thea PM Vliet Vlieland, Ankie WMM Koopman-van Gemert, Rob GHH Nelissen, Leti van Bodegom-Vos, for the LISBOA study group Implementation Science 2012, 7:58 (30 June 2012)

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Study protocol  

Understanding the performance and impact of public knowledge translation funding interventions: Protocol for an evaluation of Canadian Institutes of Health Research knowledge translation funding programs

Robert K D McLean, Ian D Graham, Kwadwo Bosompra, Yumna Choudhry, Stephanie E Coen, Martha MacLeod, Christopher Manuel, Ryan McCarthy, Adrian Mota, David Peckham, Jacqueline M Tetroe, Joanne Tucker Implementation Science 2012, 7:57 (22 June 2012)

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Research  

The organizational social context of mental health services and clinician attitudes toward evidence-based practice: a United States national study

Gregory A Aarons, Charles Glisson, Phillip D Green, Kimberly Hoagwood, Kelly J Kelleher, John A Landsverk, The Research Network on Youth Mental Health Implementation Science 2012, 7:56 (22 June 2012)

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Study protocol  

Designing an implementation strategy to improve interprofessional shared decision making in sciatica: study protocol of the DISC study

Stefanie N Hofstede, Perla J Marang-van de Mheen, Willem JJ Assendelft, Carmen LA Vleggeert-Lankamp, Anne M Stiggelbout, Patrick CAJ Vroomen, Wilbert B van den Hout, Thea PM Vliet Vlieland, Leti van Bodegom-Vos, for the DISC study group Implementation Science 2012, 7:55 (15 June 2012)

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Study protocol  

Delayed educational reminders for long-term medication adherence in ST-elevation myocardial infarction (DERLA-STEMI): Protocol for a pragmatic, cluster-randomized controlled trial

Noah M Ivers, Jon-David Schwalm, Jeremy M Grimshaw, Holly Witteman, Monica Taljaard, Merrick Zwarenstein, Madhu K Natarajan Implementation Science 2012, 7:54 (9 June 2012)

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Debate  

Creatures of habit: accounting for the role of habit in implementation research on clinical behaviour change

Per Nilsen, Kerstin Roback, Anders Broström, Per-Erik Ellström Implementation Science 2012, 7:53 (9 June 2012)

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Research  

Anesthesiologists’ and surgeons’ perceptions about routine pre-operative testing in low-risk patients: application of the Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF) to identify factors that influence physicians’ decisions to order pre-operative tests

Andrea M Patey, Rafat Islam, Jill J Francis, Gregory L Bryson, Jeremy M Grimshaw, the Canada PRIME Plus Team Implementation Science 2012, 7:52 (9 June 2012)

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Study protocol  

A prospective multiple case study of the impact of emerging scientific evidence on established colorectal cancer screening programs: a study protocol

Hannah Geddie, Mark J Dobrow, Jeffrey S Hoch, Linda Rabeneck Implementation Science 2012, 7:51 (1 June 2012)

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