Commentary

How are nutrition data visualization tools (DVTs) in India supporting decision-makers? This article shares the results of an analysis of 10 Indian data visualization tools (DVTs) that examined how DVTs contribute to the India nutrition landscape and proposes best practices. Authors: Jangid, Manita; Rana, Yashodhara; Becker, Laura; Aung, Tricia

5 PRACTICAL TIPS FOR MAPPING BARRIERS AND FACILITATORS TO AN IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORK Over the past few years, there has been a growing awareness of the importance of collecting barriers and facilitators data and mapping it to an implementation framework. However, lack of guidance exists on the ‘how to’ of this process. This article highlights some […]

Ten recommendations for using implementation frameworks in research and practice Background: Recent reviews of the use and application of implementation frameworks in implementation efforts highlight the limited use of frameworks, despite the value in doing so. As such, this article aims to provide recommendations to enhance the application of implementation frameworks, for implementation researchers, intermediaries, and […]

How India’s frontline nutrition programmes are reinventing themselves during the lockdown This blog shares insights from India on how government frontline food and nutrition programmes have adapted and reinvented themselves due to the sudden and widespread lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic Authors: Ahuja, Arti

Nutrition amid the COVID-19 pandemic: a multi-level framework for action This commentary presents a framework for action to maintain optimal nutrition at the individual, community, national and global levels during  the COVID-19 pandemic, using an adapted version of the ecological model of health behavior. Authors: Naja, Farah; Hamadeh, Rena

Overcoming Barriers to Applying Systems Thinking Mental Models in Policy-Making; Comment on “What Can Policy-Makers Get Out of Systems Thinking? Policy Partners’ Experiences of a Systems-Focused Research Collaboration in Preventive Health” Systems thinking provides the health system with important theories, models and approaches to understanding and assessing complexity. However, the utility and application of systems thinking […]

Multi‐level analysis of the learning health system: Integrating contributions from research on organizations and implementation Introduction: Organizations and systems that deliver health care may better adapt to rapid change in their environments by acting as learning organizations and learning health systems (LHSs). Despite widespread recognition that multilevel forces shape capacity for learning within care delivery organizations, […]

Lessons from using cluster-randomized evaluations to build evidence on large-scale nutrition behavior change interventions Abstract: The recent Nobel Prize in Economics for the use of experimental research to identify solutions to a range of development issues resonates with our work in nutrition. For over a decade, our research team has worked with a global nutrition […]

Practical Guide to Implementation Science Implementation science is the study of methods and strategies to promote the adoption and integration of proven clinical treatments, practices, organizational, and/or management interventions into routine practice and hence to improve health. It takes a mean of 17 years for research to translate to practice. Subsequently, patients may never be […]

Including Economic Evaluations in Implementation Science This editorial uses a recent study to illustrate the need for evaluators to incorporate economic considerations in implementation studies more routinely so that decision makers can better understand the resources involved in implementation. Authors: Yoon, Jean