Original Research

Testing a theory of strategic implementation leadership, implementation climate, and clinicians’ use of evidence-based practice: a 5-year panel analysis Background: Implementation theory suggests that first-level leaders, sometimes referred to as middle managers, can increase clinicians’ use of evidence-based practice (EBP) in healthcare settings by enacting specific leadership behaviors (i.e., proactive, knowledgeable, supportive, perseverant with regard to […]

Defining sustainability in practice: views from implementing real-world innovations in health care Background: One of the key conceptual challenges in advancing our understanding of how to more effectively sustain innovations in health care is the lack of clarity and agreement on what sustainability actually means. Several reviews have helped synthesize and clarify how researchers conceptualize and […]

What hinders and helps academics to conduct Dissemination and Implementation (D&I) research in the field of nutrition and physical activity? An international perspective Background: Ineffective research-practice translation is a major challenge to population health improvement. This paper presents an international perspective on the barriers and facilitators associated with the uptake of and engagement in Dissemination and […]

Compliance with Weekly Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation and Its Associated Factors among Adolescent Girls in Tamale Metropolis of Ghana Background. In Ghana, anaemia is a severe public health problem among adolescent girls. In an attempt to deal with this phenomenon, Ghana Ministry of Health in collaboration with other development partners developed and launched weekly […]

Time and Organizational Cost for Facilitating Implementation of Primary Care Mental Health Integration Background: Integrating mental health services into primary care settings is complex and challenging. Although facilitation strategies have successfully supported implementation of primary care mental health integration and other complex innovations, we know little about the time required or its cost. Objective: To […]

Supplement: Using Research to Improve Nutrition in the Context of an At-Scale Social Protection Program in Mexico This special supplement presents research that led to the redesign of the health component of the Progresa Conditional Cash Transfer program in Mexico , its implementation and evaluation at pilot scale, and its scale-up to national level, representing […]

Fidelity of Implementation of Prospera Digital: Evaluation of a Multi-Site mHealth Intervention Aimed at Improving Maternal Health Outcomes in Mexico Background: Infrastructure and human capital limitations motivate the design of mHealth programs, but their large-scale implementation may be challenging in a development context. Prospera Digital (PD) is a pilot mHealth intervention aiming to improve maternal and […]

Identifying Nutrition and Health-Relevant Behaviors, Beliefs, and Values of School-Going Adolescent Girls in Rural Bangladesh: Context for Interventions Background: Focusing on adolescent schoolgirls in rural Bangladesh, this study aimed to describe the nutrition-relevant context required for effective intervention planning. It included attention to dietary behaviors, daily schedules and activities, and girls’ beliefs and values. We […]

Is there a “complementary feeding cultural core” in rural Kenya? Results from ethnographic research in five counties Abstract: This investigation used data from focused ethnographic studies in five rural counties in Kenya to determine whether the concept of “special foods for infants and young children” exists in the different ethnic groups in these areas as […]

School-based deworming programme in Sanliurfa, Turkey: changing from externally funding phase to self-sufficient phase. In Sanliurfa, Turkey, externally funded temporary deworming activities have led to an internally funded self-sufficient programme in 2004-05 academic year. A total of 200,000 doses of mebendazole were distributed to schoolchildren, absentee children and small children and women through both schools […]