ArticleImplementation science : IS2015
Making sense of implementation theories, models and frameworks.
Article in Implementation science : IS, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 5 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 2,073 papers, 11 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
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Who cites it
2,073 citing papers in PubMed, 11 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Implementation science frameworks and strategies to promote adoption of and adherence to oncology clinical practice guidelines in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review.BMC global and public health · 2026Pooled it
- Knowledge mobilization planning guides: a pragmatic synthesis and content analysis.Implementation science communications · 2026Pooled it
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- Barriers and facilitators to knowledge translation at the science-policy interface during the COVID-19 pandemic public health emergency: a rapid review and theoretical analysis to inform development of a logic model.BMC public health · 2026Pooled it
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- Young adults' access to mental health care: integrating the Primary Care Behavioral Health model into routine care in Sweden.BMC health services research · 2026Trial
- Stakeholders' experiences of physical activity programmes development, implementation, and evaluation in universities in the United Kingdom and Indonesia.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2026Article
- Implementing school-based nutrition interventions in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review of implementation strategies, frameworks, and outcomes.Global health action · 2026Article
- Effectiveness of virtual reality-based rehabilitation on quality of life and upper extremity functions among stroke survivors: A systematic review and meta-analysis.International journal of nursing studies advances · 2026Review
- Mapping implementation science in Pakistan's health sector: a scoping review of frameworks, strategies, and implementation outcomes.Global health action · 2026Article
- mHealth-supported tuberculosis contact investigation by community health workers in high-burden countries: a scoping review.Global health action · 2026Article
- Frameworks to analyse accessibility of public recreational spaces for persons with disabilities: a rapid scoping review.Global health action · 2026Article
- Stakeholders' views of the implementation of pharmacist prescribing in the community pharmacy setting: a mixed-methods systematic review.Exploratory research in clinical and social pharmacy · 2026Review
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Abstract
backgroundImplementation science has progressed towards increased use of theoretical approaches to provide better understanding and explanation of how and why implementation succeeds or fails. The aim of this article is to propose a taxonomy that distinguishes between different categories of theories, models and frameworks in implementation science, to facilitate appropriate selection and application of relevant approaches in implementation research and practice and to foster cross-disciplinary dialogue among implementation researchers. DISCUSSION: Theoretical approaches used in implementation science have three overarching aims: describing and/or guiding the process of translating research into practice (process models); understanding and/or explaining what influences implementation outcomes (determinant frameworks, classic theories, implementation theories); and evaluating implementation (evaluation frameworks). This article proposes five categories of theoretical approaches to achieve three overarching aims. These categories are not always recognized as separate types of approaches in the literature. While there is overlap between some of the theories, models and frameworks, awareness of the differences is important to facilitate the selection of relevant approaches. Most determinant frameworks provide limited "how-to" support for carrying out implementation endeavours since the determinants usually are too generic to provide sufficient detail for guiding an implementation process. And while the relevance of addressing barriers and enablers to translating research into practice is mentioned in many process models, these models do not identify or systematically structure specific determinants associated with implementation success. Furthermore, process models recognize a temporal sequence of implementation endeavours, whereas determinant frameworks do not explicitly take a process perspective of implementation.
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