ArticleImplementation science communications2025
Proactive planning for contextual fit: the role of the implementation premortem.
Article in Implementation science communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
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- Exploring Health Priorities in the Barbershop: A Modified Delphi Study of Barbers' and Clients' Views on What is Important and What is Feasible.Journal of community health · 2026Article
- When scientific constraints and real-world implementation collide: Lessons from a hybrid type 3 study of a digital, direct-to-consumer HIV prevention program.Research square · 2026Article
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Abstract
backgroundImplementation failure is a major barrier to program success. It is widely acknowledged that context matters-individual, community, and organizational norms, values, environment, and priorities influence successful program implementation. A mismatch between how the program was intended to be delivered and the constraints of the context in which it was delivered is a major cause of implementation failure. The barriers to implementation are usually understood after a program has failed. Although there are tools that can help accommodate for, or overcome, contextually-driven sources of implementation failure, there remains a significant gap - a tool and structured approach to analyze data that is designed to proactively predict how and why implementation might fail due to context. METHODS AND
resultsThis manuscript contains: (1) the history and underpinning theories behind the implementation premortem; (2) a description of the implementation premortem - a tool that can be used prospectively in conjunction with existing tools to proactively promote contextual fit of implementation strategies; (3) an example of an implementation premortem; (4) useful frameworks to use when analyzing data derived from an implementation premortem; and (5) challenges and limitations of the implementation premortem.
conclusionsUltimately, an implementation premortem is a tool that when combined with a structured analytic approach can be used to promote efficiency in learning about contextually-relevant considerations that can influence the impact, feasibility, and sustainability of an implementation effort.
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