Research Excellence
University of Washington researchers, in collaboration with researchers around the world, are advancing the field of implementation science across many specialties and disciplines. Below you will find recent implementation science publications that include at least one University of Washington co-author.
Publications are listed in reverse chronological order, with the most recent publications first. Within each post, UW co-authors are indicated in bold.
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2020 Publications
Optimizing treatment cascades for mental healthcare in Mozambique: Preliminary effectiveness of the Systems Analysis and Improvement Approach for Mental Health (SAIA-MH)
✪ Design of a care pathway for pharmacy-based PrEP delivery in Kenya: Results from a collaborative stakeholder consultation
✪ Identifying pathways for large-scale implementation of a school-based mental health programme in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: A theory-driven approach
✪ How to evaluate the implementation of complex health programmes in low-income settings: the approach of the Gavi Full Country Evaluations
✪ Variant Classification Concordance using the ACMG-AMP Variant Interpretation Guidelines across Nine Genomic Implementation Research Studies
✪ Unintended uses, meanings, and consequences: HIV self-testing among female sex workers in urban Uganda
Responding to the Call: a New JGIM Area of Emphasis for Implementation and Quality Improvement Sciences
Enhancing integrated psychosocial oncology through leveraging the oncology social worker’s role in collaborative care
✪ Implementation Science to Advance Practice and Curricular Transformation: Report of the 2019-2020 AACP Research and Graduate Affairs Committee
✪ Pharmacy delivery to expand the reach of PrEP in Africa
✪ Implementing combined WHO mhGAP and adapted group interpersonal psychotherapy to address depression and mental health needs of pregnant adolescents in Kenyan primary health care settings (INSPIRE): a study protocol for pilot feasibility trial of the integrated intervention in LMIC settings
Implementation-as-Usual in Community-Based Organizations Providing Specialized Services to Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Mixed Methods Study
From research to international scale-up: stakeholder engagement essential in successful design, evaluation and implementation of paediatric HIV testing intervention
✪ Health plan adaptations to a mailed outreach program for colorectal cancer screening among Medicaid and Medicare enrollees: the BeneFIT study
✪ Implementation Science to Respond to the COVID-19 Pandemic
✪ Implementation of Home-Based Telemental Health in a Large Child Psychiatry Department During the COVID-19 Crisis
✪ Practice facilitation to implement alcohol-related care in Veterans Health Administration liver clinics: a study protocol
Integration of mental health screening and treatment into cystic fibrosis clinics: Evaluation of initial implementation in 84 programs across the United States
✪ An implementation study of oral and blood‐based HIV self‐testing and linkage to care among men in rural and peri‐urban KwaZulu‐Natal, South Africa
“We understand our community”: Implementation of the Healthy Eating Healthy Aging program among community-based organizations
✪ Community-based postpartum contraceptive counseling in rural Nepal: a mixed-methods evaluation
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on HIV Testing and Assisted Partner Notification Services, Western Kenya
Organizational readiness assessment in acute and long-term care has important implications for antibiotic stewardship for asymptomatic bacteriuria
✪ A systematic review of empirical studies examining mechanisms of implementation in health
Authors’ Response to: Novel Data Linkage for Quality Improvement in Palliative and End-of-Life Care
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✪ A targeted systematic review of cost analyses for implementation of simulation-based education in healthcare
Race and Equity in Statewide Implementation Programs: An Application of the Policy Ecology of Implementation Framework
✪ HIV-exposed infant follow-up in Mozambique: Formative research findings for the design of a cluster randomized controlled trial to improve testing and ART initiation
✪ Evaluating the implementation of cervical cancer screening programs in low-resource settings globally: a systematized review
✪ Evaluating and optimizing the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) for use in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review
✪ Implementation outcomes and strategies for depression interventions in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review
ImPlementation REsearCh to DEvelop Interventions for People Living with HIV (the PRECluDE consortium): Combatting chronic disease comorbidities in HIV populations through implementation research
✪ Aligning implementation and user-centered design strategies to enhance the impact of health services: results from a concept mapping study
✪ Study protocol for evaluating Six Building Blocks for opioid management implementation in primary care practices
✪ First-year implementation of mailed FIT colorectal cancer screening programs in two Medicaid/Medicare health insurance plans: qualitative learnings from health plan quality improvement staff and leaders
Development of a Wellness Committee Implementation Index for Workplace Health Promotion Programs in Small Businesses
Clinical Hypnosis for Chronic Pain in Outpatient Integrative Medicine: An Implementation and Training Model
Validation of a counseling guide for adherence to antiretroviral therapy using implementation science
Two Medicaid health plans’ models and motivations for improving colorectal cancer screening rates
De-implementing Inhaled Corticosteroids to Improve Care and Safety in COPD Treatment: Primary Care Providers’ Perspectives
✪ Longitudinal Remote Coaching for Implementation of Perinatal Collaborative Care: A Mixed-Methods Analysis
Organizational readiness to implement population‐based screening and genetic service delivery for hereditary cancer prevention and control
✪ Measuring fidelity, feasibility, costs: an implementation evaluation of a cluster-controlled trial of group antenatal care in rural Nepal
A Pharmacist-Led, Same-Day, HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Initiation Program to Increase PrEP Uptake and Decrease Time to PrEP Initiation
Evaluating a Train-the-Trainer Approach for Increasing EBP Training Capacity in Community Mental Health
2019 Publications
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December 31, 2019 11:47 am
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December 23, 2019 11:52 am
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December 20, 2019 9:40 am
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December 17, 2019 11:13 am
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December 15, 2019 11:24 am
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December 12, 2019 10:56 am
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December 4, 2019 11:02 pm
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December 2, 2019 10:38 am
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November 21, 2019 10:06 am
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November 20, 2019 2:21 pm
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November 13, 2019 2:27 pm
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November 13, 2019 11:40 am
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November 11, 2019 10:33 am
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November 8, 2019 9:17 am
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October 29, 2019 2:08 pm
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October 22, 2019 8:18 am
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October 12, 2019 11:55 am
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October 10, 2019 10:07 am
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October 1, 2019 10:27 am
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October 1, 2019 8:13 am
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September 27, 2019 11:33 am
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September 11, 2019 10:41 am
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September 10, 2019 11:55 am
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September 10, 2019 11:06 am
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September 9, 2019 11:03 am
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July 24, 2019 11:31 am
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June 14, 2019 1:10 pm
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June 13, 2019 1:10 pm
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June 13, 2019 8:11 am
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May 31, 2019 12:44 pm
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April 27, 2019 11:03 am
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April 5, 2019 8:56 am
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March 27, 2019 11:38 am
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March 19, 2019 10:57 am
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March 13, 2019 12:11 pm
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February 22, 2019 11:58 am
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February 22, 2019 9:02 am
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February 15, 2019 11:20 am
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February 12, 2019 11:05 am
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February 12, 2019 10:49 am
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January 25, 2019 12:10 pm
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January 25, 2019 8:23 am
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January 22, 2019 2:14 pm
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January 22, 2019 10:31 am
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January 10, 2019 10:53 am
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January 8, 2019 8:01 am
2018 Publications
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December 15, 2018 12:04 pm
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December 13, 2018 11:10 am
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December 12, 2018 8:17 pm
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December 7, 2018 10:33 am
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November 28, 2018 11:43 am
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November 22, 2018 1:59 pm
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November 22, 2018 12:00 pm
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November 1, 2018 3:02 pm
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October 16, 2018 1:23 pm
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October 13, 2018 1:16 pm
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October 4, 2018 1:28 pm
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September 10, 2018 1:12 pm
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September 4, 2018 9:35 am
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September 1, 2018 9:27 am
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August 22, 2018 9:07 am
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August 15, 2018 11:50 am
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August 6, 2018 12:34 pm
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August 3, 2018 12:49 pm
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July 28, 2018 8:21 am
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July 23, 2018 3:05 pm
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July 12, 2018 10:24 am
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July 10, 2018 10:20 am
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July 1, 2018 3:40 pm
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July 1, 2018 3:36 pm
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July 1, 2018 10:35 am
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May 16, 2018 3:10 pm
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May 16, 2018 11:20 am
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May 11, 2018 3:08 pm
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May 11, 2018 11:09 am
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May 7, 2018 1:52 pm
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April 25, 2018 3:16 pm
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April 23, 2018 1:02 pm
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April 11, 2018 10:44 am
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April 10, 2018 3:03 pm
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March 29, 2018 11:26 am
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March 27, 2018 1:08 pm
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March 15, 2018 1:12 pm
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March 15, 2018 11:05 am
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March 5, 2018 2:00 pm
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February 7, 2018 3:17 pm
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February 7, 2018 10:37 am
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January 24, 2018 11:38 am
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January 18, 2018 1:17 pm
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January 15, 2018 11:14 am
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January 10, 2018 10:27 am
2017 Publications
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December 27, 2017 1:21 pm
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December 21, 2017 2:48 pm
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December 21, 2017 2:41 pm
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December 21, 2017 2:39 pm
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December 21, 2017 2:33 pm
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December 21, 2017 2:30 pm
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December 21, 2017 1:23 pm
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December 19, 2017 1:28 pm
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November 1, 2017 2:52 pm
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October 3, 2017 12:22 pm
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September 2, 2017 10:14 am
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August 29, 2017 12:25 pm
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August 17, 2017 1:32 pm
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May 2, 2017 12:35 pm
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April 21, 2017 1:25 pm
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April 1, 2017 12:29 pm
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March 3, 2017 11:31 am
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February 16, 2017 11:55 am
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February 16, 2017 11:24 am
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January 5, 2017 10:43 am
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January 5, 2017 10:39 am
2016 Publications
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November 15, 2016 10:35 am
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November 14, 2016 12:45 pm
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November 1, 2016 12:40 pm
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October 27, 2016 10:53 am
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October 10, 2016 10:23 am
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September 22, 2016 2:36 pm
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September 2, 2016 2:58 pm
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August 23, 2016 11:42 am
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August 1, 2016 11:52 am
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August 1, 2016 11:06 am
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July 20, 2016 11:16 am
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April 30, 2016 8:55 am
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March 10, 2016 10:31 am