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.

Note that not all articles are open access, so reading the full text of an article may require journal subscription access. Open access articles are indicated with the ✪ symbol.

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2020 Publications

“We understand our community”: Implementation of the Healthy Eating Healthy Aging program among community-based organizations

June 25, 2020
Translational Behavioral Medicine

✪ Community-based postpartum contraceptive counseling in rural Nepal: a mixed-methods evaluation

June 17, 2020
Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on HIV Testing and Assisted Partner Notification Services, Western Kenya

June 2, 2020
AIDS and Behavior

Organizational readiness assessment in acute and long-term care has important implications for antibiotic stewardship for asymptomatic bacteriuria

May 10, 2020
American Journal of Infection Control

Use of the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) to Characterize Healthcare Workers’ Perspectives on Financial Incentives to Increase Pediatric HIV Testing

May 1, 2020
JAIDS

✪ A phased approach to implementing the Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI‐RADS) in low‐income and middle‐income countries

April 29, 2020
Cancer

✪ The role of dissemination and implementation science in global breast cancer control programs: Frameworks, methods, and examples

April 29, 2020
Cancer

✪ Situational analysis of breast health care systems: Why context matters

April 29, 2020
Cancer

✪ Breast cancer treatment: A phased approach to implementation

April 29, 2020
Cancer

✪ The Breast Health Global Initiative 2018 Global Summit on Improving Breast Healthcare Through Resource‐Stratified Phased Implementation: Methods and overview

April 29, 2020
Cancer

✪ Breast cancer early detection: A phased approach to implementation

April 29, 2020
Cancer

✪ A systematic review of empirical studies examining mechanisms of implementation in health

April 16, 2020
Implementation Science

Authors’ Response to: Novel Data Linkage for Quality Improvement in Palliative and End-of-Life Care

April 1, 2020
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Race and Equity in Statewide Implementation Programs: An Application of the Policy Ecology of Implementation Framework

March 19, 2020
Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research

✪ 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

March 18, 2020
BMC Health Services Research

✪ Evaluating the implementation of cervical cancer screening programs in low-resource settings globally: a systematized review

March 17, 2020
Cancer Causes & Control

✪ Evaluating and optimizing the consolidated framework for implementation research (CFIR) for use in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review

March 12, 2020
Implementation Science

✪ Systems analysis and improvement approach to optimize the hypertension diagnosis and care cascade for PLHIV individuals (SAIA-HTN): A hybrid type III cluster randomized trial

March 6, 2020
Implementation Science

✪ Implementation outcomes and strategies for depression interventions in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review

March 2, 2020
Global Mental Health

ImPlementation REsearCh to DEvelop Interventions for People Living with HIV (the PRECluDE consortium): Combatting chronic disease comorbidities in HIV populations through implementation research

March 1, 2020
Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases

The impact of localized implementation: Determining the cost-effectiveness of HIV prevention and care interventions across six United States cities

March 1, 2020
AIDS

✪ Responding to the challenge of Adolescent Perinatal Depression (RAPiD): Protocol for a cluster randomized hybrid trial of psychosocial intervention in primary maternal care

February 27, 2020
Trials

✪ Aligning implementation and user-centered design strategies to enhance the impact of health services: results from a concept mapping study

February 26, 2020
Implementation Science Communications

✪ Study protocol for evaluating Six Building Blocks for opioid management implementation in primary care practices

February 26, 2020
Implementation Science Communications

✪ 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

February 21, 2020
BMC Health Services Research

Development of a Wellness Committee Implementation Index for Workplace Health Promotion Programs in Small Businesses

February 20, 2020
American Journal of Health Promotion

Clinical Hypnosis for Chronic Pain in Outpatient Integrative Medicine: An Implementation and Training Model

February 4, 2020
The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Two Medicaid health plans’ models and motivations for improving colorectal cancer screening rates

February 1, 2020
Translational Behavioral Medicine

De-implementing Inhaled Corticosteroids to Improve Care and Safety in COPD Treatment: Primary Care Providers’ Perspectives

January 31, 2020
Journal of General Internal Medicine

✪ Longitudinal Remote Coaching for Implementation of Perinatal Collaborative Care: A Mixed-Methods Analysis

January 30, 2020
Psychiatric Services

✪ Addressing low-value pharmacological prescribing in primary prevention of CVD through a structured evidence-based and theory-informed process for the design and testing of de-implementation strategies: the DE-imFAR study

January 22, 2020
Implementation Science

Effectiveness of Task-Shifted Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Children Who Experienced Parental Death and Posttraumatic Stress in Kenya and Tanzania

January 22, 2020
JAMA Psychiatry

Organizational readiness to implement population‐based screening and genetic service delivery for hereditary cancer prevention and control

January 22, 2020
Journal of Genetic Counseling

✪ Measuring fidelity, feasibility, costs: an implementation evaluation of a cluster-controlled trial of group antenatal care in rural Nepal

January 17, 2020
Reproductive Health

A Pharmacist-Led, Same-Day, HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Initiation Program to Increase PrEP Uptake and Decrease Time to PrEP Initiation

January 14, 2020
AIDS Patient Care and STDs

✪ Advancing successful implementation of task-shifted mental health care in low-resource settings (BASIC): Protocol for a stepped wedge cluster randomized trial

January 8, 2020
BMC Psychiatry

Evaluating a Train-the-Trainer Approach for Increasing EBP Training Capacity in Community Mental Health

January 2, 2020
The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research

2019 Publications

2018 Publications

2017 Publications

2016 Publications