✪ Reimagining policy implementation science in a global context: a theoretical discussion

Abstract:

Introduction

Policy implementation science (IS) is defined here as generating knowledge and deploying implementation strategies to effectively adopt and integrate evidence-based interventions (EBIs) into policy designs and improve policy implementation and effectiveness (1–3). Most existing policy IS scholarly works originate from the Global North (United States, Canada, and Western Europe) and describe or evaluate strategies to increase the uptake of EBIs (4). The existing Global North-generated frameworks focus less on the critical resources needed to formulate and implement a policy in diverse settings. Current approaches to policy IS lack sufficient contextual nuance to be applicable to...[read more].

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