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Scanzera AC, Nyenhuis SM, Rudd BN, Ramaswamy M, Mazzucca S, Castro M, Kennedy DJ, Mermelstein RJ, Chambers DA, Dudek SM, Krishnan JA. Building a new regional home for implementation science: Annual Midwest Clinical & Translational Research Meetings. J Investig Med 2023; 71:567-576. [PMID: 37002618 DOI: 10.1177/10815589231166102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/20/2023]
Abstract
The vision of the Central Society for Clinical and Translational Research (CSCTR) is to "promote a vibrant, supportive community of multidisciplinary, clinical, and translational medical research to benefit humanity." Together with the Midwestern Section of the American Federation for Medical Research, CSCTR hosts an Annual Midwest Clinical & Translational Research Meeting, a regional multispecialty meeting that provides the opportunity for trainees and early-stage investigators to present their research to leaders in their fields. There is an increasing national and global interest in implementation science (IS), the systematic study of activities (or strategies) to facilitate the successful uptake of evidence-based health interventions in clinical and community settings. Given the growing importance of this field and its relevance to the goals of the CSCTR, in 2022, the Midwest Clinical & Translational Research Meeting incorporated new initiatives and sessions in IS. In this report, we describe the role of IS in the translational research spectrum, provide a summary of sessions from the 2022 Midwest Clinical & Translational Research Meeting, and highlight initiatives to complement national efforts to build capacity for IS through the annual meetings.
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- Angelica C Scanzera
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Institute for Juvenile Research, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- KU Medical Center, University of Kansas, Kansas City, KS, USA
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- KU Medical Center, University of Kansas, Kansas City, KS, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Toledo, OH, USA
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- Institute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
- Population Health Sciences Program, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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Kernebeck S, Scheibe M, Sinha M, Fischer F, Knapp A, Timpel P, Harst L, Reininghaus U, Vollmar HC. [Developing, Evaluating and Implementing Digital Health Interventions Part II - Discussion Paper of the Digital Health Working Group of the German Network for Health Services Research (DNVF)]. DAS GESUNDHEITSWESEN 2023; 85:65-70. [PMID: 36446616 PMCID: PMC11248873 DOI: 10.1055/a-1915-4371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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The methodological challenges of evaluating digital interventions (DI) for health services research are omnipresent. The Digital Health Working Group of the German Network for Health Services Research (DNVF) presented and discussed these challenges in a two-part discussion paper. The first part addressed challenges in definition, development and evaluation of DI. In this paper, which represents the second part, the definition of outcomes, reporting of results, synthesis of evidence, and implementation are addressed as methodological challenges of DI. Potential solutions are presented and the need to address these challenges in future research are discussed.
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- Sven Kernebeck
- Lehrstuhl für Didaktik und Bildungsforschung im
Gesundheitswesen – Fakultät für Gesundheit,
Universität Witten Herdecke, Witten, Germany
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- Zentrum für Evidenzbasierte Gesundheitsversorgung,
Universitätsklinikum und Medizinische Fakultät Carl Gustav Carus
an der TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Mitglied AG Bioinformatik, Charité Universitätsmedizin
Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Bayerisches Forschungszentrum Pflege Digital, Hochschule Kempten,
Kempten, Germany
- Institut für Public Health, Charité
Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin
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- Zentrum für Evidenzbasierte Gesundheitsversorgung,
Universitätsklinikum und Medizinische Fakultät Carl Gustav Carus
an der TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany
- WIG2 GmbH, Wissenschaftliches Institut für
Gesundheitsökonomie und Gesundheitssystemforschung, Leipzig,
Germany
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- Zentrum für Evidenzbasierte Gesundheitsversorgung,
Universitätsklinikum und Medizinische Fakultät Carl Gustav Carus
an der TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Public Mental Health, Central Institute of Mental Health,
University of Heidelberg, Manheim, Germany
- ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health, King’s College
London, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland
- Centre for Epidemiology and Public Health, Health Service and
Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology &
Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, Germany
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- Abteilung für Allgemeinmedizin (AM RUB), Medizinische
Fakultät, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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Ospina NS, Salloum RG, Maraka S, Brito JP. De-implementing low-value care in endocrinology. Endocrine 2021; 73:292-300. [PMID: 33977312 PMCID: PMC8476071 DOI: 10.1007/s12020-021-02732-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2021] [Accepted: 04/15/2021] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Low-value care exposes patients to ineffective, costly, and potentially harmful care. In endocrinology, low-value care practices are common in the care of patients with highly prevalent conditions. There is an urgent need to move past the identification of these practices to an active process of de-implementation. However, clinicians, researchers, and other stakeholders might lack familiarity with the frameworks and processes that can help guide successful de-implementation. To address this gap and support the de-implementation of low-value care, we provide a summary of low-value care practices in endocrinology and a primer on the fundamentals of de-implementation science. Our goal is to increase awareness of low-value care within endocrinology and suggest a path forward for addressing low-value care using principles of de-implementation science.
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- Naykky Singh Ospina
- Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of Florida, 1600 SW Archer Road, Room H2, Gainesville, FL, 32606, USA.
- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Knowledge and Evaluation Research Unit, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA.
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- Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics, College of Medicine, University of Florida, 2004 Mowry Road, Room 2243, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA
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- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Knowledge and Evaluation Research Unit, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA
- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 W. Markham St, #587, Little Rock, AR, 72205, USA
- Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, 4300W 7th St, #4E-132, Little Rock, AR, 72205, USA
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- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Knowledge and Evaluation Research Unit, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA
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Tabak RG, Bauman AA, Holtrop JS. Roles dissemination and implementation scientists can play in supporting research teams. Implement Sci Commun 2021; 2:9. [PMID: 33451364 PMCID: PMC7811259 DOI: 10.1186/s43058-020-00107-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2020] [Accepted: 12/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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The field of dissemination and implementation (D&I) science is rapidly growing, with many scientists seeking to apply D&I science to enhance and expand the impact of their work. As the D&I field grows and collaborations of implementation scientists with other fields flourish, a description for the roles for D&I scientists as they collaborate with researchers from other fields could be beneficial. This paper exemplifies how the D&I scientist/researcher collaborative process might work and important elements to consider in doing so, as well as provide an outline on how collaborations might progress for different project needs. This is discussed through example scenarios to consider an implementation scientists' engagement in a research project and describe potential roles for implementation scientists in supporting research teams. We then discuss characteristics to consider when incorporating a D&I expert into a team and considerations in navigating the scenarios.
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- Rachel G Tabak
- Prevention Research Center in St. Louis, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.
- Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis, Campus Box 1196, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO, 63130, USA.
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- Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis, Campus Box 1196, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO, 63130, USA
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- Department of Family Medicine and Dissemination and Implementation Research Program of the Adult and Child Consortium for Health Outcomes Research and Delivery Science (ACCORDS), University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA
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Montoya-Williams D, Salloum RG, Lorch SA. New Strategies to Tackle the Combined Biological and Social Context of Preterm Birth. Am J Perinatol 2021; 38:202-204. [PMID: 31480082 DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-1695774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Preterm birth rates in the population and associated racial inequities have remained relatively unchanged in the United States despite research aimed at prevention. This is potentially the result of the multifactorial pathophysiologic pathways that result in preterm birth, where biological and social drivers intersect in unique ways for different women. The field of dissemination and implementation (D&I) science may address this issue by promoting the contextually-aware uptake of science into health and health care delivery. STUDY DESIGN In this paper, we describe how the field of D&I science may afford new perspectives on preterm birth prevention to researchers and tools to design studies that translate clinical trial data into measurable changes at the level of the population. We discuss key examples where the perspectives and tools of D&I science have been used in conjunction with quality improvement methodology to change preterm birth rates in large population studies. We build on these case studies and suggest future D&I science-informed studies that could be explored. CONCLUSION Incorporating D&I scientific principles into the design of studies to prevent preterm birth may allow future research to better address the varied ways in which social forces comingle with biological risk factors to result in preterm birth.
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- Diana Montoya-Williams
- Division of Neonatology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Attending Neonatologist at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics, University of Florida, Florida
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Ha DA, Tran OM, Nguyen HL, Nguyen HT, Dao AM, Nguyen HV, Vu NC, Chiriboga G, Goldberg RJ, Houston TK, Allison JJ. Stakeholder Engagement in Late-Stage Translation Phase 4 Research for
Noncommunicable Diseases in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: What Works and
Why—The Vietnam Experience (UMMS—Vietnam Team). Glob Heart 2019; 14:143-147. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gheart.2019.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2019] [Accepted: 05/25/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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Tackling High Blood Pressure in Kenya and Other Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Why Now and What Can We Do? Glob Heart 2019; 14:71-73. [PMID: 31036304 DOI: 10.1016/j.gheart.2019.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2019] [Revised: 03/11/2019] [Accepted: 03/12/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Engelgau MM, Khoury MJ, Roper RA, Curry JS, Mensah GA. Predictive Analytics: Helping Guide the Implementation Research Agenda at
the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Glob Heart 2019; 14:75-79. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gheart.2019.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2019] [Accepted: 02/26/2019] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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A Critical Path Toward Fixing Health Care. Glob Heart 2019; 13:237-239. [PMID: 30509549 DOI: 10.1016/j.gheart.2018.09.509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Sampson UKA, McGlynn EA, Perlin JB, Frisse ME, Arnold SB, Benz EJ, Brennan T, Briss P, Beeuwkes Buntin MJ, Khosla S, King RG, Kuntz R, Leider H, Ling SM, Macrae J, Murray R, Thrailkill E, Wager C, Witchey D, Jacobson HR. Advancing the Science of Healthcare Service Delivery: The NHLBI Corporate Healthcare Leaders' Panel. Glob Heart 2018; 13:339-345. [PMID: 30301679 DOI: 10.1016/j.gheart.2018.09.508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022] Open
Abstract
There is a growing gap between available science and evidence and the ability of service providers to deliver high-quality care in a cost-effective way to the entire population. We believe that the chasm between knowledge and action is due to a lack of concerted effort among all organizations that deliver health care services across the life span of patients. Broad participation is needed and necessitates a far more explicit and concerted public-private partnership focused on large-scale transformation. In this context, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute convened a panel made up of leaders of corporate health care entities, including academic health centers, and government agency representatives to inform contemporary strategic partnerships with health care companies. This article provides insights from the meeting on how to execute a transformative innovation research agenda that will foster improvements in health care service delivery by leveraging the translation of biomedical research evidence in real-world settings.
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- Center for Effectiveness and Safety Research, Kaiser Permanente, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical informatics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD, USA
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- National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Center for Clinical and Translational Science, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., Deerfield, IL, USA
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- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Health Services Research Administration, Rockville, MD, USA
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Engelgau MM, Narayan KMV, Ezzati M, Salicrup LA, Belis D, Aron LY, Beaglehole R, Beaudet A, Briss PA, Chambers DA, Devaux M, Fiscella K, Gottlieb M, Hakkinen U, Henderson R, Hennis AJ, Hochman JS, Jan S, Koroshetz WJ, Mackenbach JP, Marmot MG, Martikainen P, McClellan M, Meyers D, Parsons PE, Rehnberg C, Sanghavi D, Sidney S, Siega-Riz AM, Straus S, Woolf SH, Constant S, Creazzo TL, de Jesus JM, Gavini N, Lerner NB, Mishoe HO, Nelson C, Peprah E, Punturieri A, Sampson U, Tracy RL, Mensah GA. Implementation Research to Address the United States Health Disadvantage: Report of a National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Workshop. Glob Heart 2018; 13:65-72. [PMID: 29716847 PMCID: PMC6504971 DOI: 10.1016/j.gheart.2018.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2017] [Revised: 02/20/2018] [Accepted: 03/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
Abstract
Four decades ago, U.S. life expectancy was within the same range as other high-income peer countries. However, during the past decades, the United States has fared worse in many key health domains resulting in shorter life expectancy and poorer health-a health disadvantage. The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute convened a panel of national and international health experts and stakeholders for a Think Tank meeting to explore the U.S. health disadvantage and to seek specific recommendations for implementation research opportunities for heart, lung, blood, and sleep disorders. Recommendations for National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute consideration were made in several areas including understanding the drivers of the disadvantage, identifying potential solutions, creating strategic partnerships with common goals, and finally enhancing and fostering a research workforce for implementation research. Key recommendations included exploring why the United States is doing better for health indicators in a few areas compared with peer countries; targeting populations across the entire socioeconomic spectrum with interventions at all levels in order to prevent missing a substantial proportion of the disadvantage; assuring partnership have high-level goals that can create systemic change through collective impact; and finally, increasing opportunities for implementation research training to meet the current needs. Connecting with the research community at large and building on ongoing research efforts will be an important strategy. Broad partnerships and collaboration across the social, political, economic, and private sectors and all civil society will be critical-not only for implementation research but also for implementing the findings to have the desired population impact. Developing the relevant knowledge to tackle the U.S. health disadvantage is the necessary first step to improve U.S. health outcomes.
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- Michael M Engelgau
- Center for Translation Research and Implementation Science, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK; Medical Research Council (MRC) and Public Health England (PHE) Centre for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK; World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre on Noncommunicable Disease Surveillance and Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Center for Global Health, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Center for Translation Research and Implementation Science, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Center on Labor, Human Services, and Population, The Urban Institute, Washington, DC, USA
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- Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France
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- Department of Family Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA
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- Foundation for the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Centre for Health and Social Economics, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- Clinton Health Matters Initiative, Clinton Foundation, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Noncommunicable Disease and Mental Health, Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney, Australia; University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Public Health, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Institute of Health Equity and Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK
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- Population Research Unit, Department of Social Research, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Duke-Robert J. Margolis, MD, Center for Health Policy, Duke University, Washington, DC, USA
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- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT, USA
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- Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics, Medical Management Centre, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Knowledge Translation Program, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Center on Society and Health, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
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- Office of Scientific Review, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Office of Scientific Review, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Center for Translation Research and Implementation Science, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Division of Extramural Science Programs, National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Division of Blood Diseases and Resources, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Center for Translation Research and Implementation Science, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Center for Translation Research and Implementation Science, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Division of Lung Diseases, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Center for Translation Research and Implementation Science, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Center for Translation Research and Implementation Science, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Custer B, Zou S, Glynn SA, Makani J, Tayou Tagny C, El Ekiaby M, Sabino EC, Choudhury N, Teo D, Nelson K, Peprah E, Price L, Engelgau MM. Addressing gaps in international blood availability and transfusion safety in low- and middle-income countries: a NHLBI workshop. Transfusion 2018. [PMID: 29542130 DOI: 10.1111/trf.14598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
Abstract
In April 2017, a workshop sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Division of Blood Diseases and Resources, and the Center for Translation Research and Implementation Science was held to discuss blood availability and transfusion safety in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The purpose of the workshop was to identify research opportunities for implementation science (IS) to improve the availability of safe blood and blood components and transfusion practices in LMICs. IS describes the late stages of the translational research spectrum and studies optimal and sustainable strategies to deliver proven-effective interventions. Regional working groups were formed to focus on opportunities and challenges in East Africa, Central/West Africa, Middle East and North Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Southeast Asia, Western Pacific Asia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia. The need for an "adequate supply of safe blood" emerged as the major overriding theme. Among the regional working groups, common cross-cutting themes were evident. The majority of research questions, priorities, and strategies fell into the categories of blood availability, blood transfusion safety, appropriate use of blood, quality systems, health economics and budgeting, and training and education in IS. The workshop also brought into focus inadequate country-level data that can be used as the basis for IS initiatives. A mixed approach of needs assessment and targeted interventions with sufficient evidence base to move toward sustainment is an appropriate next step for blood availability and transfusion safety research in LMICs.
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- Brian Custer
- Blood Systems Research Institute, San Francisco, California.,Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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- Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, Cameroon
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- Instituto de Medicina Tropical e Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Health Sciences Authority, Singapore
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- Department of Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Center for Translation Research and Implementation Science, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland
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- Center for Translation Research and Implementation Science, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland
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- Center for Translation Research and Implementation Science, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland
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Awoonor-Williams JK, Appiah-Denkyira E. Bridging the intervention-implementation gap in primary health care delivery: the critical role of integrated implementation research. BMC Health Serv Res 2017; 17:772. [PMID: 29297396 PMCID: PMC5763293 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-017-2663-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Abstract
For national and local leaders to achieve universal health coverage, a new approach or technique to gathering evidence and understanding the contexts that influence the outcome of a study and goes beyond the quantitative results of clinical trials and pilot projects is important. The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation's African Health Initiative (AHI) was designed to produce this type of knowledge through embedding implementation research into Population Health Implementation and Training (PHIT) partnership projects in five countries (Ghana, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Zambia) with the goal of improving primary health care and population health. In Ghana, this integration of research into implementation has contributed to the successful testing, adaptation and implementation of the Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) model (The Navrongo Pilot Project), with results from the AHI-funded work informing national scale-up of effective practices. Further application of implementation science methods and frameworks to study cross-project lessons also produced the evidence needed by national and local decision makers on how and why different intervention components were successful and where and how local context drove implementation and adaptation. Cross-project research also identified effective approaches across diverse settings for building capacity for data-driven improvement, coaching and mentoring clinicians and researchers, developing locally appropriate interventions to reduce neonatal mortality, and integrating implementation research to inform local implementers and researchers in more effective strategies to strengthen health systems and improve health services and population health. Evidence has already shown the potential for this type of work to accelerate regional learning and spread of successful interventions to achieve targeted health goals more efficiently, better enabling countries to achieve the ambitious, but important, U.N. Sustainable Development Goals.
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Salloum RG, Shenkman EA, Louviere JJ, Chambers DA. Application of discrete choice experiments to enhance stakeholder engagement as a strategy for advancing implementation: a systematic review. Implement Sci 2017; 12:140. [PMID: 29169397 PMCID: PMC5701380 DOI: 10.1186/s13012-017-0675-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2017] [Accepted: 11/15/2017] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Background One of the key strategies to successful implementation of effective health-related interventions is targeting improvements in stakeholder engagement. The discrete choice experiment (DCE) is a stated preference technique for eliciting individual preferences over hypothetical alternative scenarios that is increasingly being used in health-related applications. DCEs are a dynamic approach to systematically measure health preferences which can be applied in enhancing stakeholder engagement. However, a knowledge gap exists in characterizing the extent to which DCEs are used in implementation science. Methods We conducted a systematic literature search (up to December 2016) of the English literature to identify and describe the use of DCEs in engaging stakeholders as an implementation strategy. We searched the following electronic databases: MEDLINE, Econlit, PsychINFO, and the CINAHL using mesh terms. Studies were categorized according to application type, stakeholder(s), healthcare setting, and implementation outcome. Results Seventy-five publications were selected for analysis in this systematic review. Studies were categorized by application type: (1) characterizing demand for therapies and treatment technologies (n = 32), (2) comparing implementation strategies (n = 22), (3) incentivizing workforce participation (n = 11), and (4) prioritizing interventions (n = 10). Stakeholders included providers (n = 27), patients (n = 25), caregivers (n = 5), and administrators (n = 2). The remaining studies (n = 16) engaged multiple stakeholders (i.e., combination of patients, caregivers, providers, and/or administrators). The following implementation outcomes were discussed: acceptability (n = 75), appropriateness (n = 34), adoption (n = 19), feasibility (n = 16), and fidelity (n = 3). Conclusions The number of DCE studies engaging stakeholders as an implementation strategy has been increasing over the past decade. As DCEs are more widely used as a healthcare assessment tool, there is a wide range of applications for them in stakeholder engagement. The DCE approach could serve as a tool for engaging stakeholders in implementation science. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s13012-017-0675-8) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ramzi G Salloum
- Department of Health Outcomes and Policy, College of Medicine, University of Florida, 2004 Mowry Road, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA.
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- Department of Health Outcomes and Policy, College of Medicine, University of Florida, 2004 Mowry Road, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA
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- Institute for Choice, School of Marketing, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, USA
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Perna FM, Dwyer LA, Tesauro G, Taber JM, Norton WE, Hartman AM, Geller AC. Research on Skin Cancer-Related Behaviors and Outcomes in the NIH Grant Portfolio, 2000-2014: Skin Cancer Intervention Across the Cancer Control Continuum (SCI-3C). JAMA Dermatol 2017; 153:398-405. [PMID: 28329179 PMCID: PMC5817496 DOI: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2016.6216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2016] [Accepted: 12/26/2016] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Importance The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent Skin Cancer broadly identified research gaps, but specific objectives are needed to further behavioral intervention research. Objective To review National Institute of Health (NIH) grants targeting skin cancer-related behaviors and relevant outcomes. Design, Setting, and Participants A portfolio analysis of the title, abstract, specific aims, and research plans of identified grant applications from 2000 to 2014 targeting skin cancer-related behaviors or testing behavioral intervention effects on cancer-relevant outcomes along the cancer continuum. Main Outcomes and Measures Funding trends were compared along the cancer control continuum, with respect to investigator demographics and use of theory, technology, policy, and changes to environmental surroundings (built environment). Results A total of 112 submitted applications met inclusion criteria; of these, 40 (35.7%) were funded, and 31 of the 40 were interventions. Comparing the 40 funded grants with the 72 unfunded grants, the overall success rates did not differ significantly between male (33.3%) and female (37.3%) investigators, nor did the frequency of R01 awards (36.7% and 28.1%, respectively). Among intervention awards, most (24 of 31) addressed prevention. Fewer awards targeted detection alone or in conjunction with prevention (3) or cancer survivorship (4), and no grant addressed emotional sequelae or adherence behavior related to diagnosis or treatment. Fewer than half of funded grants aimed for clinically related targets (eg, sunburn reduction). Use of theory and technology occurred in more than 75% of grants. However, the full capability of proposed technology was infrequently used, and rarely did constructs of the proposed behavior change theory clearly and comprehensively drive the intervention approach. Policy or environmental manipulation was present in all dissemination grants but was rarely used elsewhere, and 19.4% included policy implementation and 25.8% proposed changes in built environment. Conclusions and Relevance Grant success rate in skin cancer-related behavioral science compares favorably to the overall NIH grant success rate (approximately 18%), and the success rate of male and female investigators was not statistically different. However, gaps exist in behavioral research addressing all points of the skin cancer control continuum, measuring interventions that hit clinically related targets, and leveraging technology, theory, and environmental manipulation to optimize intervention approach.
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- Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
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Lopez-Class M, Peprah E, Zhang X, Kaufmann PG, Engelgau MM. A Strategic Framework for Utilizing Late-Stage (T4) Translation Research to Address Health Inequities. Ethn Dis 2016; 26:387-94. [PMID: 27440979 DOI: 10.18865/ed.26.3.387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Achieving health equity requires that every person has the opportunity to attain their full health potential and no one is disadvantaged from achieving this potential because of social position or other socially determined circumstances. Inequity experienced by populations of lower socioeconomic status is reflected in differences in health status and mortality rates, as well as in the distribution of disease, disability and illness across these population groups. This article gives an overview of the health inequities literature associated with heart, lung, blood and sleep (HLBS) disorders. We present an ecological framework that provides a theoretical foundation to study late-stage T4 translation research that studies implementation strategies for proven effective interventions to address health inequities.
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- Maria Lopez-Class
- Center for Translation Research and Implementation, National Institutes of Health
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- Center for Translation Research and Implementation, National Institutes of Health
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- National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health
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- Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
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- Center for Translation Research and Implementation, National Institutes of Health
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