Evaluating the successful implementation of evidence into practice using the PARiHS framework: theoretical and practical challenges.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The PARiHS framework (Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health Services) has proved to be a useful practical and conceptual heuristic for many researchers and practitioners in framing their research or knowledge translation endeavours. However, as a conceptual framework it still remains untested and therefore its contribution to the overall development and testing of theory in the field of implementation science is largely unquantified.

Discussion

This being the case, the paper provides an integrated summary of our conceptual and theoretical thinking so far and introduces a typology (derived from social policy analysis) used to distinguish between the terms conceptual framework, theory and model - important definitional and conceptual issues in trying

SUBMITTER: Kitson AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2235887 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature