The application of implementation science theories for population health: A critical interpretive synthesis.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

Over the last decade, the field of implementation science (IS) has yielded an array of theoretical approaches to clarify and understand how factors influence the application and scaling-up of evidence-based practice in health care. These developments have led to questions about whether IS theories and frameworks might be of value to population health researchers and decision makers. The purpose of this research was to conduct a critical interpretive synthesis to explore, if, and how, key IS theories and frameworks might inform population health interventions aimed at reducing the burden of illness across populations.

Methods

An initial list of theories and frameworks was developed based on previous published research and narrowed to focus on theories c

SUBMITTER: McIsaac JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6070464 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature