Scoping implementation science for the beginner: locating yourself on the "subway line" of translational research.

Background: Beginners to the discipline of implementation science often struggle to determine whether their research questions "count" as implementation science.Main Text: In this paper, three implementation scientists share a heuristic tool to help investigators determine where their research quest...

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Publicado en:BMC Medical Research Methodology Vol. 19; no. 1; pp. 1 - 6
Autores principales: Lane-Fall, Meghan B., Curran, Geoffrey M., Beidas, Rinad S.
Formato: Journal Article
Publicado: BioMed Central 6/28/2019
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Sumario:Background: Beginners to the discipline of implementation science often struggle to determine whether their research questions "count" as implementation science.Main Text: In this paper, three implementation scientists share a heuristic tool to help investigators determine where their research questions fall in the translational research continuum. They use a "subway model" that envisions a journey to implementation research with stops along the way at efficacy and effectiveness research.Conclusions: A series of structured questions about intervention efficacy, effectiveness, and implementation can help guide researchers to select research questions and appropriate study designs along the spectrum of translational research.