Where Is the Implementation Science? An Opportunity to Apply Principles During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic represents a global crisis that has received extraordinary response from healthcare workers and scientists. One critical but potentially overlooked field in a pandemic is implementation science—the study of methods to reduce the research-to-practice gap. In this...
| Published in: | Clinical Infectious Diseases Vol. 71; no. 11; pp. 2993 - 2996 |
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| Main Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Journal Article |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Dec2020
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| Online Access: | View this record in EBSCOhost |
| Summary: | The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic represents a global crisis that has received extraordinary response from healthcare workers and scientists. One critical but potentially overlooked field in a pandemic is implementation science—the study of methods to reduce the research-to-practice gap. In this Viewpoint, we discuss the important role of implementation science during this and future pandemics and highlight considerations to maximize the utility of implementation research. |
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