Implementation science news, resources and funding for global health researchers

Implementation science is the study of methods to promote the adoption and integration of evidence-based practices, interventions and policies into routine health care and public health settings. Implementation research plays an important role in identifying barriers to, and enablers of, effective global health programming and policymaking, and leveraging that knowledge to develop evidence-based innovations in effective delivery approaches.

As outlined in the Center's Strategic Plan, Fogarty aims to support research and research training in implementation science using a distributed approach across its programs. Also, projects coordinated by the Center for Global Health Studies (CGHS) at Fogarty support implementation science research methods and frameworks, and use innovative approaches to supporting implementation science. These projects address a wide variety of critical global health research areas, such as HIV prevention, transmission and treatment; household air pollution; mobile health; and brain disorders.

Top News

• The "case" for case studies: why we need high-quality examples of global implementation research co-authored by Fogarty's Blythe Beecroft and Rachel Sturke
  Implementation Science Communications, February 16, 2022
  
• Implementation determinants and mechanisms for the prevention and treatment of adolescent HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: concept mapping of the NIH Fogarty International Center Adolescent HIV Implementation Science Alliance (AHISA) initiative [Open access] , co-authored by Fogarty's Susan Vorkoper and Dr Rachel Sturke
  Implementation Science Communications, May 22, 2021
  
• Systems science approaches for global environmental health research: Enhancing intervention design and implementation for household air pollution (HAP) and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) programs [Open access], co-authored by Fogarty scientists Drs Joshua Rosenthal and Ashlinn Quinn
  Environmental Health Perspectives, October 9, 2020
  
• Commentary: Fostering successful and sustainable collaborations to advance implementation science: the adolescent HIV prevention and treatment implementation science alliance [Open access], co-authored by Fogarty staff
  Special Issue of the Journal of the International AIDS Society (JIAS), August 31, 2020
  
• Correspondence: Implementation science for brain disorders, authored by Fogarty staff
  The Lancet Neurology, August 1, 2020
  

Related Fogarty News and Information

• Video: Bridging the Research- Implementation Gap to Impact Population Health, co-chaired by Fogarty’s Rachel Sturke
  Plenary session at 2022 Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) conference, March 31, 2022
• NIH-led effort uses implementation science approaches to reduce mother-to-child HIV transmission
  Jul / Aug 2016 Global Health Matters
  • Related publication: Advancing Implementation Science in Prevention of Maternal-Child HIV Transmission
    Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (JAIDS) Supplement, August 2016
    
• Focus on moving science to policy
  Mar / Apr 2013 Global Health Matters
• Focus on Implementation Science
  Mar / Apr 2010 Global Health Matters
• March 2010 Implementation Science and Global Health Satellite Meeting
  Meeting report, abstracts, posters and more
• Implementation science co-authored by Fogarty director Roger Glass
  Science, December 14, 2007

NIH News and Resources

• Toolkit: Overcoming Barriers to Implementation in Global Health from Fogarty's Center for Global Health Studies
  
• Implementation Science Information and Resources
  from the National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Implementation Science Practice Tools
• NCI Implementation Science Webinar Series
  
• Training Institute for Dissemination and Implementation Research in Cancer (TIDIRC) - facilitated and OpenAccess on demand
• Dissemination and Implementation resources
  from the NIH Office of Disease Prevention
  
  

Other US Government Resources

• USAID MEASURE Evaluation M&E Learning Center's Fundamentals of Implementation Research course provides an introduction to implementation research; available in downloadable and interactive formats

Other Online Resources

• Implementation Science: Open access, peer-reviewed online journal aiming to publish research relevant to the scientific study of methods to promote the uptake of research findings into routine healthcare in both clinical and policy contexts
• Lessons from the field: case studies in global implementation science: Collection of case studies documenting examples of rigorous implementation research in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs)
  co-edited by Fogarty's Blythe Beecroft and Rachel Sturke
  Implementation Science Communications, February 16, 2022
• Consortium for Implementation Science
• Implementation Science Exchange
• Dissemination and Implementation Models in Health Research and Practice
  from the Center for Research in Implementation Science and Prevention
• Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR): Implementation research training materials
  

Other Training Opportunities and Resources

• Society for Implementation Research Collaboration (SIRC)
• Washington University in St. Louis: Dissemination and Implementation Toolkits

Updated May 27, 2022