WEEK 3 (16-20 May 2022)
Frameworks for scale up
Learning objectives
After completing Week 3, participants will be able to:
- Describe key frameworks for designing and evaluating health interventions at scale.
- Select and integrate appropriate frameworks into scale-up/out research proposals, with sound justification.
Self-guided preparatory work
3A. Choosing a scale up framework

Brian Oldenburg

Kavumpurathu Thankappan
This lecture is jointly presented by Professor Brian Oldenburg and Kavumpurathu Thankappan.
3B. Case study: Developing an implementation research logic model for scale up

JD Smith
3C. Case study: Applying EPIS to scale up

Neo Tapela
3D. Case study: Applying RE-AIM to scale up

Lisa Hirschhorn
3E. Case study: Case study: Applying CFIR to scale up

Sarah Gimbel
Week 3 live plenary sessions
- Date and time: Tuesday 17 May 2022, 12:00 to 14:00 UTC
- Week 3 host: Brian Oldenburg
- Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6305424976
Chicago, USA | Buenos Aires, Argentina | London, UK | Nairobi, Kenya | New Delhi, India | Melbourne, Australia |
Tuesday 17 May 2022 | Tuesday 17 May 2022 | Tuesday 17 May 2022 | Tuesday 17 May 2022 | Tuesday 17 May 2022 | Tuesday 17 May 2022 |
07:00 CDT (UTC -5) | 09:00 ART (UTC-3) | 13:00 BST (UTC +1) | 15:00 EAT (UTC +3) | 17:30 IST (UTC +5.5) | 22:00 AEST (UTC +10) |
Reminder: Timings are given in UTC (Universal Coordinated Time). We strongly advise you to double check your local time via http://www.timeanddate.com
Week 3 group session
Date and time: Thursday 19 May 2022, variable times
- Group A: 07:00 UTC | Asia and Western Pacific | Zoom link
- Group B: 13:00 UTC | Europe and Africa | Zoom link
- Group C: 23:00 UTC | The Americas | Zoom link
Homework
- Teams should discuss and finalise their choice both of scale up and implementation research frameworks in their project concept and outline why they chose them.
- Then, start to explore the barriers (determinants) and strategies they are proposing to implement their intervention(s).
- If they choose to use a logic model (traditional IRLM) it may be helpful to prepare the star of one for their project.
- Each team should be ready to share orally during the Week 4 group session and can build the learning into their project concept presentation for Week 5. You do not need to submit a written paper.
For more information about GACD and relevant resources:
GACD Annual Scientific Meeting summaries and recordings: https://gacd.org/community/research-network/research-network-events/annual-scientific-meeting (This page includes access to sessions such as ‘The scale up forum’ in 2019.)
Resources created by the GACD Research Network: https://gacd.org/resources/researchers-and-students/open-access-resources
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