Lecture 1

• Introduction to implementation research
• Intervention vs. Implementation
• Implementation theories, models and frameworks

Recommended Readings

• An introduction to implementation science for the non-specialist (Bauer M. et al. (2015). An introduction to implementation science for the non-specialist. BMC Psychology. 16(3):32.)
• A guide to implementation research in the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases (World Health Organization. (2016). A guide to implementation research in the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2016. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.)
• National Institutes of Health Approaches to Dissemination and Implementation Science: Current and Future Directions (Glasgow R, et al. (2012). National Institutes of Health Approaches to Dissemination and Implementation Science: Current and Future Directions. American Journal of Public Health, 102(7): 1274-1281.)
• Evaluating the public health impact of health promotion interventions: the RE-AIM framework (Glasgow, R. E., Vogt, T. M., & Boles, S. M. (1999). Evaluating the public health impact of health promotion interventions: the RE-AIM framework. American journal of public health, 89(9), 1322–1327.)
• Making sense of implementation theories, models and frameworks (Nilsen, P. (2020). Making sense of implementation theories, models, and frameworks. In Implementation Science 3.0 (pp. 53-79). Springer, Cham.)
• A practical, robust implementation and sustainability model (PRISM) for integrating research findings into practice (Feldstein, A. C., & Glasgow, R. E. (2008). A practical, robust implementation and sustainability model (PRISM) for integrating research findings into practice. The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, 34(4), 228-243.)

Recommended Videos to watch

• What is Implementation Science

• Key concepts, models and issues

• TMF For Program Design, Implementation and Evaluation

• TMF, A Practical Application

Lecture 2

• Needs assessment in implementation research and stakeholder analysis

Recommended Readings

• Lifestyle change in Kerala, India: needs assessment and planning for a community-based diabetes prevention trial (Daivadanam, M., Absetz, P., Sathish, T., Thankappan, K. R., Fisher, E. B., Philip, N. E., Mathews, E., & Oldenburg, B. (2013). Lifestyle change in Kerala, India: needs assessment and planning for a community-based diabetes prevention trial. BMC public health, 13, 95)
• Cultural adaptation of a peer-led lifestyle intervention program for diabetes prevention in India: the Kerala diabetes prevention program (K-DPP) (Mathews, E., Thomas, E., Absetz, P., D’Esposito, F., Aziz, Z., Balachandran, S., Daivadanam, M., Thankappan, K. R., & Oldenburg, B. (2018). Cultural adaptation of a peer-led lifestyle intervention program for diabetes prevention in India: the Kerala diabetes prevention program (K-DPP). BMC public health, 17(1), 974.)
• Cluster randomised controlled trial of a peer-led lifestyle intervention program: study protocol for the Kerala diabetes prevention program (Sathish, T., Williams, E. D., Pasricha, N., Absetz, P., Lorgelly, P., Wolfe, R., Mathews, E., Aziz, Z., Thankappan, K. R., Zimmet, P., Fisher, E., Tapp, R., Hollingsworth, B., Mahal, A., Shaw, J., Jolley, D., Daivadanam, M., & Oldenburg, B. (2013). Cluster randomised controlled trial of a peer-led lifestyle intervention program: study protocol for the Kerala diabetes prevention program. BMC public health, 13, 1035.)
• The science of stakeholder engagement in research: classification, implementation, and evaluation. (Goodman, M. S., & Sanders Thompson, V. L. (2017). The science of stakeholder engagement in research: classification, implementation, and evaluation. Translational behavioral medicine, 7(3), 486–491.)
• How to engage stakeholders in research: design principles to support improvement (Boaz, A., Hanney, S., Borst, R., O’Shea, A., & Kok, M. (2018). How to engage stakeholders in research: design principles to support improvement. Health research policy and systems, 16(1), 1-9.)

Recommended Toolkits

• NIH-Fogarty Toolkit for Engaging Diverse Stakeholder in Implementation Science
• Community-Based Participatory Action Research Toolkit

Recommended Videos to watch

• Cultural adaptation and context for program design, implementation and evaluation

• Stakeholder engagement

Lecture 3

• Developing implementation research strategies part 1

Recommended readings

• Best Practices for Mixed Methods Research in the Health Sciences (NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences. (2018). Best practices for mixed methods research in the health sciences (2nd ed). Bethesda: National Institutes of Health.)
• Writing Mixed Research Reports (Leech, N. L. (2012). Writing mixed research reports. American Behavioral Scientist, 56(6), 866-881.)

• Focusing on fidelity: narrative review and recommendations for improving intervention fidelity within trials of health behaviour change interventions (E. Toomey, W. Hardeman, N. Hankonen, M. Byrne, J. McSharry, K. Matvienko-Sikar & F. Lorencatto (2020) Focusing on fidelity: narrative review and recommendations for improving intervention fidelity within trials of health behaviour change interventions, Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine, 8:1, 132-151)

Recommended Videos to watch

• Type of study questions and study designs

Lecture 4

• Developing implementation research strategies part 2

Lecture 5

• Measuring outcomes in implementation research (+Q&A)

Recommended Readings

• Advances in EBI Development for Diverse Populations: Towards a Science of Intervention Adaptation (Castro, F. G., & Yasui, M. (2017). Advances in EBI Development for Diverse Populations: Towards a Science of Intervention Adaptation. Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research, 18(6), 623–629)

• Fidelity and Its Relationship to Implementation Effectiveness, Adaptation, and Dissemination (Allen, J. D., Linnan, L. A., Emmons, K. M., Brownson, R., Colditz, G., & Proctor, E. (2012). Fidelity and its relationship to implementation effectiveness, adaptation, and dissemination. Dissemination and implementation research in health: Translating science to practice, 281-304.)

Recommended Videos to watch

• Interventions and measurement at different levels (part A)

Lecture 6

• Ethics in implementation research (+ Q&A)

Recommended Readings

• Highlighting the ethics of implementation research (Luyckx, V. A., Reis, A., Maher, D., & Vahedi, M. (2019). Highlighting the ethics of implementation research. The Lancet Global Health, 7(9), e1170-e1171.)
• Developing the ethics of implementation research in health (Gopichandran, V., Luyckx, V. A., Biller-Andorno, N., Fairchild, A., Singh, J., Tran, N., … & Vahedi, M. (2016). Developing the ethics of implementation research in health. Implementation Science, 11(1), 1-13.)
• Ethical issues in implementation research: a discussion of the problems in achieving informed consent (Hutton, J. L., Eccles, M. P., & Grimshaw, J. M. (2008). Ethical issues in implementation research: a discussion of the problems in achieving informed consent. Implementation Science, 3(1), 1-8.)
• Ethical Challenges in Implementation Research (Macklin, R. (2014). Ethical challenges in implementation research. Public Health Ethics, 7(1), 86-93.)
• Addressing the tensions and complexities involved in commissioning and undertaking implementation research in low- and middle-income countries (Doherty, T., Lewin, S., Kinney, M., Sanders, D., Mathews, C., Daviaud, E., … & Leon, N. (2018). Addressing the tensions and complexities involved in commissioning and undertaking implementation research in low-and middle-income countries. BMJ global health, 3(4), e000741.)