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The effectiveness of research implementation strategies for promoting evidence-informed policy and management decisions in healthcare: a systematic review.
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Who cites it
73 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Staff perspectives on the implementation of interventions for people with congenital disabilities: a mixed-methods systematic review.Systematic reviews · 2026Pooled it
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- Application of the Expert Recommendations for Implementing Change (ERIC) compilation of strategies to health intervention implementation in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review.Implementation science : IS · 2023Pooled it
- Barriers and Facilitators to Implementing Interventions for Reducing Avoidable Hospital Readmission: Systematic Review of Qualitative Studies.International journal of health policy and management · 2023Pooled it
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the psychological aspects and mental health of elite soccer athletes: a systematic review.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Pooled it
- Applying a framework to assess the impact of cardiovascular outcomes improvement research.Health research policy and systems · 2021Pooled it
- Avoiding unnecessary hospitalisation for patients with chronic conditions: a systematic review of implementation determinants for hospital avoidance programmes.Implementation science : IS · 2020Pooled it
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- Bolstering agreement with scarce resource allocation policy using education: a post hoc analysis of a randomized controlled trial.BMC health services research · 2025Trial
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- Implementation of evidence-based weekend service recommendations for allied health managers: a cluster randomised controlled trial protocol.Implementation science : IS · 2018Trial
- Traditional Chinese medicine for non-small cell lung carcinoma: An evidence mapping.Integrative medicine research · 2026Article
- Evolving determinants of implementing low-risk childbirth quality improvement in Japan: a longitudinal qualitative study.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Applied methods for matching implementation strategies to determinants: a scoping review of scientific and grey literature, and qualitative exploration of practice experiences.Implementation science : IS · 2025Article
- The Political Determinants of Oral Health Inequalities: Lessons in Policy Development and Implementation From Six Case Studies.Community dentistry and oral epidemiology · 2025Review
- Implementation of diabetes prevention programs into clinical practice and community settings: a systematic search and review.Implementation science communications · 2025Review
- Supported implementation of tailored multicomponent fall prevention interventions in hospital: a feasibility study.BMJ open quality · 2025Article
- Evidence adaptation and tailored implementation of family bereavement support in specialised palliative care: A multi-method study.International journal of nursing studies advances · 2025Article
- Implementation Science Competencies for Policy Transformation Framework (ISCPT).Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Evidence-informed decision-making in public health in Canada: a qualitative exploration.JBI evidence implementation · 2025Article
13 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
backgroundIt is widely acknowledged that health policy and management decisions rarely reflect research evidence. Therefore, it is important to determine how to improve evidence-informed decision-making. The primary aim of this systematic review was to evaluate the effectiveness of research implementation strategies for promoting evidence-informed policy and management decisions in healthcare. The secondary aim of the review was to describe factors perceived to be associated with effective strategies and the inter-relationship between these factors.
methodsAn electronic search was developed to identify studies published between January 01, 2000, and February 02, 2016. This was supplemented by checking the reference list of included articles, systematic reviews, and hand-searching publication lists from prominent authors. Two reviewers independently screened studies for inclusion, assessed methodological quality, and extracted data.
resultsAfter duplicate removal, the search strategy identified 3830 titles. Following title and abstract screening, 96 full-text articles were reviewed, of which 19 studies (21 articles) met all inclusion criteria. Three studies were included in the narrative synthesis, finding policy briefs including expert opinion might affect intended actions, and intentions persisting to actions for public health policy in developing nations. Workshops, ongoing technical assistance, and distribution of instructional digital materials may improve knowledge and skills around evidence-informed decision-making in US public health departments. Tailored, targeted messages were more effective in increasing public health policies and programs in Canadian public health departments compared to messages and a knowledge broker. Sixteen studies (18 articles) were included in the thematic synthesis, leading to a conceptualisation of inter-relating factors perceived to be associated with effective research implementation strategies. A unidirectional, hierarchal flow was described from (1) establishing an imperative for practice change, (2) building trust between implementation stakeholders and (3) developing a shared vision, to (4) actioning change mechanisms. This was underpinned by the (5) employment of effective communication strategies and (6) provision of resources to support change.
conclusionsEvidence is developing to support the use of research implementation strategies for promoting evidence-informed policy and management decisions in healthcare. The design of future implementation strategies should be based on the inter-relating factors perceived to be associated with effective strategies.
trial registrationThis systematic review was registered with Prospero (record number: 42016032947).
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