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ArticleSchool mental health2024

Implementation Science in School Mental Health: A 10-Year Progress Update and Development of a New Research Agenda.

Aaron R Lyon, Elizabeth H Connors, Gwendolyn M Lawson, Erum Nadeem, Julie Sarno Owens

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Article in School mental health, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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10 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Exploring Fidelity Elements of a Motivational Interviewing-Based Implementation Strategy to Improve Adoption of Evidence-Based Practices in Schools.Journal of educational and psychological consultation : the official journal of the Association for Educational and Psychological Consultants · 2026
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  7. Coaching Teachers to Implement Equity and Social and Emotional Learning Focused Curricula in the Classroom: Insights from a Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of educational and psychological consultation : the official journal of the Association for Educational and Psychological Consultants · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Aaron R LyonUniversity of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3657-5060
Elizabeth H ConnorsYale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1180-4552
Gwendolyn M LawsonDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4363-3169
Erum NadeemRutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9133-9955
Julie Sarno OwensDepartment of Psychology, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4674-9637

Funding

UW ALACRITY Center for Psychosocial Interventions ResearchP50MH115837 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI IAN Moore BENNETT · 2018 to 2026
$18.2M
A Hybrid Type 2 Trial of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and a Pragmatic Individual-Level Implementation StrategyR01MH119148 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI LYON, AARON ROBERT · 2020 to 2024
$3.6M
Addressing Clinician Bias to Improve Equitable Implementation of Evidence-Based PracticeR34MH128386 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI LIU, FREDA F, LYON, AARON ROBERT · 2022 to 2023
$700k
Promoting Implementation of Behavioral Classroom Interventions for Children with ADHD in Urban SchoolsK23MH122577 · NIMH · CHILDREN'S HOSP OF PHILADELPHIA · PI LAWSON, GWENDOLYN · 2020 to 2023
$685k
NIMH NIH HHS K23 MH122577NIMH NIH HHS P50 MH115837NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH119148NIMH NIH HHS R34 MH128386
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Implementation science has grown considerably in school mental health over the past decade, driven by the persistent gaps between knowledge about "what works" to promote student well-being and what is typically delivered in schools. In 2014, Owens and colleagues outlined an implementation research agenda for the field of school mental health, emphasizing professional development and coaching, evidence-based practice fidelity, and sustainment. This paper provides a 10-year progress review across these domains and articulates an updated research agenda focused on: (1) pragmatic implementation strategies, (2) implementation mechanisms explaining the connection between implementation strategies and outcomes, (3) strategic intervention redesign to promote implementation, and (4) de-implementation of low-value practices. We propose critical research questions in these areas and conclude by highlighting contemporary study designs and methods (i.e., hybrid trial designs; sequential, multiple assignment, randomized trials; rapid qualitative approaches; economic analyses) that can be leveraged to investigate implementation research questions in school mental health over the next decade. In doing so, we hope to promote shared understanding of evolving implementation research priorities and opportunities to promote equitable, pragmatic, and sustainable implementation efforts in school mental health and drive synergy across projects.

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De-implementationImplementation mechanismsImplementation research designImplementation strategiesIntervention redesignSchool mental health

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PMID40822252
PMCPMC12352494

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