Bridging the Gap Between Prevention Research and Practice

The Interactive Systems Framework for Dissemination and Implementation

Bibliographic Data

ID11053439
AuthorsAbraham Wandersman (0000-0002-8952-2184, Department of Psychology University of South Carolina 29208 Columbia SC USA, corresponding author), Jennifer Duffy (0000-0003-2533-1044, Department of Psychology University of South Carolina 29208 Columbia SC USA), Paul Flaspohler (0000-0002-4742-4754, Miami University Oxford USA), Rita Noonan (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Atlanta USA), Rita K Noonan (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), Keri M Lubell (0000-0003-1282-9417, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), Keri Lubell (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Atlanta USA), Lindsey Stillman (Department of Psychology University of South Carolina 29208 Columbia SC USA), Morris Blachman (Department of Psychology University of South Carolina 29208 Columbia SC USA), Morris J Blachman (University of South Carolina), Richard Dunville (0000-0002-1500-2506, Georgia Division of Public Health Atlanta USA), Janet Saul (0000-0002-5099-3819, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Atlanta USA)
Year2008
Volume41
Issue3-4
Pages171-181
Publication date2008-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Community Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0091-0562 • E-ISSN: 1573-2770
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1007/s10464-008-9174-z
PMID18302018
OpenAlexW2169567109
LanguageEN
Citations received285
References cited61

If we keep on doing what we have been doing, we are going to keep on getting what we have been getting . Concerns about the gap between science and practice are longstanding. There is a need for new approaches to supplement the existing approaches of research to practice models and the evolving community‐centered models for bridging this gap. In this article, we present the Interactive Systems Framework for Dissemination and Implementation (ISF) that uses aspects of research to practice models and of community‐centered models. The framework presents three systems: the Prevention Synthesis and Translation System (which distills information about innovations and translates it into user‐friendly formats); the Prevention Support System (which provides training, technical assistance or other support to users in the field); and the Prevention Delivery System (which implements innovations in the world of practice). The framework is intended to be used by different types of stakeholders (e.g., funders, practitioners, researchers) who can use it to see prevention not only through the lens of their own needs and perspectives, but also as a way to better understand the needs of other stakeholders and systems. It provides a heuristic for understanding the needs, barriers, and resources of the different systems, as well as a structure for summarizing existing research and for illuminating priority areas for new research and action

Bridging (networking) · Data science · Engineering ethics · Field (mathematics) · Health psychology · Knowledge management · Prevention science · Public health · Community Health and Development · Computer Science · Engineering · Evaluation and Performance Assessment · Health Policy Implementation Science · Medicine