Expanding the reach of psychological science through implementation science

Implementation science is the study of methods to promote the systematic uptake of effective practices into routine care settings with the broad goal of ensuring that scientific discoveries realize their potential and improve people's lives. As a field, implementation science includes three primary foci: (a) understanding the context in which individuals will implement practices that have a strong, established evidence base; (b) developing implementation approaches that target the factors that may accelerate or hinder implementation; and (c) conducting pragmatic trials to test these implementation approaches. Psychological science has contributed substantially to the knowledge and methods used in implementation science. In medicine and public health, these contributions have been leveraged to facilitate the uptake of screening and prevention programs, hand hygiene to reduce infection transmission, and many medical innovations. In behavioral health settings, implementation science has often focused on specific forms of psychotherapy, with emphasis on the evidence-based psychological practices that are highlighted in treatment guidelines. This article provides an overview of the field, with an emphasis on the bidirectional relationship between implementation science, and psychological science, illustrated through the articles in this special issue of the American Psychologist. It concludes with recommendations for future research at the intersection of implementation science and psychological science. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved)

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• Researcher–practitioner partnerships and in‐school laboratories facilitate translational research in reading

  Open Access•Nicole Landi, Daniel Kleinman et al.•Journal of Research in Reading•2022

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• Ensuring interdisciplinary partnerships and commitment to Contextual Behavioral Science (CBS) principles among diverse scholars who serve diverse communities

  Open Access•Anu Asnaani, Manuel Gutierrez Chavez et al.•Journal of Contextual Behavioral…•2022

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• Examining pandemic stress and mental health among a community-based sample of sexual minority women in Los Angeles County

  Alison Cerezo, Roberta E Emetu et al.•Psychology and Sexuality•2023

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• Strengthening capacity for implementation of evidence-based practices for autism in schools

  Open Access•Melina Melgarejo, Teresa Lind et al.•American Psychologist•2020

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• Toward the data-driven dissemination of findings from psychological science

  Open Access•Jonathan Purtle, Jacob S Marzalik et al.•American Psychologist•2020

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• User-informed marketing versus standard description to drive demand for evidence-based therapy

  Open Access•Sara J Becker, Sarah A Helseth et al.•American Psychologist•2020

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• Aligning dissemination and implementation science with health policies to improve children’s mental health

  Open Access•Kimberly Hoagwood, Jonathan Purtle et al.•American Psychologist•2020

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• A hybrid effectiveness/implementation trial of an evidence-based intervention for HIV-serodiscordant African American couples

  Open Access•Gail E Wyatt, Alison Brown et al.•American Psychologist•2020

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• Examining racism in health services research

  Open Access•Rachel R Hardeman, J’Mag Karbeah•Health Services Research•2020

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• Intervention Mapping

  Open Access•Gerjo Kok, Herman P Schaalma et al.•Journal of Health Psychology•2004

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