Open AccessSupporting Replication and Scale-Up of Evidence-Based Home Visiting Programs: Assessing the Implementation Knowledge Base
Author(s) -
Diane Paulsell,
Patricia Del Grosso,
Lauren Supplee
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2014.301962
Subject(s) - psychological intervention , replication (statistics) , scale (ratio) , knowledge base , evidence based practice , evidence based medicine , base (topology) , knowledge management , computer science , medical education , psychology , medline , data science , medicine , alternative medicine , political science , nursing , world wide web , geography , mathematical analysis , mathematics , pathology , virology , law , cartography
In recent years, researchers, policymakers, and practitioners have expressed a growing interest in the use of interventions with scientific evidence of effectiveness. Reproducing positive effects shown in research, however, requires more than simply adopting an evidence-based program. There is growing recognition across disciplines of the importance of implementation research to guide adoption, replication, and scale-up of evidence-based interventions. We evaluate the state of the knowledge base supporting replication and scale-up of evidence-based programs by reviewing information on implementation included in the research literature on 22 home visiting programs that have or are building an evidence base. We used the Interactive Systems Framework for Dissemination and Implementation to assess programs.