Table 5.

Suggestions for tailored implementation in service settings

Suggestions
1. Facilitate a team based collaborative approach to implementation
2. Ensure dedicated time for team members to engage in implementation activity alongside or as part of service delivery or other work
3. Provide materials to guide and support tailoring (goals, barriers, strategies, plans) that serve as prompts, yet can be used flexibly
4. Involve core stakeholders in the design, delivery, and evaluation of strategies
5. Provide guidance in identifying and engaging with stakeholders across stages of implementation
6. Take a structured approach, allowing time for collective reflection and analysis of progress and at regular time points
7. Support prioritisation of ‘one step at a time’ to build progress over time using pre-defined success criteria
8. Allow sufficient flexibility to accommodate parallel or sequential projects
9. Allow sufficient (process) flexibility to accommodate emerging contextual factors affecting implementation
10. Allow sufficient time for strategies to be designed, delivered and evaluated
11. Involve continuous monitoring and adaptation of strategies (iterative cycles)
12. Ensure timely access to service level and other data needed for impact assessment and adaptation of implementation strategies