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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Child Abuse Negl. 2015 Nov 5;53:51–63. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2015.09.014

Table 1.

Implementation Frameworks: Overview of Common Elements and Distinguishing Features

Implementation Framework Common Elements Distinguishing Features
Stages Domains Inner/Outer Setting Implementation Teams Sustainability
Stages of Implementation Frameworks
Fixsen et al. Y Y Y Y Y
  • Implementation Drivers

  • Implementation Teams

EPIS Y N Y N Y
  • Interaction of the Inner and Outer Context for promoting implementation success

AIF Y N N Y Y
  • Implementation drivers

  • Focus on sustainability throughout all initial phases of implementation

Learning Collaborative Y N N Y Y
  • Agency-based implementation teams include front line providers, supervisors and senior leaders

  • Emphasizes quality improvement and active learning strategies

Consolidation and Core Component Frameworks
PRISM N Y Y Y Y
  • Reliance on implementation teams with senior leaders, middle managers, and frontline staff

  • Emphasizes interaction between intervention and characteristics of organization and recipients

CFIR N Y Y N N
  • Fuses common constructs from existing frameworks to guide evaluations of implementation

RE-AIM N Y N N N
  • Used to measure public health impact of interventions

Systems and Organizational Support Frameworks
ISF N N Y N N
  • Three interrelated systems: Prevention Synthesis and Translation, Prevention Support, and Prevention Delivery

  • Innovation-specific capacity-building

  • General capacity-building

ARC N Y Y N N
  • Change agents

Planning Framework
PRECEDE-PROCEED Y Y Y N N
  • Preparation focused

  • Included participatory driven planning to identify most impactful EBPS