Table 1.

Examples of links between determinants, implementation strategies, mechanisms and implementation outcomes

Determinant	Implementation strategy	Mechanism	Implementation outcome
Provider knowledge deficit	Education (provision of information)	Awareness-building, knowledge-acquisition	Feasibility, acceptability, appropriateness, adoption
Provider skill deficit	Training (teaching and practice with corrective feedback)	Skill acquisition, refinement, mastery	Fidelity to EBP
Provider views EBP unfavourably	Audit and feedback provision of descriptive social norms indicating peer use of EBP	Social pressure/norms	Adoption
Turnover	Train-the-trainer	Real-time training and consultation	Sustainability
Competing clinical demands	Leadership training	Growing leadership support/perseverance	Adoption, sustainability

EBP, evidence-based practices.