Table 1. Overview of inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Included | Excluded | |
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Study designs | Any primary study design, including, e.g.: • Randomized, controlled studies • Quasi-experimental studies • Pre-post evaluations • Case studies |
• Systematic reviews of any study designs • Theoretical / conceptual studies • Expert commentary • Opinion pieces • Conference proceedings • Books / book chapters • Editorials • Other publications that are / report “non-studies” • Dissertations / theses |
Population | • The target population(s) of the study are implementation specialists. | • The target population(s) of the study are current or future implementation researchers or other non-ISPs. |
Sectors | • Health care (including mental health) • Social care / social welfare (including child welfare, aged care, labor market services, crime and justice, family services etc.) • Education (including ECE, primary, secondary and high school services) |
• IT • Environmental services • Any other service sector not listed in the left column. |
Content | • The study focuses on supporting the implementation of a research-supported program, practice or policy AND • the study involves a person or a team or an intermediary organization providing implementation support to others AND • the study provides information about / conceptualizes / assesses implementation know how / skills / capacity • Examples of interventions that could be of relevance: • Implementation training • Implementation coaching • Technical assistance • Implementation coaching • Implementation facilitation • Implementation policies • Implementation mentorship |
• Studies focused on the specific knowledge, skills, capacities required to implement e.g. specific clinical interventions • Studies focused on factors that support successful practice-science / community-university partnerships • Studies focused on online solutions only (repositories providing electronic implementation resources and nothing else) |
Geography | • High income countries • Low / middle income countries |
No exclusion based on geography |
Languages | • English • German • Danish • Swedish • Norwegian |
Any other language not listed |
Publication date | No limitations | No limitations |