Table 1.

Frequency of frameworks used in the dissemination studies from our sample (N = 89)

Frameworks	Number
Diffusion of Innovationsa	10
Knowledge to Action Framework	4
RE-AIMb	3
Dobbins’ Framework for the Dissemination and Utilization of Research for Health-Care Policy and Practicec	2
Kingdon’s Multiple Streams Frameworka	2
Interactive Systems Frameworkb	2
Network Theory	2
Affective Reactions Model	1
COM-B Model	1
Conceptual Framework for Research Knowledge Transfer and Utilizationa	1
Edquist’s Model of Process and Product Innovation	1
Experimental Social Innovation and Dissemination	1
Information Processing Model	1
Institutional Theory	1
Interaction Model of Knowledge Translation	1
Kumagai’s Conceptual Framework for the Use of Illness Narratives in Medical Education	1
Medical Research Councils’ Theory of Change	1
Miller’s Framework for Clinical Assessment	1
Physical Activity Policy Research Framework	1
Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health Services (PARIHS)d	1
SPIRIT Action Framework	1
Systematic Review of Dissemination Planning Frameworks and Strategies	1
Technology Acceptance Model	1
Thacker’s Framework for Environmental Health Surveillance	1
Theory of Middle Managers’ Roles in Healthcare EBP Implementation	1
Theory of Planned Behavior	1
Weingarden’s Stages of Implementation Model	1
No specified theory, model, or framework	44

^aIdentified as D only framework in Tabak et al.

^bIdentified as D = I in Tabak et al.

^cIdentified as D > I in Tabak et al.

^dIdentified as I only at Tabak et al. Frameworks with no note were not identified in Tabak et al.