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TABLE 22.1 Areas of Focus for the Eighth Annual Conference on the Science of
Dissemination and Implementation in Health
Focus Area Specific Topics for Presentations
Behavioral health • Studies that develop transformative research strategies
to promote implementation, adoption, accessibility, and
sustainability of evidence- based practices in behavioral health
- Studies that optimize the reach of hybrid effectiveness-
implementation research designs - Innovative implementation studies designed to improve
behavioral health outcomes among diverse, vulnerable, and
underserved populations around the globe - Studies that improve implementation strategies for behavioral
health that ensure engagement of patients, decision makers,
health care organizations, and other key stakeholders - Studies that advance implementation designs that address
the complexities in behavioral health, from multifaceted
interventions, to patient comorbidities, and contextual factors
Big data and technology
for dissemination and
implementation research - Best practices and innovations in research methods and
designs using big data for evaluating implementation - Integrating and effectively using big data technology to improve
health care delivery, care quality, and population health - The role of various technology platforms in promoting the
implementation of evidence - Using big data to address complexity in implementation
science (e.g., complex and multilevel interventions, multiple
conditions, variations in implementation processes, and
contextual factors) - Scale- up and sustainability considerations for big data- based
implementation research
Clinical (i.e., primary,
specialty, hospital, etc.)
care settings - Dissemination and implementation of transitional care models
(emergency room to outpatient, inpatient to outpatient, or
between acute care and other residential facilities) - Rigorous observational studies of practice- led dissemination
and implementation processes - Economic evaluation in dissemination and implementation
research in clinical settings - Implementation science to improve health outcomes in
underserved groups across highly variable primary care
practice settings
Global dissemination and
implementation - Designs, implementation strategies, and outcomes
for complex, combination multilevel interventions in
international settings - Integrating new and expanding technologies (including low-
tech) and methodologies to reach high risk, difficult to reach
populations to improve health care delivery and population health - Opportunities to learn from scale- up and sustainability
studies in low and middle income countries and other
resource poor settings - Use of dissemination and implementation research methods
from the field of international development - Building capacity for dissemination and implementation
research in low- and middle-income countries
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