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Focus Area Specific Topics for Presentations

Health policy

dissemination and

implementation

• Scientific study of implementation of state, local, regional, or
  national policies, including but not limited to major changes
  in health care delivery systems (e.g., bundled payments,
  population health, care coordination). These changes may be
  fostered by federal/ state/ private decision makers and/ or
  regulations.


• Evaluations of initiatives to promote the use of evidence
  in policymaking in various domains of health policies,
  including cross sector policies (e.g., in juvenile justice,
  education, etc.)


• Methods/ designs for evaluations of policy implementation,
  for example, randomized program evaluation, stepped-
  wedge, in- depth analyses


• Rigorous evaluations of implementation outcomes of
  policies, including unintended consequences and economic
  dimensions, such as return on investment (ROI)


• Studies testing optimal strategies to implement or enhance
  uptake of policies
  Models, measures, and
  methods


• Measures and methods to capture the dynamic evolution
  of interventions and the contexts in which they are
  implemented


• Studies demonstrating the application of simulation and
  statistical modeling techniques to implementation research
  questions


• Research designs to maximize the value of observational
  studies for design and implementation (D&I; including but
  not limited to natural experiments such as the impact of major
  policy rollouts)


• Research developing theories/ methods/ measures to study
  de- implementation


• Research that focuses on the development and testing of
  theoretical and evaluation models for D&I processes
  Prevention and public
  health


• Applications of prevention science methods within
  dissemination and implementation research studies


• Studies of the implementation of hospitals and health care
  systems collaboration with community organizations and/
  or governmental public health to promote disease
  prevention


• Studies of evidence- based multifaceted and multilevel
  interventions to disseminate and implement prevention
  programs


• Use of community- based participatory research in disease
  prevention and health promotion

TABLE 22.1 Areas of Focus for the Eighth Annual Conference on the Science of
Dissemination and Implementation in Health (continued)

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