Building on what we know: moving beyond effectiveness to consider how to implement, sustain and spread successful health interventions
Celia Laur, Lauren Ball, Heather Keller, Noah Ivers
Abstract
To have an impact on individual and population health, we need to consider how to implement effective interventions and practice changes. This collection encourages submission of articles about how to effectively change practice with a focus on prevention across all areas of health. Articles can be from any settings (ie, community, primary care, and hospital) and any health-related topic area, particularly nutrition and physical activity, as long as there is a focus on prevention and changing practice. Types of articles that are encouraged include: Knowledge translation studies. Implementation and quality improvement initiatives. Interventions applied at scale (throughout a country, region, etc). Studies where implementation was not successful (lessons learnt should be discussed). Pilot projects will only be considered if they have given consideration to the feasibility of realworld implementation. Theory-based interventions, with particular emphasis on behaviour change. All study designs, including quantitative, qualitative and mixed method.