An agenda for advancing the science of implementation of evidence-based HIV prevention interventions.
In the past 25 years, a tremendous amount of time and resources have been committed to developing evidence-based HIV prevention interventions. More recently, there have been noteworthy efforts to develop an infrastructure and related policies to promote the dissemination (i.e., "the targeted distribution of information and intervention materials to a specific public health or clinical practice audience") of evidence-based interventions. Despite these advances, however, we have had comparatively little success in the effective implementation (i.e., "the use of strategies to adopt and integrate evidence-based health interventions and change practice patterns within specific settings") of such interventions in everyday practice or community settings. The objective of the current paper is to highlight select and initial areas of research that are critically needed to advance the state-of-the-science of implementation of HIV prevention interventions in our broader efforts to curb the epidemic worldwide.
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, 2006 Hillside Road, Unit 1248, Storrs, CT 06269, USA. wynne.norton@gmail.com
Wynne E
WE
Norton
K Rivet
KR
Amico
Deborah H
DH
Cornman
William A
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Fisher
Jeffrey D
JD
Fisher
D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control; D006284:Health Plan Implementation; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D011314:Preventive Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D016730:Program Development / Q000379:methods*