title: Advancing a conceptual model of evidence-based practice implementation in public service sectors.
abstract: Implementation science is a quickly growing discipline. Lessons learned from business and medical settings are being applied but it is unclear how well they translate to settings with different historical origins and customs (e.g., public mental health, social service, alcohol/drug sectors). The purpose of this paper is to propose a multi-level, four phase model of the implementation process (i.e., Exploration, Adoption/Preparation, Implementation, Sustainment), derived from extant literature, and apply it to public sector services. We highlight features of the model likely to be particularly important in each phase, while considering the outer and inner contexts (i.e., levels) of public sector service systems.
authors.affiliation: University of California-San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, CA 92093-0812, USA. gaarons@ucsd.edu
authors.forename: Gregory A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Aarons
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hurlburt
authors.forename: Sarah McCue
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Horwitz
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006284:Health Plan Implementation / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017146:Models, Organizational; D012947:Social Work / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States