Methods to Improve the Selection and Tailoring of Implementation Strategies.
Implementing behavioral health interventions is a complicated process. It has been suggested that implementation strategies should be selected and tailored to address the contextual needs of a given change effort; however, there is limited guidance as to how to do this. This article proposes four methods (concept mapping, group model building, conjoint analysis, and intervention mapping) that could be used to match implementation strategies to identified barriers and facilitators for a particular evidence-based practice or process change being implemented in a given setting. Each method is reviewed, examples of their use are provided, and their strengths and weaknesses are discussed. The discussion includes suggestions for future research pertaining to implementation strategies and highlights these methods' relevance to behavioral health services and research.
Department of Health Policy and Management, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. bjpowell@unc.edu.
Byron J
BJ
Powell
Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Rinad S
RS
Beidas
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, Indiana, USA.
Cara C
CC
Lewis
Department of Psychiatry, University of California-San Diego, San Diego, California, USA.
Gregory A
GA
Aarons
School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
J Curtis
JC
McMillen
Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Enola K
EK
Proctor
Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
David S
DS
Mandell
D055317:Evidence-Based Practice; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D008605:Mental Health Services; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012106:Research