title: Standards for Reporting Implementation Studies (StaRI) Statement.
abstract: Implementation studies are often poorly reported and indexed, reducing their potential to inform initiatives to improve healthcare services. The Standards for Reporting Implementation Studies (StaRI) initiative aimed to develop guidelines for transparent and accurate reporting of implementation studies. Informed by the findings of a systematic review and a consensus-building e-Delphi exercise, an international working group of implementation science experts discussed and agreed the StaRI Checklist comprising 27 items. It prompts researchers to describe both the implementation strategy (techniques used to promote implementation of an underused evidence-based intervention) and the effectiveness of the intervention that was being implemented. An accompanying Explanation and Elaboration document (published inBMJ Open, doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013318) details each of the items, explains the rationale, and provides examples of good reporting practice. Adoption of StaRI will improve the reporting of implementation studies, potentially facilitating translation of research into practice and improving the health of individuals and populations.
authors.affiliation: Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research, Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9AG, UK hilary.pinnock@ed.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Hilary
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pinnock
authors.affiliation: Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Children; Department of Psychiatry and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Canada.
authors.forename: Melanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barwick
authors.affiliation: Washington University Division of Emergency Medicine. Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, USA.
authors.forename: Christopher R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Carpenter
authors.affiliation: Pragmatic Clinical Trials Unit, Centre for Primary Care and Public Health, Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, UK.
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Eldridge
authors.affiliation: Primary Care Research Unit of Bizkaia, Basque Health Service, Spain.
authors.forename: Gonzalo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Grandes
authors.affiliation: Centre for Primary Care and Public Health, Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, UK.
authors.forename: Chris J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Griffiths
authors.affiliation: Bangor Institute for Health & Medical Research, Bangor University, UK.
authors.forename: Jo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rycroft-Malone
authors.affiliation: Montefiore Medical Center, The University Hospital for Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Meissner
authors.affiliation: Research Department of Primary Care and Population Health, University College London, UK.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Murray
authors.affiliation: Centre for Primary Care and Public Health, Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, UK.
authors.forename: Anita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.affiliation: Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research, Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9AG, UK.
authors.forename: Aziz
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sheikh
authors.affiliation: Centre for Primary Care and Public Health, Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, UK.
authors.forename: Stephanie J C
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Taylor
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000592:standards*; D003697:Delphi Technique; D006284:Health Plan Implementation / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans