The National Institutes of Health (NIH) defines implementation science as “the study of methods to promote the adoption and integration of evidence-based practices, interventions and policies into routine health care and public health settings.” Below is a non-exhaustive list of resources related to the topic of implementation science.

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Aarons, G.A., Ehrhart, M.G., Moullin, J.C., Torres, E.M., Green, A.E. (2017). Testing the Leadership and Organizational Change for Implementation Intervention (LOCI) in substance abuse treatment: A cluster randomized trial study protocol. Implementation Science, 12(29).

Aarons, G.A., Fettes, D.L., Flores Jr, L.E., & Sommerfeld, D.H. (2009). Evidence-based practice implementation and staff emotional exhaustion in children's services. Behaviour research and therapy, 47(11), 954-960.

Aarons, G.A., Fettes, D.L., Sommerfeld, D.H., Palinkas, L.A. (2011). Mixed methods for implementation research: Application to evidence-based practice implementation and staff turnover in community-based organizations providing child welfare services. Child Maltreatment, 17(1), 67-79.

Aarons, G.A., Hurlburt, M., Horwitz, S.M., (2011). Advancing a conceptual model of evidence-based practice implementation in public service sectors. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 38, 4-23.

Aarons, G.A., & Palinkas, L.A. (2007). Implementation of evidence-based practice in child welfare: Service provider perspectives. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 34(4), 411-419.

Aarons, G. A., & Sommerfeld, D. H. (2012). Leadership, innovation climate, and attitudes toward evidence-based practice during a statewide implementation. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 51(4), 423-431.

Aarons, G.A., Sommerfeld, D.H., Hecht, D.B., Silovsky, J.F., & Chaffin, M.J. (2009). The impact of evidence-based practice implementation and fidelity monitoring on staff turnover: evidence for a protective effect. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 77(2), 270.

Aarons, G.A., Sommerfeld, D.H., & Walrath-Greene, C.M. (2009). Evidence-based practice implementation: the impact of public versus private sector organization type on organizational support, provider attitudes, and adoption of evidence-based practice. Implementation Science, 4(1), 83.

Aarons, G. A., Wells, R. S., Zagursky, K., Fettes, D. L., & Palinkas, L. A. (2009). Implementing evidence-based practice in community mental health agencies: A multiple stakeholder analysis. American Journal of Public Health, 99(11), 2087-2095.

Funk, S.G., Champagne, M.T., Wiese, R.A., Tornquist, E.M. (1991). Barriers: The barriers to research utilization scale. Applied Nursing Research, 4(1), 39-45.

Klein, K.J., Sorra, J.S. (1996). The challenge of innovation implementation. Academy of Management Review 21(4). 1055-1080.

Moullin, J.C., Dickson, K.S., Stadnick, N.A., Rabin, B.A., Aarons, G.A. (2019). Systematic Review of the Exploration, Preparation, Implementation, Sustainment (EPIS) Framework. Implementation Science, 14(1). Visit the EPIS website.

Patterson, T.L., Semple, S.J., Chavarin, C.V., Mendoza, D.V., Santos, L.E., Chaffin, M., Palinkas, L., Strathdee, S.A., Aarons, G.A.(2012). Implementation of an efficacious intervention for high risk women in Mexico: Protocol for a multi-site randomized trial with a parallel study of organizational factors. Implementation Science, 7.

Williams, J.R., Blais, M.P., Banks, D., Dusablon, T., Williams, W.O., Hennessy, K.D. (2014). Predictors of the decision to adopt motivational interviewing in community health settings. The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research, 41, 294-307.