From Classification to Causality: Advancing Understanding of Mechanisms of Change in Implementation Science

[摘要] BackgroundThe science of implementation has offered little toward understanding how different implementation strategies work. To improve outcomes of implementation efforts, the field needs precise, testable theories that describe the causal pathways through which implementation strategies function. In this perspective piece, we describe a four-step approach to developing causal pathway models for implementation strategies.

[学科分类] 卫生学

[关键词] implementation;mechanism;mediator;moderator;theory;causal pathway;strategy