Table 1 Words used in different definitions of “implementation science”
From: A synthesis of implementation science frameworks and application to global health gaps
From | Goal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Action/ tool | Starting point | Destination | Action/ tool | Result |
Translating/ transferring/ transporting/ exchanging (9) | Intervention/ program (20) | Practice/ routine practice (29) | Improve/ change (12) | Quality of health-care (11) |
Reducing/ closing gap (8) | Research (11) | Use/ utilization/ routine use (14) | Meet/ achieve (3) | Intervention/ implementation (4) |
Promoting uptake (8) | Knowledge (10) | Real-world/ reality/ context/ settings (9) | Deliver (2) | Health-care (3) |
Getting/ bringing/ delivering (6) | Evidence (9) | Innovation/ program/ policy (4) | Identify/ clarify (2) | Outcomes/ health outcomes (2) |
Understanding (4) | Practice (8) | Knowledge (3) | Other (5) | Other (6) |
Implementing (4) | Innovation (5) | Other (10) | ||
Putting (4) | Science/ findings (4) | |||
Bridging/ nexus (5) | Other (8) | |||
Integrating (3) | ||||
Promoting/ encouraging (3) | ||||
Process (3) | ||||
Other (10) | ||||