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Public Health Doesn’t Have a Dissemination Problem. It Has a Marketing Problem.

Every year, taxpayers invest billions of dollars in biomedical and public health research. Scientists publish hundreds of thousands of papers, systematic reviews, and clinical guidelines. Yet only a fraction of those discoveries ever change clinical practice, influence policy, or improve health outcomes. The problem is so well recognized that it has spawned an entire field […]

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Implementation

How Power Dynamics Shape Public Health Interventions

In an urban health clinic, a local public health worker faces a dilemma: whether to implement evidence-based interventions (EBIs) designed to improve health outcomes. While the evidence is strong, the worker knows that without addressing the deeper power dynamics at play in the community, success will remain elusive. Time and again, it feels as though […]

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We Keep Studying Barriers. Why Doesn’t Implementation Get Easier?

Implementation science has become remarkably good at describing why change is difficult. Over the past four decades, researchers have interviewed clinicians, observed organizations, synthesized evidence, developed implementation frameworks, and published hundreds of thousands of papers documenting the obstacles to putting evidence into practice. Leadership matters. Resources matter. Organizational culture matters. Training, workflow, stakeholder engagement, incentives, […]

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The Power of the Implementation Research Logic Model

In a bustling community health center, Miriam, a program director, considers how to best implement a new evidence-based practice. The team is excited about the potential for this innovation to improve health outcomes, but uncertainties loom large. How can they ensure the new practice thrives beyond the initial rollout phase? This challenge highlights a vital […]

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A New Framework for Transforming AI and Implementation Science

Picture this: A public health team is drowning in data, trying to determine the most effective way to implement a life-saving intervention in a resource-constrained setting. As the information piles up, decisions become muddled, and time is running short. Enter Artificial Intelligence (AI), offering a potential lifeline to sift through the deluge of data efficiently. […]

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Why “Barriers and Facilitators” Is Not Enough in Public Health

In public health, we love to ask a very, very familiar question: What are the barriers and facilitators? It is a useful question. It helps us listen. It helps us organize what people are experiencing. It gives researchers, evaluators, and program leaders a way to summarize messy real-world conditions. When a new program struggles, we […]

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Global

Implementation Science in 2026: Key Lessons for Public Health Research, Policy, and Practice

Public health has never been short on evidence. What it has consistently struggled with is turning that evidence into action. That tension was front and center at the 2025 European Implementation Event (EIE2025), where researchers, policymakers, and practitioners gathered to confront a hard truth: implementation is not just difficult, it is fundamentally complex. Over the […]

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Challenges and Innovations in CFIR-ERIC Adoption

As Dr. Emily walked into the meeting room, papers in hand, she braced herself for yet another strategy session. Leading a team in implementing evidence-based practices in the hospital was no small feat, especially when new tools were constantly emerging. The latest buzz was all about the CFIR-ERIC matching tool, but like many, she was […]

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“Barriers & Facilitators” Is a Broken Genre: A Working Hypothesis

There is nothing I find less exciting than an article with barriers and facilitators in the title. Not because implementation is easy. Not because context does not matter. But because, at this point, the genre has become so predictable that the abstract alone often tells you everything you are going to get. I can almost […]

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AI

Qatar & Implementation Science: Day 1 reflections

Driving Change: Regional Conference on Health and Emerging Fields in Implementation ScienceDecember 5, 2025 — Doha, Qatar Implementation science in the Middle East may be redefining what public health can be. That was my overwhelming impression after an energizing first day at the Driving Change conference hosted at Qatar University. As someone who has worked […]

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Global

Hello from Qatar!

I set a stopwatch, and I spent 23 hours and 40 minutes door-to-door getting to Qatar from my house. This morning is the first time I have seen the sun since driving to the Philly airport on Wednesday. The conference starts in about three hours, so I’ll be live-blogging different sessions, sharing my reflections and […]

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Implementation

The Future of Implementation Science: Pace, Equity, and AI Are Changing the Game

If you work in public health, you’ve probably heard the line: “It takes 17 years for evidence to reach practice.” It’s become almost a meme: quoted in talks, grant proposals, and policy briefs. But right now, the field of implementation science is quietly asking a much harder question: How long should implementation take—and what happens […]

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Public Health Doesn’t Have a Dissemination Problem. It Has a Marketing Problem.

How Power Dynamics Shape Public Health Interventions

We Keep Studying Barriers. Why Doesn’t Implementation Get Easier?

The Power of the Implementation Research Logic Model

A New Framework for Transforming AI and Implementation Science

Why “Barriers and Facilitators” Is Not Enough in Public Health

Implementation Science in 2026: Key Lessons for Public Health Research, Policy, and Practice

Challenges and Innovations in CFIR-ERIC Adoption

“Barriers & Facilitators” Is a Broken Genre: A Working Hypothesis

Qatar & Implementation Science: Day 1 reflections

Hello from Qatar!

The Future of Implementation Science: Pace, Equity, and AI Are Changing the Game

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