Cutting-edge health equity research doesn’t just happen in scientific journals. There’s a vibrant community of practitioners, advocates, and community members with lived experience working towards better health and wellbeing for… Read More
For August, we went a little deeper in the whole “discourse space” on suicide. In addition to the scan of the published academic literature and Twitter trends, we also pulled… Read More
There are plenty of good ideas about how to solve complex social problems. One of the major levers is policy. And the people responsible for brokering between local needs and… Read More
Let’s go Socratic for a second. What does it mean to be an implementation practitioner? By that, if you were a person who was interested in getting good ideas into… Read More
What does recent Twitter say about implementation science? Well, one common thread was that Implementation Practice includes enabling relationship-building, developing a common language, defining roles, and dedicating resources. That was… Read More
I’m an Olympic junkie. Let the record show that the great and legendary Villanova Track and Field team has had an Olympian every cycle since 1948! Let’s go, Pat Tiernan!… Read More
A key aspect of community-based work is participation. People on the ground, such as community members, service recipients, and those providing services, should have a say in the types of… Read More
Maybe a few days late, but here’s the update on the implementation science discussion on Twitter. Not much commentary from us this week; we’ll save that for the monthly recap…. Read More
A little bit late today. We just got off a great kickoff call with the Rhode Island Department of Health to help build capacity for population-level health equity. And, as… Read More
A recent social media post grabbed my attention. The government of Japan appointed a Minister of Loneliness to address increasing suicide rates. This trend is, in part, driven by rising… Read More
Much of the Twitter chatter last week was a generation in a discussion that focused on collaboration in…..well, you can see the question at right. Our top tweeters? Why, it’s… Read More
Sustainability means different things to different people. In my home field of implementation science, it refers to the conditions that allow interventions to mainstream and perpetuate over time. For my… Read More