Conceptualizing and measuring external context in implementation science: Studying the impacts of regulatory, fiscal, technological and social change

摘要: Researchers in the fields of implementation and improvement science have increasingly recognized importance context understanding processes outcomes (Damschroder et al, 2009; Taylor 2011; Kaplan 2012). To date much attention conceptualizing measuring contextual factors has targeted internal context, including features organizational settings which occur. The theoretical literature also highlights external however, comprising environment. We identified several influencing progress success an ongoing NIMH-funded hybrid effectiveness-implementation study innovative HIV/AIDS prevention program (Hamilton 2014). This abstract presents a preliminary taxonomy definitions key dimensions describes role this augmenting elaborating existing frameworks for science.