The ongoing efforts of the Consortium for Cancer Implementation Science are supported by CCIS action groups through the development of public goods (widely available tools and resources) to address key challenges and advance the implementation science agenda in cancer.
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ACTION GROUPS
Community Participation in Implementation Science
2020 - Present
The goal of this action group is to advance implementation science through identifying, elevating, and enhancing community-engaged research. Major goals include building competencies in research design and evaluation.
Public Goods
Articles
- Astorino Nicola J, Nataliansyah MM, Lopez-Olivo MA, et al. Champions to enhance implementation of clinical and community-based interventions in cancer: a scoping review. Implement Sci Commun. 2024;5(1):119. Published 2024 Oct 22. doi:10.1186/s43058-024-00662-0§§§
Resources
- Engaging With Rural Communities: Tips and Best Practices For Researchers and Practitioners in Implementation Science§§ (to view this resource, please send a request to CCIS@icf.com)
- Resources for Stakeholder and Community Engagement§§
- Spotlight On Program Champions**§§§
Environmental Health and Implementation Science
The goals of this action group are to foster transdisciplinary, multi-sectoral interactions and collaborations, and to learn to address key environmental and occupational health challenges using and advancing implementation science.
Implementation of Complex/Multilevel Interventions
The goals of this action group are to explore the interface of complex/multilevel interventions and implementation science, and to produce goods, tools, and tutorials to guide others seeking to apply implementation science to understand, design, and evaluate complex/multilevel interventions.
Resources
- Understanding functions and forms of complex/multilevel interventions: case studies and recommendations*§§developed by Jessica D. Austin, PhD
Implementation Science in Global Health
2020 – Present
The goal of this action group is to focus on implementation science research and practice for global cancer control through collaboration and capacity building. The group aims to identify opportunities and potential strategies to increase the translation of evidence-based cancer control interventions into practice in both scalable and sustainable ways.
Articles
- Parascandola M, Neta G, Salloum RG, Shelley D, Rositch AF. Role of Local Evidence in Transferring Evidence-Based Interventions to Low- and Middle-Income Country Settings: Application to Global Cancer Prevention and Control. JCO Glob Oncol. 2022;8:e2200054. doi:1200/GO.22.00054. §§
- Trinkley KE, Glasgow RE, D'Mello S, Fort MP, Ford B, Rabin BA. The iPRISM webtool: an interactive tool to pragmatically guide the iterative use of the Practical, Robust Implementation and Sustainability Model in public health and clinical settings. Implement Sci Commun. 2023;4(1):116. Published 2023 Sep 19. doi:1186/s43058-023-00494-4.** §§§
Resources
- State of the Science of Scale-Up of Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Interventions in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Scoping Review*§§ developed by Tara Friebel-Klingner, PhD, MPH and Gloria Guevara Alvarez, PhD, MPPA
- Practical, Robust Implementation and Sustainability Model (PRISM) Webtool** §§§ developed by Katy Trinkley, PharmD, PhD
Learning Healthcare Systems as Natural Laboratories
The goal of this action group is to identify opportunities and challenges to employing implementation science in learning healthcare system development, innovation, and evaluation. The action group hopes to promote and guide implementation research that examines the individual and collective importance of patient, clinician, and organizational/administrative attributes driving the systematic uptake of proven-effective interventions within learning healthcare systems.
Articles
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LeLaurin JH, Pluta K, Norton WE, Salloum RG, Singh Ospina N. Time to de-implementation of low-value cancer screening practices: a narrative review. BMJ Qual Saf. 2025 May 20:bmjqs-2025-018558. doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2025-018558. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40393787***§§§
Implementation and Technology
The goal of this action group is to identify effective, evidence-based technologies; understand best practices, barriers, and facilitators of their adoption; and identify and address the evidence gaps that must be filled to move the field forward. This action group focuses on how health information and digital technologies can support the provision of guideline-concordant cancer prevention and care.
Articles
- Owens-Jasey C, Chen J, Xu R, et al. Implementation of Health IT for Cancer Screening in US Primary Care: Scoping Review. JMIR Cancer. 2024;10:e49002. Published 2024 Apr 30. doi:10.2196/49002 §
- Huguet N, Chen J, Parikh RB, et al. Applying Machine Learning Techniques to Implementation Science. Online J Public Health Inform. 2024;16:e50201. Published 2024 Apr 22. doi:10.2196/50201 §§§§
Webinars
- Research Priorities: Leveraging Health Information Technology to Address Cancer Prevention Disparities in Primary Care §§§§
- Unlocking the Potential of Artificial Intelligence in Cancer Implementation Science§§§§§ (to view this resource, please send a request to CCIS@icf.com)
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Speakers: Angela Bradbury, MD, Nathalie Huguet, PhD, Anna Maw, MD, and Katy Trinkley, PharmD, PhD.
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INACTIVE GROUPS
These action groups are no longer active.
Economics and Cost in Implementation Science
2019 - 2020
The goal of this action group was to better understand implementation costs and who bears them, and to distinguish between the intervention and implementation costs.
Articles
- Barnett ML, Stadnick NA, Proctor EK, Dopp AR, Saldana L. Moving beyond Aim Three: a need for a transdisciplinary approach to build capacity for economic evaluations in implementation science. Implement Sci Commun. 2021;2(1):133. Published 2021 Dec 4. doi:10.1186/s43058-021-00239-1. §
- Dopp AR, Kerns SEU, Panattoni L, et al. Translating economic evaluations into financing strategies for implementing evidence-based practices. Implement Sci. 2021;16(1):66. Published 2021 Jun 29. doi:10.1186/s13012-021-01137-9. §
- Eisman AB, Quanbeck A, Bounthavong M, Panattoni L, Glasgow RE. Implementation science issues in understanding, collecting, and using cost estimates: a multi-stakeholder perspective. Implement Sci. 2021;16(1):75. Published 2021 Aug 3. doi:10.1186/s13012-021-01143-x. §
Implementation Science Study Designs
2019 - 2022
The goal of this action group was to identify optimal research methods and study designs that accommodate rapid changes in context and responsive adaptations in the intervention and outcomes.
Precision Health and Big Data in Implementation Science
2019 - 2020
The goal of this action group was to guide and support efforts on emerging precision health activities along the cancer care continuum; build capacity through training programs for precision health researchers, clinicians, and communities; establish networks to develop measures and analytic tools specific to precision health and big data; and conduct pragmatic studies using learning health care system models.
Rapid Cycle Design in Implementation Science
2019 - 2020
The goal of this action group was to develop guidance for advancing methodology related to rapid cycle designs.
Workshop
Note
This work is supported (or partially supported) by the Consortium for Cancer Implementation Science (CCIS) Public Good Awards.
* Cycle 1 Funding – October 2021
** Cycle 2 Funding – April 2022
*** Cycle 3 Funding – March 2023
This work is responsive to priorities identified by action group members in 2019§, 2020§§, 2021§§§, 2022§§§§, or 2023 §§§§§.