Module 5: Study Designs in Implementation Science

Suggested Readings

• Brown CH, Curran G, Palinkas LA, et al. An overview of research and evaluation designs for dissemination and implementation. Annu Rev Public Health. 2017;38:1-22. doi:10.1146/annurev-publhealth-031816-044215 .
• Hemming K, Haines TP, Chilton PF, Girling AJ, Lilford RJ. The stepped wedge cluster randomised trial: rationale, design, analysis, and reporting. BMJ. 2015;350. doi:10.1136/bmj.h391 .
• Handley MA, Lyles CR, McCulloch C, Cattamanchi A. Selecting and improving quasi-experimental designs in effectiveness and implementation research. Annu Rev Public Health. 2018;39:5-25. doi:10.1146/annurev-publhealth-040617-014128 .
• Landes SJ, McBain SA, Curran GM. An introduction to effectiveness-implementation hybrid designs. Psychiatry Res. 2019;280:112513. doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2019.112513 .
• Palinkas LA, Mendon SJ, Hamilton AB. Innovations in mixed methods evaluations. Annu Rev Public Health. 2019;40:423-442. doi:10.1146/annurev-publhealth-040218-044215 .

Web Resources

• NCI Implementation Science Webinar Recordings on D&I Study Designs:
  • Hybrid Designs by Geoff Curran
  • Community Based Participatory Approaches by Nina Wallerstein & Bonnie Duran

Self-Reflection Questions

• What is your proposed study design? Why is that the best design to answer your research questions or hypotheses?
• Will you be incorporating a mixed methods design into your study? If so, what design? If not, why?