Strengthening person-centered care through quality improvement: a mixed-methods study examining implementation of the Person-Centered Care Assessment Tool in Zambian health facilities by Amy Casella, Adamson Paxon Ndhlovu, Jessica E. Posner, Lackeby Kawanga, Peteria Chan, Malia Duffy, Caitlin Madevu-Matson, Jemmy M. Musangulule

“…The PCC-AT, including subsequent group action planning, was implemented across 29 facilities in Zambia among 173 HIV treatment providers. …”
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Expanding two-way texting for post-operative follow-up: A cost analysis of the implementation and scale-up in routine voluntary medical male circumcision settings in South Africa. by Molly Unsworth, Isabella Fabens, Geoffrey Setswe, Khumbulani Moyo, Jacqueline Pienaar, Calsile Makhele, Motshana Phohole, Nelson Igaba, Sizwe Hlongwane, Maria Sardini, Tracy Dong, Monisha Sharma, Hannock Tweya, Felex Ndebele, Marrianne Holec, Caryl Feldacker

“…Data were collected from routine financial reports and complemented by previous RCT time-motion estimates. We conducted activity-based costing of SWD and peak season periods. …”
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A multi-level implementation strategy to increase adoption of chiropractic care for low back pain in primary care clinics: a randomized stepped-wedge pilot study protocol by Eric J. Roseen, André Bussières, Rocky Reichman, Celia Bora, Jennifer Trieu, Kirsten Austad, Charles Williams, Ryan A. Fischer, Danielle Parrilla, Lance D. Laird, Michael LaValley, Roni L. Evans, Robert B. Saper, Natalia E. Morone

“…At our first clinic, we will have a four-month pre-implementation period, a two-month implementation deployment period, and a subsequent eight-month follow-up period. …”
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Implementación de un curso virtual de subtitulación para estudiantes universitarios de italiano. Implementation of a didactic subtitling virtual course for Italian language university students by Olivia Correa Larios, Diana Margarita Córdova Esparza, Roberto Gerardo Flores Olague

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Process evaluation of the flucare cluster randomised controlled trial: assessing the implementation of a behaviour change intervention to increase influenza vaccination uptake among care home staff in England by Thando Katangwe-Chigamba, Faisal Alsaif, Adaku Anyiam-Osigwe, Veronica Bion, Allan Clark, Hilary Garrett, Alys Wyn Griffiths, Cecile Guillard, Amber Hammond, Richard Holland, Liz Jones, Amrish Patel, Jennifer Pitcher, Helen Risebro, Sion Scott, Carys Seeley, Erika Sims, Susan Stirling, Adam Wagner, David Wright, Linda Birt

“…Results FluCare intervention implementation varied across Care homes (CHs), with clinics and videos not being implemented in 35% and 43% of the intervention CHs respectively. …”
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Knowledge, attitudes and preventive practices towards soil-transmitted helminthiases among teachers in schools implementing the home-grown school feeding program in Enugu Metropolis, Enugu State, Nigeria by Daniel Chukwuemeka Obi, Blessing Hafizetu Nwazulu, Susan Chioma Udeh

“…This highlights that positive attitudes alone may not be sufficient for effective implementation of preventive measures. This underscores the need for targeted interventions, particularly tailored training for older and more experienced teachers. …”
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IoT-MFaceNet: Internet-of-Things-Based Face Recognition Using MobileNetV2 and FaceNet Deep-Learning Implementations on a Raspberry Pi-400 by Ahmad Saeed Mohammad, Thoalfeqar G. Jarullah, Musab T. S. Al-Kaltakchi, Jabir Alshehabi Al-Ani, Somdip Dey

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Protocol for an intervention development and pilot implementation evaluation study of an e-health solution to improve newborn care quality and survival in two low-resource settings, Malawi and Zimbabwe: Neotree by Hassan Haghparast-Bidgoli, Michelle Heys, Caroline Crehan, Erin Kesler, Monica Lakhanpaul, Emma Wilson, Fabiana Lorencatto, Felicity Fitzgerald, Mario Cortina Borja, Msandeni Chiume, Hannah Gannon, Simbarashe Chimhuya, Gwendoline Chimhini, Tim Hull-Bailey, Tarisai Chiyaka, Yali Sassoon, Deliwe Nkhoma, Nushrat Khan, Alexander G. Stevenson, Kristina Curtis

“…Approximately 70% of these deaths occur in low-resource settings because of failure to implement evidence-based interventions. Digital health technologies may offer an implementation solution. …”
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Attitudes of political-administrative decision makers towards the implementation of nature-based solutions in water management – a case study on a hypothetical constructed wetland in the Tárcoles River basin by Franka Pätzke, Christoph Schulze, Jochen Hack, Karina Castro-Arce, Veronica Alejandra Neumann, Barbara Schröter

“…Nevertheless, research shows that in practice, NBS confront several barriers in planning and implementation, many of which are related to the different attitudes of political and administrative actors. …”
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Treatment of e-cigarette use among hospitalised adolescents and young adults: a protocol for intervention development and evaluation of preliminary efficacy and implementation outcomes in a randomised controlled trial by Delwyn Catley, Kimber P Richter, Karen Wilson, Shelbie Wooten, Melissa K Miller, Abbey Masonbrink

“…Our primary outcome is self-reported 30-day point prevalence e-cigarette abstinence at the 3-month follow-up with biochemical salivary cotinine confirmation. Our secondary implementation outcomes are feasibility, acceptability and fidelity. …”
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Implementing and Evaluating a Mobile Phone–Supported and Family-Centered Rehabilitation Program for People With Stroke in Uganda (F@ce 2.0): Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial by Gunilla Eriksson, Julius Tunga Kamwesiga, Uno Fors, Tonny Oyana, Lena von Koch, Charlotte Ytterberg, Susanne Guidetti

“…ConclusionsThis study will provide evidence of the plausible effects of F@ce 2.0 and the process of implementing the program in low-income countries. …”
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Building Emotional Awareness and Mental Health (BEAM): study protocol for a hybrid implementation-effectiveness trial of the BEAM app-based program for parents with clinical mental health problems by Kaeley M. Simpson, Robert J. W. McHardy, J. Grace Zhou, Sydney Levasseur-Puhach, Cynthia M. Côté, Millie Braun, Fiona Clement, Anna L. MacKinnon, Nathan Nickel, Tracie O. Afifi, Gerald F. Giesbrecht, Ryan Giuliano, Laurence Y. Katz, Lauren E. Kelly, Terry P. Klassen, Catherine Lebel, Aislin Mushquash, Kristin Reynolds, Elizabeth Decaire, Wajihah Mughal, Frances Chartrand, Olena Kloss, Jennifer M. Hensel, James M. Bolton, Jo Ann M. Unger, Mandy Archibald, Philip Fisher, Ashley Pharazyn, Lianne Tomfohr-Madsen, Leslie E. Roos

“…This trial involves an effectiveness-implementation hybrid design with co-primary aims of (1) determining BEAM’s effectiveness in improving parent mental health, and (2) evaluating the implementation of BEAM in the community through metrics such as feasibility, acceptability, and uptake. …”
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Perceived acceptability, barriers and enablers in implementing mobile phone messaging-based message-framing intervention for improved maternal and newborn care in Jimma Zone, Ethiopia: a qualitative study by Gebeyehu Bulcha, Zewdie Birhanu, Demisew Amenu, Hordofa Gutema

“…The study also identified various barriers and enablers affecting the implementation of message-framing interventions through mobile phone messaging.Conclusions Participants in this study generally recognised and accepted the benefits of mobile phone messaging for improving maternal and newborn health. …”
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Dental Students’ Perception and Self-Perceived Confidence Level in Key Dental Procedures for General Practice and the Impact of Competency Implementation on Their Confidence Level, Part I (Prosthodontics and Conservative Dentistry) by Wijdan R. Elmanaseer, Salah A. Al-Omoush, Rasha A. Alamoush, Rawan Abu Zaghlan, Firas Alsoleihat

“…An questionnaire was answered by two cohorts of final-year dental students: one group in 2016 before the implementation of the competency-based assessment system (group 1, n = 153), and the other in 2019 after the implementation of this system (group 2, n = 199), the same questionnaire was used for both cohorts. …”
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Feasibility of implementing a mobile phone-based telemonitoring programme to support pregnant women at high-risk for pre-eclampsia in Karachi, Pakistan: protocol for a mixed-methods study by Emily Seto, Zulfiqar Bhutta, Anam Shahil Feroz, Sarah Saleem, Haleema Yasmin

“…This study will recruit 50 pregnant women at high-risk for pre-eclampsia to assess clinical feasibility across the five foci of Bowen’s framework including acceptability, demand, implementation, practicality and limited-efficacy testing. …”
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Adapting the WHO ANC digital module for the NAMAI study: Formative research to inform implementation science interventions for enhanced quality service delivery following the WHO SMART guidelines approach. by Nachela Chelwa, Bernard R Ngabo, Muyereka Nyirenda, Musange F Sabine, María Barreix, Tigest Tamrat, Natasha Okpara, Chifundo Phiri, Nathalie K Murindahabi, David Nzeyimana, Tobias Makai, Gilbert Uwayezu, Gladys Yabalwazi, Mwamba Kangwa, Rosemary K Muliokela, Hedieh Mehrtash, Caren Chizuni, Vincent Mutabazi, Felix Sayinzoga, Michael T Mbizvo, Maurice Bucagu, Özge Tunçalp

“…Both countries conducted implementation research, composed of five implementation strategies to support the adapted ANC package service delivery. …”
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COVID-19 vaccine evidence monitoring assisted by artificial Intelligence: An emergency system implemented by the Public Health Agency of Canada to capture and describe the trajectory of evolving pandemic vaccine literature by Su Hyun Lim, Mona Hersi, Ramya Krishnan, Joshua Montroy, Bonnie Rook, Kelly Farrah, Yung-En Chung, Adrienne Stevens, Joseline Zafack, Eva Wong, Nicole Forbes, April Killikelly, Kelsey Young, Matthew Tunis

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Techno-Economic Analysis of the Implementation of the IEC 62034:2012 Standard—Automatic Test Systems for Battery-Powered Emergency Escape Lighting—In a 52.8-Meter Multipurpose Vessel by Luis García Rodríguez, Laura Castro-Santos, María Isabel Lamas Galdo

“…This study aims to evaluate the techno-economic feasibility of implementing the IEC 62034:2012 standard, which governs automatic test systems for battery-powered emergency escape lighting, on a 52.8-m multipurpose vessel. …”
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