{"id":337,"date":"2022-12-15T20:57:51","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T04:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwhivishub\/?page_id=337"},"modified":"2026-04-23T13:50:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T20:50:56","slug":"implementation-strategies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwhivishub\/resources\/implementation-science-101\/implementation-strategies\/","title":{"rendered":"Implementation strategies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Enola Proctor and colleagues define implementation strategies as \u201cmethods or techniques used to enhance the adoption, implementation, and sustainability of a clinical program or practice.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/implementationscience.biomedcentral.com\/articles\/10.1186\/s13012-015-0209-1\" name=\"_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a> At its core, implementation science aims to select and refine implementation strategies to put evidence-based interventions into practice. The field has identified a wide array of strategies that target different determinants of implementation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Watch: Byron J. Powell on Implementation Strategies<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Implementation Strategies\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FmQOAIKaBtk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>IS Strategies Typography<\/h2>\n<p>The following Expert Recommendations for Implementing Change (ERIC) <a href=\"https:\/\/implementationscience.biomedcentral.com\/articles\/10.1186\/s13012-015-0209-1\">study<\/a> identified 73 implementation strategies and defined a <a href=\"https:\/\/implementationscience.biomedcentral.com\/articles\/10.1186\/s13012-015-0295-0\">mapping schema<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-389\" src=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwhivishub\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IS-Strategies-300x158.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"799\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwhivishub\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IS-Strategies-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwhivishub\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IS-Strategies-1024x540.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwhivishub\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IS-Strategies-768x405.jpg 768w, https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwhivishub\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IS-Strategies-1536x809.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwhivishub\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IS-Strategies-375x198.jpg 375w, https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwhivishub\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IS-Strategies-1200x632.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwhivishub\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IS-Strategies.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/>[2]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Read More<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-361 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwhivishub\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/noun-open-access-27477-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwhivishub\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/noun-open-access-27477-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwhivishub\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/noun-open-access-27477-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwhivishub\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/noun-open-access-27477-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwhivishub\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/noun-open-access-27477-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwhivishub\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/noun-open-access-27477-375x375.png 375w, https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwhivishub\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/noun-open-access-27477.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 50px) 100vw, 50px\" \/>For a discussion about how to specify and report implementation strategies, see <a href=\"https:\/\/implementationscience.biomedcentral.com\/articles\/10.1186\/1748-5908-8-139\">Implementation strategies: recommendations for specifying and reporting<\/a> by Proctor et al (2013)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tools<\/strong> to help researchers and practitioners select which strategy might be appropriate for their work:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thecenterforimplementation.com\/strategease-tool\">StrategEase Tool<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<pre><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/implementationscience.biomedcentral.com\/articles\/10.1186\/s13012-015-0209-1\">https:\/\/implementationscience.biomedcentral.com\/articles\/10.1186\/s13012-015-0209-1<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\">[2]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/impsciuw.org\/implementation-science\/research\/implementation-strategies\/\">https:\/\/impsciuw.org\/implementation-science\/research\/implementation-strategies\/<\/a><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enola Proctor and colleagues define implementation strategies as \u201cmethods or techniques used to enhance the adoption, implementation, and sustainability of a clinical program or practice.\u201d[1] At its core, implementation science aims to select and refine implementation strategies to put evidence-based interventions into practice. The field has identified a wide array of strategies that target different determinants of implementation. &nbsp; Watch: Byron J. 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