PERSPECTIVE article
Front. Health Serv.
Sec. Implementation Science
Volume 5 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/frhs.2025.1664446
This article is part of the Research TopicDissemination and Implementation Science in MedicineView all 15 articles
Environmental sustainability, an essential outcome for implementation scientists to improve health
Provisionally accepted
- 1Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, United States
- 2Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, United States
- 3Public Health Seattle and King County, Seattle, United States
- 4National Institutes of Health National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, United States
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While there is evidence of humans' harmful impact on the environment, translating such evidence into changes is challenging. Implementation science can facilitate a shift from a reactive to proactive approach in tackling environmental sustainability. This article aims to spur further discussion among implementation scientists to incorporate environmental sustainability within their research, while also offering concepts relevant to environmental science researchers seeking to apply implementation science principles.
Keywords: environment, Climate Change, One Health, implementation science, policy
Received: 11 Jul 2025; Accepted: 09 Sep 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Mckay, Tetteh, Wang, Kramer, Burnham and Neta. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Virginia Mckay, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, United States
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