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Editorial

Published on 14 Oct 2025

Editorial: Using the RE-AIM framework and other implementation theories, models, and frameworks to guide the implementation and evaluation of rural health innovations

in Implementation Science

Heather Schacht Reisinger
Teresa Damush
Erin Balkenende
Edwin Wong
Kanika Arora
Rachael R. Kenney
Laura D. Taylor
Monica Matthieu

Frontiers in Health Services

doi 10.3389/frhs.2025.1695418

1,329 views

Original Research

Published on 07 Oct 2025

Use of organizational change strategies and personalized agency feedback improves addressing tobacco in behavioral health outpatient treatment settings

in Implementation Science

Douglas Ziedonis
Robert A. Schnoll
Orrin Myers
Thomas Anthony Chavez
Amy Bachyrycz
Cesar J. Ojeda
Frank T. Leone
Mackenzie Hosie Quinn
Prajakta Adsul

Frontiers in Health Services

doi 10.3389/frhs.2025.1587795

1,172 views

Perspective

Published on 01 Oct 2025

Environmental sustainability, an essential outcome for implementation scientists to improve health

in Implementation Science

Virginia Mckay
Emmanuel Tetteh
Nicholas Wong
C. Bradley Kramer
Jason Burnham

Frontiers in Health Services

doi 10.3389/frhs.2025.1664446

1,910 views

Brief Research Report

Published on 30 Sep 2025

Complex inner and outer setting interactions determine feasibility and readiness of developing primary care registries in small island developing states: sequential mixed methods study

in Implementation Science

Natasha P. Sobers
Joeleita Agard
Jacqueline Campbell
Kia Lewis
S. M. Jeyaseelan

Frontiers in Health Services

doi 10.3389/frhs.2025.1593902

1,074 views

Original Research

Published on 26 Sep 2025

Documenting adaptations across the Accelerating Colorectal Cancer Screening and follow-up through Implementation Science research programs: methods and adaptation examples

in Implementation Science

Borsika A. Rabin
Erin S. Kenzie
Jill M. Oliveri
Aaron J. Kruse-Diehr
Sonja Hoover
Usha Menon
Mark P. Doescher
Prajakta Adsul
Shiraz I. Mishra
Kevin English

Frontiers in Health Services

doi 10.3389/frhs.2025.1613925

1,630 views

Brief Research Report

Published on 26 Sep 2025

The guided understanding of implementation, development & education (GUIDE): a tool for implementation science instruction

in Implementation Science

Laura Ellen Ashcraft
Meghan B. Lane-Fall

Frontiers in Health Services

doi 10.3389/frhs.2025.1654516

2,542 views

Review

Published on 19 Sep 2025

Implementation of cross-sectoral rehabilitation in the Nordic countries: a scoping review

in Implementation Science

Helle Bøgard
Signe Green Knakkergaard
Charlotte Simonÿ
Lars Hermann Tang
Jeanette Reffstrup Christensen
Anne Dalhoff Pedersen
Alexander Luijk
Stine Gundtoft Roikjær

Frontiers in Health Services

doi 10.3389/frhs.2025.1662230

1,484 views

Systematic Review

Published on 19 Sep 2025

An analysis of National Cancer Institute-funded scale-up research

in Implementation Science

Cynthia Vinson
Aubrey Villalobos
Margarita Correa-Mendez
Gila Neta

Frontiers in Health Services

doi 10.3389/frhs.2025.1624733

1,370 views

Original Research

Published on 18 Sep 2025

Standard vs. enhanced implementation strategies to increase adoption of a multidrug-resistant organism alert tool: a cluster randomized trial

in Implementation Science

Cara Ray
Cassie Goedken
Ashley M. Hughes
Geneva M. Wilson
Natalie R. Hicks
Margaret A. Fitzpatrick
Makoto M. Jones
Christopher Pfeiffer
James Stacey Klutts
Martin E. Evans

Frontiers in Health Services

doi 10.3389/frhs.2025.1566454

1,472 views

Brief Research Report

Published on 12 Sep 2025

Feasibility and effectiveness of a smartphone access program for promoting engagement in care among perinatal people with substance use disorders: a pilot study

in Implementation Science

D. J. Goodman
L. Lamadriz
K. Stokes
M. Adams
H. Martell
K. Robie
A. Morgan
E. C. Saunders

Frontiers in Health Services

doi 10.3389/frhs.2025.1640311

1,375 views

Brief Research Report

Published on 10 Sep 2025

Implementation climate and clinic personnel attitudes in primary care towards a mental health and drug use preventive intervention for hispanic families: preliminary findings

in Implementation Science

Alyssa Lozano
Elliott R. Weinstein
Tae Kyoung Lee
Justin D. Smith
C. Hendricks Brown
Guillermo Prado

Frontiers in Health Services

doi 10.3389/frhs.2025.1619869

991 views

Mini Review

Published on 10 Sep 2025

The uphill journey of smoking cessation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: why a well-built vehicle matters

in Implementation Science

Rasmus Kragh Jakobsen
Ingeborg Farver-Vestergaard
Anders Løkke

Frontiers in Health Services

doi 10.3389/frhs.2025.1659295

1,743 views

Review

Published on 09 Sep 2025

Challenges and opportunities for greater public-private partnership for the implementation of the WHO operational framework for building climate resilient health systems to improve malaria control and elimination in Sub-Saharan Africa: a rapid review

in Implementation Science

Sheila Lumumba
Samuel Kamau
Isaac Ntwiga
Josphat Martin Muchangi
Jackline Kiarie
Sarah Kosgei
Moses Mwamburi
George Kimathi

Frontiers in Health Services

doi 10.3389/frhs.2025.1593923

1,983 views

Original Research

Published on 03 Sep 2025

Fresh funds for moms: feasibility of a 12-week online food as medicine grocery prescription program for women with food insecurity and gestational diabetes

in Implementation Science

Rachel Gillespie
Sara J. Maksi
Joshua Bush
Cynthia Cockerham
Courtney T. Luecking
Andrea L. Deierlein
Heather Wasser
Alison Gustafson

Frontiers in Health Services

doi 10.3389/frhs.2025.1625558

3,984 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 28 Aug 2025

A values-driven academic affiliation between a public medical school and a private healthcare provider: exploring the perceptions of key opinion leaders

in Implementation Science

Leon Du Preez
Farah Otaki
Timo Clemens
Suleiman Al-Hammadi
Adrian Stanley
Samuel B. Ho
Paddy Kilian
Pietie Loubser
Riad Bayoumi
Mutairu Ezimokhai

Frontiers in Health Services

doi 10.3389/frhs.2025.1655759

1,898 views
1 citation

Brief Research Report

Published on 20 Aug 2025

Adoption and acceptability of a perioperative nutrition program among total joint arthroplasty patients

in Implementation Science

Derek S. Yocum
Leila Hammond
Emma Housholder
Néma McGlynn
Sara Y. Oikawa
Claudia Kabele
Adam Cien
Jeffrey D. Yergler

Frontiers in Health Services

doi 10.3389/frhs.2025.1555209

1,282 views

Original Research

Published on 07 Aug 2025

Illuminating the “black box” of complex suicide prevention interventions: towards a theory of implementation using the normalisation process theory

in Implementation Science

Sadhvi Krishnamoorthy
Gregory Armstrong
Sharna Mathieu
Victoria Ross
Kairi Kõlves

Frontiers in Health Services

doi 10.3389/frhs.2025.1473682

1,819 views

Methods

Published on 06 Aug 2025

Application of the implementation research logic model for evaluating a framework for disseminating arthritis-appropriate evidence-based interventions

in Implementation Science

K. L. Carluzzo
L. E. Bernstein
J. Chevan
E. Erck
H. Murphy
T. Radske-Suchan
B. Engebretsen
K. E. Schifferdecker

Frontiers in Health Services

doi 10.3389/frhs.2025.1630135

1,552 views

Brief Research Report

Published on 05 Aug 2025

Organizational readiness for implementing clinical decision support tools in chronic pain care: a mixed methods evaluation

in Implementation Science

Miranda J. Reid
Jyotsna Gutta
Katy Ellis Hilts
Magda Knight
Julie DiIulio
Lori Bilello
Mario El Hayek
Khoa A. Nguyen
Christopher A. Harle
Ramzi G. Salloum

Frontiers in Health Services

doi 10.3389/frhs.2025.1613208

2,480 views

Original Research

Published on 29 Jul 2025

The Boost Team: transforming outreach for female veterans in rural communities

in Implementation Science

Jenny Krause Cohen
Kara Zamora-Rogoski
Caitlin McLean
Mariam Jacob
Tara Stacker
Caroline Dancu
Jennifer Childers

Frontiers in Health Services

doi 10.3389/frhs.2025.1617105

1,919 views

Original Research

Published on 29 Jul 2025

Barriers and facilitators to COVID-19 testing and vaccination: a qualitative focus group study among Rhode Island’s Latine/Hispanic community

in Implementation Science

D. Grace Smith
Yovanska Duarte-Velez
Elizabeth S. Chen
Mario Bueno
A. Rani Elwy
Indra Neil Sarkar

Frontiers in Health Services

doi 10.3389/frhs.2025.1473375

1,497 views

Original Research

Published on 24 Jul 2025

Advancing sustainability in low-resource settings: development and validation of a sustainability tool for evidence-based interventions and programs

in Implementation Science

Chisom Obiezu-Umeh
Divya S. Subramaniam
Ucheoma Nwaozuru
Titilola Gbaja-biamila
Lateef Akeem Blessing
Thembekile Shato
David Oladele
Lisa R. Hirschhorn
Enbal Shacham
Hong Xian

Frontiers in Health Services

doi 10.3389/frhs.2025.1618400

2,269 views

Original Research

Published on 23 Jul 2025

Towards a universal implementation of labor companionship: a synthesis of the policy and facility environment of eight low-and-middle income countries

in Implementation Science

Soha El-Halabi
Andrea Barnabas Pembe
Alexandre Dumont
Ana Pilar Betrán
Charles Kaboré
Effie Chipeta
Guillermo Carroli
Helle Mölsted Alvesson
Hussein Kidanto
Jean-Paul Dossou

Frontiers in Health Services

doi 10.3389/frhs.2025.1550473

2,709 views

Original Research

Published on 18 Jul 2025

The role of cultural values and norms in the adoption and implementation of foreign innovations in health service delivery in China

in Implementation Science

Wenxing Wang
Jeroen van Wijngaarden
Martina Buljac-Samardžić
Joris van de Klundert

Frontiers in Health Services

doi 10.3389/frhs.2025.1401641

2,264 views
1 citation

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Editorial: Using the RE-AIM framework and other implementation theories, models, and frameworks to guide the implementation and evaluation of rural health innovations

Use of organizational change strategies and personalized agency feedback improves addressing tobacco in behavioral health outpatient treatment settings

Environmental sustainability, an essential outcome for implementation scientists to improve health

Complex inner and outer setting interactions determine feasibility and readiness of developing primary care registries in small island developing states: sequential mixed methods study

Documenting adaptations across the Accelerating Colorectal Cancer Screening and follow-up through Implementation Science research programs: methods and adaptation examples

The guided understanding of implementation, development & education (GUIDE): a tool for implementation science instruction

Implementation of cross-sectoral rehabilitation in the Nordic countries: a scoping review

An analysis of National Cancer Institute-funded scale-up research

Standard vs. enhanced implementation strategies to increase adoption of a multidrug-resistant organism alert tool: a cluster randomized trial

Feasibility and effectiveness of a smartphone access program for promoting engagement in care among perinatal people with substance use disorders: a pilot study

Implementation climate and clinic personnel attitudes in primary care towards a mental health and drug use preventive intervention for hispanic families: preliminary findings

The uphill journey of smoking cessation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: why a well-built vehicle matters

Challenges and opportunities for greater public-private partnership for the implementation of the WHO operational framework for building climate resilient health systems to improve malaria control and elimination in Sub-Saharan Africa: a rapid review

Fresh funds for moms: feasibility of a 12-week online food as medicine grocery prescription program for women with food insecurity and gestational diabetes

A values-driven academic affiliation between a public medical school and a private healthcare provider: exploring the perceptions of key opinion leaders

Adoption and acceptability of a perioperative nutrition program among total joint arthroplasty patients

Illuminating the “black box” of complex suicide prevention interventions: towards a theory of implementation using the normalisation process theory

Application of the implementation research logic model for evaluating a framework for disseminating arthritis-appropriate evidence-based interventions

Organizational readiness for implementing clinical decision support tools in chronic pain care: a mixed methods evaluation

The Boost Team: transforming outreach for female veterans in rural communities

Barriers and facilitators to COVID-19 testing and vaccination: a qualitative focus group study among Rhode Island’s Latine/Hispanic community

Advancing sustainability in low-resource settings: development and validation of a sustainability tool for evidence-based interventions and programs

Towards a universal implementation of labor companionship: a synthesis of the policy and facility environment of eight low-and-middle income countries

The role of cultural values and norms in the adoption and implementation of foreign innovations in health service delivery in China