Abstract
Implementing research findings into healthcare practice and policy is a complex process occurring in diverse contexts; it invariably depends on changing human behaviour in many parts of an intricate implementation system. Questions asked with the aim of improving implementation are multifarious variants of ‘What works, compared with what, how well, with what exposure, with what behaviours (for how long), for whom, in what setting and why?’. Relevant evidence is being published at a high rate, but its quantity, complexity and lack of shared terminologies present challenges. The achievement of efficient, effective and timely synthesis of evidence is facilitated by using ‘ontologies’ to systematically structure and organise the evidence about constructs and their relationships, using a controlled, well-defined vocabulary.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | 131 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1-4 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Implementation Science |
| Volume | 12 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 14 Nov 2017 |
Bibliographical note
Our thanks to Marta Marques, Emma Norris, Ildiko Tombor, Holly Walton, Olga Perski and Hilary Groarke for comments on an earlier draft of this editorial.The project is funded by a Wellcome Trust collaborative award [The Human Behaviour-Change Project: Building the science of behaviour change for complex intervention development’, 201,524/Z/16/Z].
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