International Journal of Health Policy and Management

International Journal of Health Policy and Management

How Single Is “Single” - Some Pragmatic Reflections on Single Versus Multifaceted Interventions to Facilitate Implementation; Comment on “Translating Evidence Into Healthcare Policy and Practice: Single Versus Multifaceted Implementation Strategies – Is There a Simple Answer to a Complex Question?”

Document Type : Commentary

Authors
Ann Catrine Eldh 1, 2
Lars Wallin 1, 2
1 School of Education, Health, and Social Studies, Dalarna University, Falun, Sweden
2 Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Nursing, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
10.15171/ijhpm.2015.133
Abstract
An earlier overview of systematic reviews and a subsequent editorial on single-component versus multifaceted interventions to promote knowledge translation (KT) highlight complex issues in implementation science. In this supplemented commentary, further aspects are in focus; we propose examples from (KT) studies probing the issue of single interventions. A main point is that defining what is a single and what is a multifaceted intervention can be ambiguous, depending on how the intervention is conceived. Further, we suggest additional perspectives in terms of strategies to facilitate implementation. More specifically, we argue for a need to depict not only what activities are done in implementation interventions, but to unpack functions in particular contexts, in order to support the progress of implementation science.
Keywords
Facilitation
Implementation
Knowledge Translation (KT)
Multifaceted Interventions
Single Interventions
Subjects
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  • Received Date 13 May 2015
  • Revised Date 16 July 2015
  • Accepted Date 16 July 2015
  • First Published Date 01 October 2015
  • Published Date 01 October 2015