Implementation Research Group

Curran J, Brehaut J, Patey AM, Osmond M., Stiell I, Grimshaw JM. (2013). Understanding the Canadian adult CT head rule trial: use of the theoretical domains framework for process evaluation. Implementation Science, 8:25. (DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-8-2523433082) 

Elovainio, M., Steen, N., Presseau, J., Francis, J., Hrisos, S., Hawthorne, G., Johnston, M., (...), Eccles, M.P. (2013). Is organizational justice associated with clinical performance in the care for patients with diabetes in primary care? Evidence from the improving quality of care in diabetes study Family Practice, 30 (1), pp. 31-39

French, S.D., McKenzie, J.E., O'Connor, D.A., Grimshaw, J.M., Mortimer, D., Francis, J.J., Michie, S., (...), Green, S.E. (2013). Evaluation of a Theory-Informed Implementation Intervention for the Management of Acute Low Back Pain in General Medical Practice: The IMPLEMENT Cluster Randomised Trial, PLoS ONE8 (6), art. no. e65471

McCleary N, Duncan E, Stewart F, Francis JJ (2013). Active ingredients are reported more often for pharmacologic than non-pharmacologic interventions: an illustrative review of reporting practices in titles and abstracts. Trials 2013, 14:146. DOI:10.1186/1745-6215-14-146

Bussières, A.E., Patey, A.M., Francis, J.J., Sales, A.E., Grimshaw, J.M. (2012). Identifying factors likely to influence compliance with diagnostic imaging guideline recommendations for spine disorders among chiropractors in North America: a focus group study using the Theoretical Domains Framework. Implementation Science, 7(1):82

Campbell, S.E., Azuara-Blanco, A., Campbell, M.K., Francis, J.J., Greene, A.C., Ramsay, C.R., Burr, J.M. (2012). Developing the specifications of an open angle glaucoma screening intervention in the United Kingdom: a Delphi approach. BMC health services research, 12, pp. 447

Entwistle, V., Firnigl, D., Ryan, M., Francis, J., Kinghorn, P. (2012). Which experiences of health care delivery matter to service users and why? A critical interpretive synthesis and conceptual map. Journal of Health Services Research and Policy, 17(2), pp. 70-78

French, S.D., Green, S.E., O'Connor, D.A., McKenzie, J.E., Francis, J.J., Michie, S., Buchbinder, R., (...), Grimshaw, J.M. (2012). Developing theory-informed behaviour change interventions to implement evidence into practice: a systematic approach using the Theoretical Domains Framework. Implementation Science, 7(1), art. no. 38

Kolehmainen, N., Francis, J.J. (2012). Specifying content and mechanisms of change in interventions to change professionals' practice: an illustration from the Good Goals study in occupational therapy. Implementation Science, 7 (1), art. no. 100

Kyratsis, Y., Ahmad, R., Holmes, A. (2012) Making sense of evidence in management decisions: the role of research-based knowledge on innovation adoption and implementation in healthcare. Study protocol. Implementation Science 7(1):22

McSherry, L.A., Dombrowski, S.U., Francis, J.J., Murphy, J., Martin, C.M., O'Leary, J.J., Sharp, L. for the ATHENS Group  (2012). 'It's a can of worms': Understanding primary care practitioners' behaviours in relation to HPV using the theoretical domains framework. Implementation Science, 7:73 doi:10.1186/1748-5908-7-73

Patey, A.M., Islam, R., Francis, J.J., Bryson, G.L., Grimshaw, J.M., Driedger, M., Eccles, M., (...), Sales, A. (2012). Anesthesiologists' and surgeons' perceptions about routine pre-operative testing in low-risk patients: Application of the Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF) to identify factors that influence physicians' decisions to order pre-operative tests. Implementation Science, 7(1), art. no. 52

R., Tinmouth, A.T., Francis, J.J., Brehaut, J.C., Born, J., Stockton, C., Stanworth, S.J., (...), Grimshaw, J.M. (2012). A cross-country comparison of intensive care physicians' beliefs about their transfusion behaviour: A qualitative study using the theoretical domains framework. Islam, Implementation Science, 7 (1), art. no. 93, ID: 4D8E2A6F-44BB-421A-B41F-0D95A1810023

Treweek, S., Barnett, K., MacLennan, G., Bonetti, D., Eccles, M.P., Francis, J.J., Jones, C., (...), Sullivan, F. (2012). E-mail invitations to general practitioners were as effective as postal invitations and were more efficient. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 65 (7), pp. 793-797

Eccles, M.P., Hrisos, S., Francis, J.J., Stamp, E., Johnston, M., Hawthorne, G., Steen, N., (...), Hunter, M. (2011). Instrument development, data collection, and characteristics of practices, staff, and measures in the Improving Quality of Care in Diabetes (iQuaD) Study. Implementation Science, 6:61

Kolehmainen, N., Francis, J.J., Ramsay, C.R., Owen, C., McKee, L., Ketelaar, M., Rosenbaum, P.  (2011). Participation in physical play and leisure: Developing a theory- and evidence-based intervention for children with motor impairments. BMC Pediatrics, 11:100 2011

Treweek, S., Ricketts, I.W., Francis, J., Eccles, M., Bonetti, D., Pitts, N.B., MacLennan, G., (...), Barnett, K. (2011). Developing and evaluating interventions to reduce inappropriate prescribing by general practitioners of antibiotics for upper respiratory tract infections: A randomised controlled trial to compare paper-based and web-based modelling experiments. Implementation Science, 6:16

Vranjkovic A, Crawley AM, Patey A, Angel JB, (2011). IL-7-dependent STAT-5 activation and CD8+ T-cell proliferation are impaired in HIV infection. Journal of Leukocyte Biology, 89 (4): 499-506. (doi:10.1189/jlb.0710430)

Walker, B.F., French, S.D., Page, M.J., O'Connor, D.A., McKenzie, J.E., Beringer, K., Murphy, K., (...), Green, S.E. (2011). Management of people with acute low-back pain: A survey of Australian chiropractors. Chiropractic and Manual Therapies, 19(1):29 2011

Clarkson, J.E., Ramsay, C.R., Eccles, M.P., Eldridge, S., Grimshaw, J.M., Johnston, M., Michie, S., (...), Vale, L. (2010). The translation research in a dental setting (TRiaDS) programme protocol. Implementation Science, 5 (1), art. no. 57

Ivers, N.M., Tu, K., Francis, J., Barnsley, J., Shah, B., Upshur, R., Kiss, A., (...), Zwarenstein, M. (2010). Feedback GAP: Study protocol for a cluster-randomized trial of goal setting and action plans to increase the effectiveness of audit and feedback interventions in primary care. Implementation Science 5 (1), art. no. 98

McKenzie, J.E., O'Connor, D.A., Page, M.J., Mortimer, D.S., French, S.D., Walker, B.F., Keating, J.L., (...), Green, S.E. (2010). Improving the care for people with acute low-back pain by allied health professionals (the ALIGN trial): A cluster randomised trial protocol, Implementation Science, 5:86

Francis, J.J., Stockton, C., Eccles, M.P., Johnston, M., Cuthbertson, B.H., Grimshaw, J.M., Hyde, C., (...), Stanworth, S.J. (2009). Evidence-based selection of theories for designing behaviour change interventions: Using methods based on theoretical construct domains to understand clinicians' blood transfusion behaviour  British Journal of Health Psychology, 14 (4), pp. 625-646

Gilby KL, Sydserff S, Patey AM, Thorne V, St-Onge V, Jans J, McIntyre DC (2009). Postnatal Epigenetic Influences on Seizure Susceptibility in Seizure-Prone Versus Seizure-Resistant Rat Strains. Behavioral Neuroscience. Apr; 123(2):337-346. (doi: 10.1037/a0014730)

Francis, J.J. (2008). Importance of behaviour in interventions. BMJ337 (7679), pp. 1128

Grimshaw, J.M., Mortimer, D., Michie, S., Francis, J., (...), Green, S.E. (2008). IMPLEmenting a clinical practice guideline for acute low back pain evidence-based manageMENT in general practice (IMPLEMENT): Cluster randomised controlled trial study protocol    Implementation Science, 3:11

Hrisos, S., Eccles, M., Johnston, M., Francis, J., Kaner, E.F., Steen, N., Grimshaw, J. (2008). An intervention modelling experiment to change GPs' intentions to implement evidence-based practice: Using theory-based interventions to promote GP management of upper respiratory tract infection without prescribing antibiotics #2. BMC Health Services Research, 8, art. no. 10

Hrisos, S., Eccles, M., Johnston, M., Francis, J., Kaner, E.F.S., Steen, N., Grimshaw, J. (2008).  Developing the content of two behavioural interventions: Using theory-based interventions to promote GP management of upper respiratory tract infection without prescribing antibiotics #1. BMC Health Services Research, 8 , art. no. 11McKenzie, J.E., French, S.D., O'Connor, D.A.,