Implementation Research Group
Implementation Research is a burgeoning field of enquiry, defined as the scientific study of methods to promote the systematic uptake of clinical research findings and other evidence-based practices into routine practice, and hence to improve the quality of health care.
The Group has strong links with the School's other research groupings for example Optometry, Care for Older People, Telehealth & Telecare and with external collaborators in Allied Health, Primary Care, Pharmacy and Intensive Care.
Staff
- Professor Leanne Aitken
- Dr Martin Cartwright
- Professor Shula Chiat
- Dr Madeline Cruice
- Professor Jill Francis
- Dr Natalie Gould
- Professor Victoria Joffe
- Dr Yiannis Kyratsis
- Greg Layther
- Dr Fabiana Lorencatto
- Professor Julienne Meyer
PhD Students
- Brittannia Abdul-Aziz
- Jennifer Bernard
- Andrea Patey
- Mandeep Sekhon
Grants
10/2013 – 09/2018 - The development and evaluation of enhanced audit and feedback interventions to increase the uptake of evidence-based transfusion practice. Stanworth S, Foy R, Francis JJ, Prior M, Glidewell L, Farrin A, Grant-Casey J, Michie S, Rowley M, Murphy M, Campbell H. NIHR Programme Grants for Applied Research; £1,983,232
10/2013-03/2015. Intensive Care Rehabilitation Study (ICARus): Barriers to early physical rehabilitation in the ICU- a Delphi study. Cuthbertson B, Fan E, Francis JJ, Goddard S, Kho M, Rubenfeld G. Canadian Institutes of Health Reseach; CAD$73,475
10/2013 – 09/2014. Self-Formulated Conditional Plans for Changing Health Behaviour: A Systematic Review. Squires J, Tonelli M, Grimshaw JM, Bond C, Francis J, Fraser C, Hillmer M, Paprica A, Patey A, Presseau J, Vachon B, Yu C. Canadian Institutes of Health Research; CAD$£99,852;
2011 Trauma Recovery: Identified Priorities by Stakeholders (TRIPS). L Aitken, W Chaboyer, T Richmond, M Schuetz, J Whitty, B Douglas NCCTRC Trauma and Disaster Research Management Grant, $75,000
9/2010 - 08/2014 - Participation in physical play and leisure in children with motor impairments. Kolehmainen N, Francis J, Owen C, Ramsay C, McKee L. MRC £304,645
2010-2012. Research explores how healthcare managers make sense and use evidence when adopting and implementing new technologies to help fight hospital infections. Robust comparative case studies in nine Hospital NHS Trusts across England - innovations from technology (coated catheters) to service design (temporary isolation facilities). Kyratsis Yiannis. National Institute for Health Research Health Service & Delivery Research Project (NIHR HSDR) £284,000
03/2010 – 09/2012 - A web-based platform to support the development, delivery, modelling and evaluation of complex interventions using Intervention Modelling Experiments. Treweek S, Francis J, Sullivan F, Ricketts, Jones, Pitts N, Bonetti D, Eccles MP. Chief Scientist Office; £175,000
10/2010 – 03/2012 - Selective Decontamination of the Digestive tract in critically ill patients treated in Intensive Care Unit (The SuDDICU study) (UK). Francis JJ, Bellingan G, Campbell MK, Cuthbertson B, Eccles MP, Johnston M, MacLennan G, Ramsay CR, Rose L, Rowan K, Shulman R, Wilson P. NIHR HTA Programme: £213,907
10/2010 – 03/2012 - The efficacy, cost-effectiveness and ecological impact of Selective Decontamination of the Digestive tract in critically ill patients treated in the Intensive Care Unit (The SuDDICU study) PHASE 1- An exploratory study of the perceived risks, benefits and barriers to the use of SDD in Canadian critical care. Cuthbertson B, Burns K, Cook D, Dodek P, Francis J, Grimshaw J, Hall R, Johnston L, Kanji S, Marshall J, McIntyre L, Muscedere, Pagliarello, Webster. Canadian Institutes of Health Research: CAD$196,322
10/2010 – 03/2012 - An exploratory study of perceived risks, benefits and barriers to the use of Selective Decontamination of the Digestive tract in Australasian ICUs (SuDDICU). Seppelt I, Myburgh J, Finfer SR, Lipman J, Paterson DL, Cuthbertson B, Francis J, Glass, P. Intensive Care Foundation (Australia): AUD$95,600; and Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) Foundation: AUD$46,200
04/2009 – 03/2014 - Improving evidence-based care and the outcomes of patients with traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury through a program to facilitate knowledge transfer and exchange. Gruen R, Green S, Harris C, Kaye A, Marshall S, Sherry L, Grimshaw J, Michie S, Francis J, Lavis J, Buchan H, Zobel J, Tavender E, Cameron P, Cooper J, Bragge P, Morokoff A, Clavisi O, McKenzie JE, McDonald S. Transport Accident Commission, Victoria, Australia: AUD$4,399,539
06/2009 – 02/2011 - Research into the prevalence and causes of prescribing errors made by junior doctors. Bond C, Ross S, Lee A J, McLay J, MacLeod M J, Johnston M, Francis J, Davey P, Ker J, Maxwell S, Webb D, McKay G A. Chief Scientist Office: £216,843
2009-2010. Researching the adoption, procurement and implementation of innovative technologies to help combat Health Care Associated Infections by 12 NHS Trusts across all ten Strategic Health Authorities in England. Kyratsis Yiannis Department of Health - NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency £100,000
02/2008 – 01/2012 - Translating Research into Practice: Guidance-based Implementation of Dental Evidence (TRIADS). Clarkson J, Ramsay C, Black I, Bonetti D, Eccles MP, Eldridge J, Francis J, Haig A, MacKenzie, Michie S, Pitts N, Rennie, Tilley C, Vale L, Young I. NHS Education for Scotland (NES): £449,910
06-08/2008 Improving the health outcomes of people following traumatic brain injury or spinal cord injury through a program to increase the use of research evidence in practice. Gruen R, Green S, Harris, Kaye, Grimshaw J, Michie S, Francis J, Lavis J, Buchan, Zobel, Travender, Cameron, Cooper, Adolph. Victorian Neurotrauma Initiative (Australia). AUD$9,800
01/2008 – 08/2013 - Canada PRIME plus: Selecting individual and organisational theories for interventions to change clinical practice. Grimshaw J, Brouwers M, Driedger M, Eccles MP, Francis J, Godin G, Hanna S, Hux J, Johnston M, Legare F, Lemyre L, Pomey MP, Sales A, Zwarenstein M. Canadian Institutes of Health Research: CAD$604,405
2007-2010 Improving the care of people with acute low back pain by allied health professionals: a cluster randomized controlled trial. (ALIGN project). Australian NH & MRC. :Green S, McKenzie J, Grimshaw J, Mortimer D, Keating J, Walker B, Michie S, Francis J, O’Connor D. AUD$653,688
09/2007-08/2008 A web-based tool to support the development. Delivery, modelling and evaluation of complex interventions: Intervention Modelling Experiments (IMEs). CSO Small Grant scheme. £50,000
03/2007-11/2008. Interventions to optimise the practices of transfusion (‘INTOPT’)- Understanding transfusion prescribing behaviour in two clinical areas. Stanworth S, Eccles M, Hyde C, Grimshaw J, Francis J, Johnston M. Dept of Health to Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust. £91,180
Publications
2013
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
2012
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
2011
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
2010
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
2009
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)
2008
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.,