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HMC Research Translation: Speculations about Making It Real and Going to Scale

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Objectives : To discuss cross-cutting issues that emerge from this special issue on health behavior maintenance and to present recommendations from an implementation and dissemination perspective.

Methods : Reviews collective implementation strengths and limitations of the HMC articles and provides recommendations for dissemination.

Results : Strategies for dissemination include actions-related study planning, analysis, promotion, and distribution of research results. Alternatives, which should be tailored to setting, intervention, and patient factors, include analyses of generalization, use of narratives, networks, and innovative partnerships.

Conclusions : Dissemination strategies can be used to enhance the chances that results will be translated into policy and practice.

Keywords: RE-AIM; dissemination; health behaviors; implementation; maintenance; research design; translation

Document Type: Research Article

Affiliations: Co-Director, Center for Health Dissemination and Implementation Research, Institute for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Colorado, Denver, CO.

Publication date: 01 November 2010

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  • The American Journal of Health Behavior seeks to improve the quality of life through multidisciplinary health efforts in fostering a better understanding of the multidimensional nature of both individuals and social systems as they relate to health behaviors.

    The Journal aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the impact of personal attributes, personality characteristics, behavior patterns, social structure, and processes on health maintenance, health restoration, and health improvement; to disseminate knowledge of holistic, multidisciplinary approaches to designing and implementing effective health programs; and to showcase health behavior analysis skills that have been proven to affect health improvement and recovery.

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