September 2025 Monthly Literature Search – Research to Practice
This month’s literature search is about transforming research to practice. The Library highlights strategies from implementation science, knowledge translation, and evidence-based interventions. Let’s bring theory and practice together.
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- How we can bridge the research-practice divide | ANZSOG
Full-text articles
Abu‐Odah, H., Said, N. B., Nair, S. C., Allsop, M. J., Currow, D. C., Salah, M. S., Hamad, B. A., Elessi, K., Alkhatib, A., ElMokhallalati, Y., Bayuo, J., & AlKhaldi, M. (2022). Identifying barriers and facilitators of translating research evidence into clinical practice: A systematic review of reviews. Health & Social Care in the Community, 30(6).
Akintola, A., Newbury-Birch, D., & Kilinc, S. (2024). Bridging the gap between research evidence and its implementation in public health practice: case studies of embedded research model. BMC Public Health, 24(1), 1299.
Allida, S. M., Hackett, M. L., Lindley, R., Hill, K., & Ferguson, C. (2025). A practical guide to living evidence: reducing the knowledge-to-practice gap. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 24(1), 165–175.
Ashcraft, L. E., Goodrich, D. E., Hero, J., Phares, A., Bachrach, R. L., Quinn, D. A., Qureshi, N., Ernecoff, N. C., Lederer, L. G., Scheunemann, L. P., Rogal, S. S., & Chinman, M. J. (2024). A systematic review of experimentally tested implementation strategies across health and human service settings: evidence from 2010-2022. Implementation Science, 19(1), 43.
Bell, S. G. (2024). The Evidence-Based Practice Process Steps 4, 5, and 6: Integration, Evaluation, and Dissemination. Neonatal Network, 43(3), 176–178.
Birken, S. A., Haines, E. R., Hwang, S., Chambers, D. A., Bunger, A. C., & Nilsen, P. (2020). Advancing understanding and identifying strategies for sustaining evidence-based practices: a review of reviews. Implementation Science, 15(1), 88.
Blue Bird Jernigan, V., D’Amico, E. J., & Keawe’aimoku Kaholokula, J. (2020). Prevention Research with Indigenous Communities to Expedite Dissemination and Implementation Efforts. Prevention Science, 21(S1), 74–82.
Brooks, S. P., Ekpe Adewuyi, E., Wasylak, T., Thomson, D., Davison, S. N., & Storey, K. (2024). How to use communities of practice to support change in learning health systems: A landscape of roles and guidance for management. Learning Health Systems, 8(3).
Chepp, V., Masiano, S., Scarcipino, M., Hudak, A., Steinel, E., Babiuch, C., & Misra-Hebert, A. D. (2024). Aligning implementation research and clinical operations: a partnership to promote implementation research in primary care. BMJ Open Quality, 13(4), e002879.
Cidav, Z., Mandell, D., Pyne, J., Beidas, R., Curran, G., & Marcus, S. (2020). A pragmatic method for costing implementation strategies using time-driven activity-based costing. Implementation Science, 15(1), 28.
Corley, D. A., & Kilbourne, A. (2021). The Learning Health System: The Tools Are Here—Why Aren’t We Moving Forward? Gastroenterology, 161(6), 1747–1750.
Crawford, M., O’Malley, A. J., Meara, E., Fraze, T. K., & Barnato, A. E. (2024). Assessing a behavioral nudge on healthcare leaders’ intentions to implement evidence-based practices. PLOS ONE, 19(11), e0311442.
Cross, A. J., Haines, T. P., Ooi, C. E., la Caze, A., Karavesovska, S., Lee, E. J., Siu, S., Sareen, S., Jones, C., Steeper, M., & Bell, J. S. (2023). Roles and effectiveness of knowledge brokers for translating clinical practice guidelines in health-related settings: a systematic review. BMJ Quality & Safety, 32(5), 286–295.
Dolansky, M. A., Horvat Davey, C., & Moore, S. M. (2024). Research and Practice in Quality Improvement and Implementation Science. Journal of Nursing Care Quality, 39(3), 199–205.
Durojaiye, C., Prausnitz, S., Schneider, J. L., Lieu, T. A., Schmittdiel, J. A., Rouillard, S., Chen, Y.-F., Lee, K., & Corley, D. A. (2024). Barriers and facilitators to high-volume evidence-based innovation and implementation in a large, community-based learning health system. BMC Health Services Research, 24(1), 1446.
Eekholm, S., Samuelson, K., Ahlström, G., & Lindhardt, T. (2024). Tailored Multifaceted Strategy for Implementing Fundamental Evidence-Based Nursing Care: An Evaluation Study. Nursing Reports, 14(4), 4070–4090.
Elbrink, S. H., Elmer, S. L., Hawkins, M. H., & Osborne, R. H. (2024). Outcomes of co-designed communities of practice that support members to address public health issues. Health Promotion International, 39(4).
Finney Rutten, L. J., Ridgeway, J. L., & Griffin, J. M. (2024). Advancing Translation of Clinical Research Into Practice and Population Health Impact Through Implementation Science. Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 99(4), 665–676.
Fowles, T. R., Knighton, A. J., Carmichael, H. L., Bledsoe, J., Wolfe, D., & Srivastava, R. (2023). Clinical Best Practice Integration (cBPI): A Dynamic Model for Increasing Adherence to Evidence-Based Practice. Quality Management in Health Care, 32(3), 213–215.
Kang, E., ten Hoor, G., Craig, D. W., Rodriguez, S., Stockton, J., & Fernandez, M. E. (2024). Context, mechanisms and community engagement in implementation strategies: a systematic review protocol of implementation strategies designed using implementation mapping. BMJ Open, 14(11), e088359.
Kirchner, J. E., Smith, J. L., Powell, B. J., Waltz, T. J., & Proctor, E. K. (2020). Getting a clinical innovation into practice: An introduction to implementation strategies. Psychiatry Research, 283, 112467.
Kumpunen, S., Bridgwood, B., Irving, G., Amuthalingam, T., Matthews, J., & Pettigrew, L. M. (2023). Workplace-based knowledge exchange programmes between academics, policymakers and providers in the health and social care sector: a scoping review and mapping exercise. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 10(1), 507.
Kwok, E. Y. L., Moodie, S. T. F., Cunningham, B. J., & Oram Cardy, J. E. (2020). Selecting and tailoring implementation interventions: a concept mapping approach. BMC Health Services Research, 20(1), 385.
Larsson, R. (2024). Come together: collaborative actions to bridge the gap between implementation research and public health practice. Frontiers in Public Health, 12.
Last, B. S., Buttenheim, A. M., Timon, C. E., Mitra, N., & Beidas, R. S. (2021). Systematic review of clinician-directed nudges in healthcare contexts. BMJ Open, 11(7), e048801.
Lazarowitz, R., Taqi, D., Lee, C., Boruff, J., McBain, K., Majnemer, A., Bussières, A., & Dahan-Oliel, N. (2025). Knowledge Translation Interventions to Increase the Uptake of Evidence-Based Practice Among Pediatric Rehabilitation Professionals: A Systematic Review. Physical & Occupational Therapy In Pediatrics, 45(2), 119–152.
Leeman, J., Calancie, L., Kegler, M. C., Escoffery, C. T., Herrmann, A. K., Thatcher, E., Hartman, M. A., & Fernandez, M. E. (2017). Developing Theory to Guide Building Practitioners’ Capacity to Implement Evidence-Based Interventions. Health Education & Behavior, 44(1), 59–69.
McNett, M., Gorsuch, P. F., Gallagher-Ford, L., Thomas, B., Mazurek Melnyk, B., & Tucker, S. (2023). Development and Evaluation of the Fuld Institute Evidence-based Implementation and Sustainability Toolkit for Health Care Settings. Nursing Administration Quarterly, 47(2), 161–172.
Nelson-Brantley, H. v., & Chipps, E. (2021). Implementation Science and Nursing Leadership: Improving the Adoption and Sustainability of Evidence-Based Practice. JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration, 51(5), 237–239.
Pu, D., Mitchell, D., Brusco, N., Stephen, K., Hutchinson, A., Griffith, A., McDonald, C., Irwin, L., Said, C., O’Brien, L., Weller-Newton, J., & Haines, T. P. (2024). Does the site of research evidence generation impact on its translation to clinical practice? A protocol paper. PLOS ONE, 19(12), e0314956.
Robinson, T., Bailey, C., Morris, H., Burns, P., Melder, A., Croft, C., Spyridonidis, D., Bismantara, H., Skouteris, H., & Teede, H. (2020). Bridging the research–practice gap in healthcare: a rapid review of research translation centres in England and Australia. Health Research Policy and Systems, 18(1), 117.
Rubin, R. (2023). It Takes an Average of 17 Years for Evidence to Change Practice—the Burgeoning Field of Implementation Science Seeks to Speed Things Up. JAMA, 329(16), 1333.
Sakata, T., Fowles, T., Knighton, A., Bledsoe, J., Wolfe, D., & Srivastava, R. (2023). The Importance of Organizational Structure in Implementing Evidence-Based Best Practice. Quality Management in Health Care, 32(2), 133–135.
Silver, S. R., Jones, K. C., Hook, K., Crable, E. L., George, E. R., Serwint, J. R., Austad, K., Walkey, A., & Drainoni, M.-L. (2024). Defining the transition from new to normal: a qualitative investigation of the clinical change process. BMC Health Services Research, 24(1), 1592.
Trinkley, K. E., An, R., Maw, A. M., Glasgow, R. E., & Brownson, R. C. (2024). Leveraging artificial intelligence to advance implementation science: potential opportunities and cautions. Implementation Science, 19(1), 17.
Vroom, E. B., & Massey, O. T. (2022). Moving from Implementation Science to Implementation Practice: The Need to Solve Practical Problems to Improve Behavioral Health Services. The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research, 49(1), 106–116.
Walker, T. J., Foster, M., Szeszulski, J., Craig, D. W., Mullen, P. D., & Fernández, M. E. (2022a). Evidence-Based Intervention (EBI) Mapping: a systematic approach to understanding the components and logic of EBIs. BMC Public Health, 22(1), 1300.
Wenke, R., Roberts, S., Angus, R., Owusu, M. A., & Weir, K. (2023). “How do I keep this live in my mind?” Allied Health Professionals’ perspectives of barriers and enablers to implementing good clinical practice principles in research: a qualitative exploration. BMC Health Services Research, 23(1), 309.
Westerlund, A., Nilsen, P., & Sundberg, L. (2019). Implementation of Implementation Science Knowledge: The Research‐Practice Gap Paradox. Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, 16(5), 332–334.
Young, A. M., Cameron, A., Meloncelli, N., Barrimore, S. E., Campbell, K., Wilkinson, S., McBride, L.-J., Barnes, R., Bennett, S., Harvey, G., & Hickman, I. (2023). Developing a knowledge translation program for health practitioners: Allied Health Translating Research into Practice. Frontiers in Health Services, 3.
Zullig, L. L., Drake, C., Check, D. K., Brunkert, T., Deschodt, M., Olson, M. (Skip), & de Geest, S. (2024). Embedding implementation science in the research pipeline. Translational Behavioral Medicine, 14(2), 73–79.