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The importance of studying the implementation of interventions in school settings

Lendrum, Ann, Humphrey, Neil·2012·Oxford Review of Education

Abstract

Implementation refers to the process by which an intervention is put into practice. Research studies across multiple disciplines, including education, have consistently demonstrated that interventions are rarely implemented as designed and, crucially, that variability in implementation is related to variability in the achievement of expected outcomes. Put simply, implementation matters (Durlak & DuPre, 2008 Durlak, J. A. & DuPre, E. P. (2008). Implementation matters: a review of research on the influence of implementation on program outcomes and the factors affecting implementation. American Journal of Community Psychology, 41, 327–350.[Crossref], [PubMed], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]). This paper reviews several key issues in the study of implementation and calls for an increasing emphasis on this often neglected aspect of evaluation research in UK journals. These issues include programme-specific reasons for studying implementation as an intervention passes through the various stages of development, advancing knowledge and understanding about the processes of implementation (including the balance required between fidelity and adaptation, and the range of factors that may facilitate or impede implementation), and improving measurement and assessment of implementation. Through discussion of these issues the case is made for more research that focuses specifically on the examination of implementation in school settings.

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Authors
Lendrum, A., & Humphrey, N.
Affiliations
University of Manchester (GB)
Corresponding author
Lendrum, Ann
Venue
Oxford Review of Education
Published
2012-10
Volume
38
Issue
5
Pages
635-652
ISSN
  • 0305-4985 (ISSN-L)
  • 1465-3915
OpenAlex
W1985995983
Cited by
162
References
48
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FWCI
10.81
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Oxford Review of Education (publishedVersion)
  • Research Explorer (The University of Manchester) (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Evaluation and Performance Assessment
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › Speech and Hearing › School Health and Nursing Education
Keywords
intervention implementation, school-based intervention, implementation measurement, implementation barriers and facilitators, program evaluation, implementation research

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