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Critical Measurement Issues in Translational Research

Glasgow, Russell E.·2009·Research on Social Work Practice
DOI 10.1177/1049731509335497
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This article summarizes critical evaluation needs, challenges, and lessons learned in translational research. Evaluation can play a key role in enhancing successful application of research-based programs and tools as well as informing program refinement and future research. Discussion centers on what is unique about evaluating programs and policies for implementation impact (or potential for dissemination). Central issues reviewed include the importance of context and local issues, robustness and external validity issues, multiple levels of evaluation, implementation fidelity versus customization, choosing evaluation designs to fit questions, and who participates and characteristics of success at each stage of program recruitment, delivery, and outcome. The use of mixed quantitative and qualitative methods is especially important, and the primary redirection that is needed is to focus on questions of decision makers and potential adoptees rather than the research colleagues.

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  • Implementation science to date suffers a dearth of economic evaluations from which to draw.

    “Although budget impact is a key concern to administrators and some funding agencies require budget impact analysis, implementation science to date suffers a dearth of economic evaluations from which to draw [96,97].”

    From Writing implementation research grant proposals: ten key ingredients (2012) · cites this paper as [97]

  • Implementation research often involves some customization of an intervention to fit local context.

    “Unlike efficacy and effectiveness studies, implementation research often involves some customization of an intervention to fit local context; accordingly, measurement plans need to address the intervention’s degree of customization versus fidelity [97].”

    From Writing implementation research grant proposals: ten key ingredients (2012) · cites this paper as [97]

  • The field of implementation science has been deemed a Tower of Babel given the lack of conceptual clarity and consistency in its terminology, and concerns about the state of measurement in the field have been well documented.

    “The field of implementation science has been deemed a Tower of Babel given the lack of conceptual clarity and consistency in its terminology [26], and concerns about the state of measurement in the field have been well documented [3, 27, 28].”

    From Psychometric assessment of three newly developed implementation outcome measures (2017) · cites this paper as [27]

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Authors
Glasgow, R. E.
Affiliations
Kaiser Permanente (US)
Corresponding author
Glasgow, Russell E.
ORCID
Glasgow, Russell E.
Venue
Research on Social Work Practice
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2009-05-27
Volume
19
Issue
5
Pages
560-568
ISSN
  • 1049-7315 (ISSN-L)
  • 1552-7581
DOI
10.1177/1049731509335497
OpenAlex
W2008953761
Cited by
42
References
32
Citations by year
2024: 3 · 2023: 4 · 2021: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 8 · 2012: 3
FWCI
6.68
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
Research on Social Work Practice (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 › General Health Professions › Health Sciences Research and Education
Keywords
translational research, program evaluation, implementation effects, dissemination, generalizability, implementation fidelity, customization, evaluation design, mixed methods, context, decision-makers, program recruitment

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