Implementation science in nutrition: Concepts and frameworks for an emerging field of science and practice

Malnutrition in all its forms has risen on global and national agendas in recent years because of the recognition of its magnitude and its consequences for a wide range of human, social, and economic outcomes. Although the WHO, national governments, and other organizations have endorsed targets and...

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Autores principales: Tumilowicz, Allison, Ruel, Marie T., Pelto, Gretchen, Pelletier, David, Monterrosa, Eva C., Lapping, Karin, Kraemer, Klaus, De Regil, Luz Maria, Bergeron, Gilles, Arabi, Mandana, Neufeld, Lynnette, Sturke, Rachel
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Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147229
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author Tumilowicz, Allison
Ruel, Marie T.
Pelto, Gretchen
Pelletier, David
Monterrosa, Eva C.
Lapping, Karin
Kraemer, Klaus
De Regil, Luz Maria
Bergeron, Gilles
Arabi, Mandana
Neufeld, Lynnette
Sturke, Rachel
author_browse Arabi, Mandana
Bergeron, Gilles
De Regil, Luz Maria
Kraemer, Klaus
Lapping, Karin
Monterrosa, Eva C.
Neufeld, Lynnette
Pelletier, David
Pelto, Gretchen
Ruel, Marie T.
Sturke, Rachel
Tumilowicz, Allison
author_facet Tumilowicz, Allison
Ruel, Marie T.
Pelto, Gretchen
Pelletier, David
Monterrosa, Eva C.
Lapping, Karin
Kraemer, Klaus
De Regil, Luz Maria
Bergeron, Gilles
Arabi, Mandana
Neufeld, Lynnette
Sturke, Rachel
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description Malnutrition in all its forms has risen on global and national agendas in recent years because of the recognition of its magnitude and its consequences for a wide range of human, social, and economic outcomes. Although the WHO, national governments, and other organizations have endorsed targets and identified appropriate policies, programs, and interventions, a major challenge lies in implementing these with the scale and quality needed to achieve population impact. This paper presents an approach to implementation science in nutrition (ISN) that builds upon concepts developed in other policy domains and addresses critical gaps in linking knowledge to effective action. ISN is defined here as an interdisciplinary body of theory, knowledge, frameworks, tools, and approaches whose purpose is to strengthen implementation quality and impact. It includes a wide range of methods and approaches to identify and address implementation bottlenecks; means to identify, evaluate, and scale up implementation innovations; and strategies to enhance the utilization of existing knowledge, tools, and frameworks based on the evolving science of implementation. The ISN framework recognizes that quality implementation requires alignment across 5 domains: the intervention, policy, or innovation being implemented; the implementing organization(s); the enabling environment of policies and stakeholders; the individuals, households, and communities of interest; and the strategies and decision processes used at various stages of the implementation process. The success of aligning these domains through implementation research requires a culture of inquiry, evaluation, learning, and response among program implementers; an action-oriented mission among the research partners; continuity of funding for implementation research; and resolving inherent tensions between program implementation and research. The Society for Implementation Science in Nutrition is a recently established membership society to advance the science and practice of nutrition implementation at various scales and in varied contexts.
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spelling CGSpace1472292024-10-25T08:03:39Z Implementation science in nutrition: Concepts and frameworks for an emerging field of science and practice Tumilowicz, Allison Ruel, Marie T. Pelto, Gretchen Pelletier, David Monterrosa, Eva C. Lapping, Karin Kraemer, Klaus De Regil, Luz Maria Bergeron, Gilles Arabi, Mandana Neufeld, Lynnette Sturke, Rachel research methods implementation capacity development development policies malnutrition nutrition knowledge Malnutrition in all its forms has risen on global and national agendas in recent years because of the recognition of its magnitude and its consequences for a wide range of human, social, and economic outcomes. Although the WHO, national governments, and other organizations have endorsed targets and identified appropriate policies, programs, and interventions, a major challenge lies in implementing these with the scale and quality needed to achieve population impact. This paper presents an approach to implementation science in nutrition (ISN) that builds upon concepts developed in other policy domains and addresses critical gaps in linking knowledge to effective action. ISN is defined here as an interdisciplinary body of theory, knowledge, frameworks, tools, and approaches whose purpose is to strengthen implementation quality and impact. It includes a wide range of methods and approaches to identify and address implementation bottlenecks; means to identify, evaluate, and scale up implementation innovations; and strategies to enhance the utilization of existing knowledge, tools, and frameworks based on the evolving science of implementation. The ISN framework recognizes that quality implementation requires alignment across 5 domains: the intervention, policy, or innovation being implemented; the implementing organization(s); the enabling environment of policies and stakeholders; the individuals, households, and communities of interest; and the strategies and decision processes used at various stages of the implementation process. The success of aligning these domains through implementation research requires a culture of inquiry, evaluation, learning, and response among program implementers; an action-oriented mission among the research partners; continuity of funding for implementation research; and resolving inherent tensions between program implementation and research. The Society for Implementation Science in Nutrition is a recently established membership society to advance the science and practice of nutrition implementation at various scales and in varied contexts. 2019-03-08 2024-06-21T09:12:27Z 2024-06-21T09:12:27Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147229 en Open Access Oxford University Press Tumilowicz, Allison; Ruel, Marie T.; Pelto, Gretchen; Pelletier, David; Monterrosa, Eva C.; Lapping, Karin; Kraemer, Klaus; De Regil, Luz Maria; Bergeron, Gilles; Arabi, Mandana; Neufeld, Lynnette; and Sturke, Rachel. 2019. Implementation science in nutrition: Concepts and frameworks for an emerging field of science and practice. Current Developments in Nutrition 3(1): 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1093/cdn/nzy080
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development policies
malnutrition
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Tumilowicz, Allison
Ruel, Marie T.
Pelto, Gretchen
Pelletier, David
Monterrosa, Eva C.
Lapping, Karin
Kraemer, Klaus
De Regil, Luz Maria
Bergeron, Gilles
Arabi, Mandana
Neufeld, Lynnette
Sturke, Rachel
Implementation science in nutrition: Concepts and frameworks for an emerging field of science and practice
title Implementation science in nutrition: Concepts and frameworks for an emerging field of science and practice
title_full Implementation science in nutrition: Concepts and frameworks for an emerging field of science and practice
title_fullStr Implementation science in nutrition: Concepts and frameworks for an emerging field of science and practice
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title_short Implementation science in nutrition: Concepts and frameworks for an emerging field of science and practice
title_sort implementation science in nutrition concepts and frameworks for an emerging field of science and practice
topic research methods
implementation
capacity development
development policies
malnutrition
nutrition
knowledge
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