We examined the reach, effectiveness and implementation of a brief clinician-targeted workshop to increase physical activity prescriptions by family physicians in Abbotsford and Mission, British Columbia.
In our previous research, we argued that to increase the implementation of brief interventions, an intervention needed to be developed to build positive attitudes, skills and self-efficacy with regard to brief interventions as well as provide organisational level support with decision support tools, improved access to referral services, and resource materials for nurses and clients [ 21].
"A relatively brief implementation of the tax and spending changes required by current law should cause little short-term damage to the economy as a whole".
To develop and psychometrically evaluate an instrument designed to measure the treatment fidelity associated with implementation of the I Am Concerned (IAC) brief opportunistic intervention by frontline, prenatal, primary care staff.
The implementation of brief interventions has been slow in large measure because existing evidence and claims of potential public health benefit have not been found to be sufficiently compelling (Heather 2012).
In promoting hand hygiene among young adults, the implementation of brief self-regulatory skill training appears to be promising, whereas an educational program that provides information to build motivation seems to be less effective.
This paper reports on the EU co-funded research BISTAIRS (brief interventions in the treatment of alcohol use disorders in relevant settings) project, which aims to intensify the implementation of brief alcohol intervention by identifying, systematizing and extending evidence-based good practice across Europe.
Despite considerable support for the implementation of screening and brief intervention for alcohol consumption among pregnant women in Australia [ 16, 17], there has been little evaluation of the factors which influence the implementation of these interventions by primary providers of antenatal care.
Region-wide implementation of a brief, nurse-led, cognitive behavioural, family-oriented, primary care and evidence-based approach) was funded by ZON-MW (The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development) (24200027); http://www.zonmw.nl/en.
