This is particularly true in relation to implementation research on large programmes within health services, in some of which alcohol interventions are integrated within other health-care needs, and referral is again becoming more prominent in brief interventions 70, 71, 74– 81.
The implementation of a full research programme occurs only in Sweden and Lithuania, although Poland has a full programme for crop research (indicator 25).
assist the secretary in evaluating the effectiveness of the implementation of the integrated research programme.
For smaller companies, research is often more linked to the solution of an immediate industrial problem rather than the implementation of a good research programme.
Stress management, high prevalence and acceptability of smoking, and lack of support to quit were identified as priority areas for cessation research, programme implementation and policy change.
It provides specific examples of the use of implementation research in national level programmes by looking at the scale up of zinc for the treatment of childhood diarrhoea in Bangladesh and the scaling up of malaria treatment in Burkina Faso.
Given such varied performance of CHW programmes in different local contexts, calls for a comprehensive body of implementation research that focuses on CHW programme delivery issues are hardly surprising [ 14].
These findings call for the implementation of agricultural research programmes that will consider the socio-agro-ecosystem as a whole and broaden the traditional issues addressed by agricultural sciences.
Marion Roche, technical adviser in behaviour change communication, Micronutrient Initiative, Ottawa, Canada, @micronutrient Marion leads implementation research design to improve country programmes, providing behaviour-change strategy guidance.
The results will inform the development and implementation of innovative strategies within the research programme to support and facilitate primary care practitioners to effectively detect and treat depression in people with LTCs.
