Hello Implementation and Scalability SIG member!
Welcome to the pre-conference edition of our newsletter.

Our annual conference is upon us! Our SIG has been working to make implementation content more accessible to you in the upcoming conference. In addition to the designation in the program conference, we have summarized in a searchable format the implementation and scalability content that may be of interest to you. See details below. We also realize the challenges of virtual conferences as we continue in this virtual world and face the reality of screen fatigue. We have some suggestions below for connecting during the conference that we hope will be feasible and keep us connected until we can be together again. And –of course – let’s not forget to amplify our SIG members’ work on Twitter during the conference. Key accounts and hashtags are summarized in this newsletter. We look forward to seeing you online for the conference!

Dr Taren Swindle
SIG Co-Chair
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Implementation Science relevant presentations at #ISBNPA2021
We've distilled #ISBNPA2021 for implementation science presentations. Check out out our list here:


On Demand - available a week before the conference

Ms Roberta Asher, Project Officer, The University of Newcastle. Culinary medicine and culinary nutrition education provided to health and education students and practising professionals: A scoping review

Ms Roberta Asher, Project Officer, The University of Newcastle. Facilitators and barriers to providing culinary nutrition education and behaviour change support in usual practice: A survey of Australian health and education professionals

Ms Courtney Barnes, PhD Candidate, University of Newcastle. Improving the implementation of school-based healthy eating and physical activity policies and practices: a systematic review

Dr. Mirko Brandes, Senior Researcher, Leibniz Institute For Prevention Research And Epidemiology. Promoting physical activity in primary school children: a scoping review to characterize and evaluate interventions from the last decade according to the Health Promoting Schools Framework

Ms. Berit Follong, PhD Candidate, The University of Newcastle. Integration of nutrition education within the primary schools curriculum: a scoping review

Dr. Aisling Geraghty, Clinical Trials Manager, University College Dublin. IMPACT DIABETES B2B Project: Implementation protocol for a system of care for prevention of overweight, obesity and diabetes in women at risk of gestational diabetes

Dr Julianne McGuire, Research Fellow, Queensland University of Technology. Hearing Assessor perceptions for quality implementation of infant and young child feeding and physical activity in early education and care settings in Australia.

Dr Melanie Schneider, Lecturer, University of Education. Implementation of the Guidelines on Quality Standards for Canteens in the Workplace developed by the German Nutrition Society (DGE) – a controlled pretest-posttest-study regarding food consumption, nutrient intake, perception and satisfaction by canteen users.

Ms. Angeliek Verdonschot, PhD student, University of Newcastle. Effectiveness of school-based nutrition education program components on FV intake and nutrition knowledge in children aged 4-12 years old: an umbrella review.

Dr Siew Lim, NHMRC ECF, Monash University. Core lifestyle intervention components for postpartum weight management: systematic reviews and meta-analyses through PIPE, TIDieR and BCT frameworks.

Dr Taren Swindle, Assistant Professor, UAMS. Feeding Practices in Early Care and Education: Does De-Implementation of Inappropriate Feeding Practices Increase Adoption of Evidence-Based Practices?



Tuesday 8th June | 0:10 - 1:25
Implementation and evaluation of lifestyle programs for different populations

1.   Miss Jasmine Leblanc, Dietitian, University of Moncton. Effectiveness of a culinary course on high school students’ food literacy, eating behaviours and consumption of vegetables and fruits

2.   Dr Nicole Nathan, Research Fellow, The University of Newcastle. A multi-strategy implementation intervention increases Australian schools’ implementation and maintenance of a mandatory physical activity policy: outcomes of a cluster RCT

3.   Dr Alix Hall, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Newcastle. Scale-up of an effective program to increase the delivery of a mandatory physical activity policy in primary schools.

4.   Associate Professor Verity Cleland, Associate Professor, University Of Tasmania
Process evaluation of the trips4health randomised controlled trial: using incentives to increase public transport use for physical activity gain.

5.   Mrs. Emalie Rosewarne, PhD Candidate And Research Associate, The George Institute for Global Health. Perspectives on the effectiveness of a partnership approach to salt reduction in Australia

6.   Ms Devorah Riesenberg, Research Fellow, Deakin University. Health behaviour and financial impact of a healthy drink initiative in Australian sports and recreation food outlets

Tuesday 8th June | 0:10 - 1:25
Scalable nutrition and physical activity interventions

1.   Dr. Emily Mailey, Associate Professor, Kansas State University. Mental health practitioners: A promising pathway to promote park-based physical activity?

2.   Dr. Michael Beets, Carolina Distinguished Professor, University Of South Carolina. Small Studies, Big Decisions: The role of pilot/feasibility studies in incremental science and premature scale-up of behavioral interventions

3.   Dr Courtney Parks, Senior Research Scientist, Gretchen Swanson Center for Nutrition. Descriptive Characteristics of Nutrition Incentive and Produce Prescription Projects Across the United States.

4.   Ms Samantha Gray, PhD Candidate, Active Aging Research Team. Choose to Move at Home: Rapidly adapting an effective health promoting intervention for older adults for the ‘stay-at-home’ COVID-19 environment

5.   Miss Tineke Dineen, PhD, University of British Columbia. Evidence-based diabetes prevention program implemented with fidelity by community organization

6.   Ms. Danielle Walwyn, Queen's University. Cultivating Active Schools – A Key Element to Building Back Better in Antigua and Barbuda

Wednesday 9th June | 11:45 - 13:00
Designing scalable health promotion strategies

1.   Ms. Karolina Lobczowska, Research Assistant, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities. Socioeconomic, political and geographical context determinants of implementation of policies promoting physical activity: a meta-review.

2.   PhD Sarah Forberger, Senior Researcher, Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology. Implementation processes of sugar-sweetened beverage taxes: Lessons learned from a scoping review.

3.   Prof. Holger Hassel, Head of the Institute for Applied Health Sciences, Coburg University of Applied Sciences and Arts. Bridging the gap of social distancing in health promotion with older people using digital media? - Challenges in a pandemic.

4.   Mr. Cédric Middel, PhD Student, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. A roadmapping exercise for scaling up a Healthy Food-Store Intervention in the Dutch supermarket-landscape.

5.   Msc Anne van der Put, PhD Candidate, Utrecht University. Moving employees working from home towards a healthy working day.

6.   Mr. Cédric Middel, PhD Student, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Designing a Healthy Food-Store Intervention; a Co-Creative Process between Interventionists and Supermarket Actors

Wednesday 9th June | 14:10 - 15:25
Capabilities for an active lifestyle – Co-producing knowledge with different population groups in communities and universities

1.   Dr. Helmut Strobl, University of Bayreuth. Community Capacity Building for Improving Capabilities for Physical Activity in Men 50 plus.

2.   Ms. Jessica Helten, University of Bayreuth. Improving capabilities within a community setting to promote physical activity among women in difficult life situations

3.   Dr. Michelle Guerrero, Postdoctoral Associate, Children's Hospital Of Eastern Ontario Research Institute. Addressing physical activity and sedentary behavior among students in the university setting

Thursday 10th June 10 | 19:30 - 20:45
Implementation and evaluation population-based health promotion strategies

1.   Dr. Michael Beets, Carolina Distinguished Professor, University Of South Carolina. Impact of Risk of Generalizability Biases in Pilot and Larger-Scale Adult Obesity Trials: A Meta-Epidemiological Review.

2.   Dr. Natalie Poulos, Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Texas Health Science Center Tyler. Food Bank and Health Care Partnerships: A cross-sector approach to supporting families experiencing food insecurity.

3.   Prof. Heather McKay, Professor, University Of British Columbia. From start up to scale up: Choose to Move - a health promoting intervention for older adults.

4.   Ms. Monika Szpunar, PhD Student, University of Western Ontario. Impact of the Childcare PhysicaL ActivitY (PLAY) Policy on Toddlers’ and Preschoolers’ Physical Activity Levels.

5.   Miss Tineke Dineen, PhD, University of British Columbia. Implementation evaluation of a diabetes prevention program when delivered by a community organization.

6.   Dr. Heather Macdonald, Research Associate, Active Aging Research Team. What is the ‘voltage drop’ when an effective health-promoting intervention for older adults—Choose to Move—is implemented at broad scale?

Thursday 10th June | 21:10 - 22:25
Leveraging implementation science to advance health equity in nutrition and physical activity research

1.   Dr April Oh, Senior Advisor For Implementation Science And Health Equity, NIH/NCI. Opportunities for Advancing Health Equity through Implementation Science.

2.   Mr Matthew Mclaughlin, PhD Candidate, University of Newcastle. Adapting to Schools’ Needs: Modifications Made During the Delivery of the Physical Activity 4 Everyone (PA4E1) Programme Targeting Disadvantaged Secondary Schools.

3.   Dr Hannah Lane, Assistant Research Professor, Duke University School of Medicine. Moving toward equity: considering determinants of implementation of practices to support student wellness in under-resourced schools.
Selected Recent Publications
Tabak, R.G., Bauman, A. & Holtrop, J.S. Roles dissemination and implementation scientists can play in supporting research teams. Implement Sci Commun 2, 9 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s43058-020-00107-4
Haines, E.R., Dopp, A., Lyon, A.R. et al. Harmonizing evidence-based practice, implementation context, and implementation strategies with user-centered design: a case example in young adult cancer care. Implement Sci Commun 2, 45 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s43058-021-00147-4
Swindle, T., McBride, N.M., Selig, J.P. et al. Stakeholder selected strategies for obesity prevention in childcare: results from a small-scale cluster randomized hybrid type III trial. Implementation Sci 16, 48 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-021-01119-x
Nettlefold, L.; Naylor, P.-J.; Macdonald, H.M.; McKay, H.A. Scaling up Action Schools! BC: How Does Voltage Drop at Scale Affect Student Level Outcomes? A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 5182. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18105182
Nobles JD, Radley D, Mytton OT. The Action Scales Model: A conceptual tool to identify key points for action within complex adaptive systems. Perspectives in Public Health. May 2021. doi: www.dx.doi.org/10.1177/17579139211006747
Training
Australian TIDIRH Training Course
Researcher Spotlight
Dr Gabriella Mcloughlin
Qualifications and Position
 PhD – postdoctoral research associate at Washington University in St. Louis.
 
What led you to focus your research on I&S?
I trained as a teacher before completing my doctoral work and am deeply committed to understanding the ways in which evidence-based interventions can be implemented in real-world settings. For me, it’s crucial that we thoroughly examine the contexts in which we seek to implement as a determinant of whether a program might be successful; too often we force interventions upon organizations that aren’t yet ready or that have the capacity to undertake them, which can lead to disappointment and mistrust. Implementation science provides a necessary pragmatic perspective to undertaking this work through building meaningful partnerships with community-based stakeholders and studying how best to support implementation and sustainability efforts.
 
What is your main research interest? What do you love about it?
My main research interests are on building capacity for organizations (i.e., schools, communities) to implement evidence-based programs that aim to reduce the risk for overweight and obesity in children and adolescents. A big priority in my current work is on policy implementation for obesity prevention grounded in addressing health disparities and structural racism. One example is ensuring the successful implementation of school nutrition and wellness policy targeting low-income schools which serve students at greatest risk for overweight and obesity. I love this work because so many of the ideas come from our stakeholders themselves; we just give them the tools to succeed. Making an impact in the community is ultimately the marker of successful implementation, and it is our duty as researchers to serve local stakeholders.
 
As an ECR researcher what are the biggest barriers to conducting I&S research (other than funding) and how have you overcome this?
Developing meaningful relationships to conduct rigorous I&S research takes time, early career researchers are often under pressure to publish lots of articles which document research productivity. Therefore, one of the challenges I have faced is balancing the long-term ongoing research projects I am managing while maintaining research productivity. One key solution, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, has been to gain I&S methods training through conducting systematic and scoping reviews of the literature, such as policy implementation; hybrid trials; and health equity frameworks. This work has fostered a deeper understanding of the field and provided a platform for me to lead investigative work in the future.
 
 Do you have an I&S paper that you would like to share? 
 Yes! Please see our paper which was published in ISBNPA recently: https://ijbnpa.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12966-020-01070-y
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Thank you for your interest and support in Implementation and Scale up research! 
Taren Swindle (SIG Chair)
Nicole Nathan (SIG Co-Chair)
Femke van Nassau (SIG Past Chair, Founding Chair)
Jo Chau (SIG Officer)
Erin Hennessy (SIG Officer)
Jannah Jones (SIG Officer)
Mary Kennedy (SIG Student Officer)
Harriet Koorts (SIG Officer)
Matthew ‘Tepi’ Mclaughlin (SIG Student Officer)
Lisa Moran (SIG Officer)
Elaine Murtagh (SIG Officer)
PJ Naylor (SIG Officer)
Thomas Skovgaard (SIG Officer)
Luke Wolfenden (SIG Officer)



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