6th UK and Ireland Implementation Science Research Conference 2023

Programme

Sustaining health and public services in an uncertain future: what role for implementation science?

Day One

08:00

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09:15

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Reception

09:15

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09:45

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Virtual conference opening remarks

Professor Kerstin Mey, President of University of Limerick

 

09:45

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10:45

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Plenary

Plenary Lecture 1: The role of health systems, heath organisations and health professionals in creating fair, sustainable, and healthy futures.

Speaker: Dr David Pencheon, Honorary Professor, Health and Sustainable Development, University of Exeter, UK

Chair: Professor John Ovretveit

Discussant: Dr Ioannis Bakolis

 

10:45

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11:15

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11:15

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12:40

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Parallel Oral Sessions 1

Stream A-E

PROJECT STREAM A

PROJECT STREAM B

PROJECT STREAM C

PROJECT STREAM D

PROJECT STREAM E

11:20
O21
Improving comprehensive care: insights from a mixed method survey following the introduction of Australian Comprehensive Care Standard

Beibei Xiong

12:00
O16
A Policy Lab to accelerate translation of novel research into policy to improve timely detection and appropriate action in care of women with Pre-eclampsia in Sierra Leone

Katy Kuhrt

12:20
O99
Implementation Science with an equity lens: Optimising the use of Normalisation Process Theory in participatory health research with migrants

Yuki Seidler and Anne McFarlane

Watch Session
11:20
O64
Scaling-up a virtual culturally tailored diabetes self-management programme for African and Caribbean communities (HEAL-D Online) across NHS regions in England: A qualitative study using the EPIS framework

Sophie Lowry

11:40
O29
Physical Healthcare in Community Mental Health Services for Adults with Serious Mental Illness (SMI): Implementing recommendations using the Knowledge-to-Action Framework

Gracie Tredget

12:00
O39
Process evaluation of the implementation of the ‘Health Pals’ concept in delivering preventive care: A qualitative study

Swetha S Kumar

12:20
O53
A process evaluation of a quality improvement collaborative (QIC) to improve the uptake of insulin pumps for people with type 1 diabetes (EQUIPD Study)

Melissa Girling

11:20
O19
Acceptability of the CONNECTS-Food resource: supporting primary schools in implementing a systems-based whole school approach to food

Wendy Burton

11:40
O67
Pathfinding, peace-making, power, and passion: Exploring the lived experience of facilitation during implementation of Canada’s Mental Health Recovery guidelines

Lucy Melville-Richards

12:00
O6
A protocol for developing a checklist tool that places intersectional inequalities at the centre of patient and public involvement activities

Patrick Kierkegaard

12:20
O68
Minding the gap: The importance of active facilitation in moving boundary objects from in-theory to in-use as a tool for knowledge mobilisation

Jane Cloke and Lucy Melville-Richards

11:20
O25
Exploring processes for implementing palliative care in intensive care using normalisation process theory

Stephanie Meddick-Dyson

11:40
O79
Sustaining and scaling-up best practices to improve nutrition care in Canadian hospitals using a mentor-champion program

Katherine Ford

12:00
O3
Process evaluation of the SMARThealth Pregnancy hybrid type 2 cluster randomised controlled trial: A Protocol

Nicole Votruba

12:20
O59
Developing an intervention and implementation strategy to improve delivery of evidence-based care for knee pain attributed to degenerative meniscal tears

Helen O'Leary

11:20
O40
Facilitating the implementation of unscheduled care coordination hubs using tests of change and a rapid, relevant and responsive approach to evaluation

Kristian Hudson

11:40
O73
Exploring MECC implementation within the North East and North Cumbria region (NENC) in England

Angela Rodrigues

12:00
O95
Knowledge translation strategies for the sustainability of evidence-based interventions in healthcare: A scoping review

Rachel Flynn

12:20
O85
Findings from the Health Champions study

Julie Williams

12:45

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14:00

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LUNCH

14:00

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15:30

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Parallel Oral Sessions 2

Stream F-J

SESSION F

SESSION G

SESSION H

SESSION I

SESSION J

Watch Session
14:05
O100
The sustained implementation of interventions to support self-management: A scoping review

Helen Ross-Blundell

14:25
O41
Using the Exploration, Preparation, Implementation, Sustainment (EPIS) framework to adapt a sexual and reproductive health intervention for Latina teens and female caregivers

Kate Merrill

14:45
O57
Hearing for all: The evaluation and adaptation of the KwaZulu-Natal Auditory Implant Programme (KZNAIP), South Africa

Zandile Shezi

14:05
O75
Scaling out: Spreading the delivery of an advance care planning digital intervention from nursing homes to community care

Kevin Brazil

14:25
O37
Hearing for all: Design and delivery of a sustainable Auditory Implant Programme.

Andile Sibiya

14:45
O36
How do teams tailor improvements in diabetes care: Preliminary findings from a Process Evaluation study

Elaine O' Halloran

15:05
O52
Evaluation of implementation of the GLA:D® Ireland programme for hip and knee osteoarthritis across public and private healthcare settings in the first year

Clodagh Toomey

Watch Session
14:05
O77
Investigating a role for implementation science in Irish national environmental policy

Cáit Ní Chorcora and John O'Neill

14:25
O48
Implementation-minded policy making: An evidence synthesis

Jane Lewis

14:45
O83
Causal loop diagramming to model, tailor, and test sustainment strategies in multi-level, cross-context implementation efforts

Erika Crable

15:05
O23
Exploration of Facilitators and Barriers in the Implementation of the Chilean Skills for Life Program: An Approach from the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research

Rodrigo Rojas Andrade

Watch Session
14:05
O63
An approach for developing a tailored implementation intervention to implement a web-based application for men’s health screening in a primary care setting during the COVID-19 pandemic

Chor Yau Ooi

14:25
O54
Using logic models to advance the implementation of complex genomics sequencing within a complex care pathway

Joey Elias

14:45
O56
Implementation of a national programme for people presenting to emergency departments with self-harm and suicide-related ideation: a qualitative study of implementation determinants

Selena O’Connell

15:05
O20
A Theory of Change of a quality improvement training programme at a large London hospital

Katie Richards

14:05
O33
A co-produced web-based implementation toolkit to facilitate adaptive implementation in health and social care

Cindy Brooks

14:25
O31
Trusting Relationships and Implementation Outcomes: Findings from a trust building intervention to support scale-up of an evidence-based program in child welfare

Allison Metz

14:45
O47
Tailored strategies to address determinants of practice: A systematic review protocol.

Fiona Riordan

15:05
O69
The Mental Health Care in Primary healthcare project (SMAPS) implementation assessment research: Stakeholders analysis protocol

Ilana Eshriqui

Day Two

09:50

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10:15

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11:25

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Rapid Fire Session 1

SESSION 1A

SESSION 1B

SESSION 1C

SESSION A

Watch Session

SESSION B

SESSION C

Watch Session

SESSION D

SESSION E

Watch Session
10:20
P22
Scale-up of a novel vital signs alert device to improve maternity care in Sierra Leone: a mixed methods evaluation of device repair and maintenance

Dr Alice Pearson & Dr Charlotte Greene

10:30
P96
Evaluating the prioritization and implementation process within the Mental Health Implementation Network

Blossom Fernandes

10:40
P14
The connected Yorkshire community health checks programme for Cardiovascular Disease prevention

Dr. Ciaran O’Neill

10:50
P62
Developing a Theory of Change for implementing the novel UK Children’s Palliative care Outcome Scale (C-POS:UK) into routine paediatric palliative care

Hannah Scott

11:00
P87
Evaluating the implementation of a national programme for transforming mental health in schools across south west London: The Children and Young People (CYP) Emotional Wellbeing in Schools Programme

Helen Sheldon

11:10
P65
HEAL-D Online – is it feasible to implement a virtual culturally tailored diabetes self-management programme for African and Caribbean communities in south London.

Joe Low

10:20
P32
Views and Experiences of Mental Health Services Implementation Stakeholders in Ukraine after the Onset of the Invasion of Russia into Ukraine

Alyona Mazhnaya

10:30
P45
Applying an implementation science lens to Ireland’s National Care Experience Programme

Lisa Ann Kennedy

10:40
P61
Implementi ng a web-based applicati on for men’s health screening in a primary care setti ng duringthe Covid-19 pandemic: a mixed-methods pilot study

Chor Yau Ooi

10:50
P71
Design and Implementation of an Online Older Person-Student Nurse Intergenerational Café using CFIR

Dympna Tuohy

11:00
P18
Addressing physical healthcare in mental health settings: implementation and evaluation of two novel interventions

Ray McGrath

10:20
P78
Costing digital health implementation efforts in hospitals: a qualitative framework analysis of semi-structured interviews

Thomasina Donovan

10:30
P44
Supporting vulnerable families online – Exploring the experiences of service users and practitioners and the development of a best practice framework to support the implementation of digital social care services

Gráinne Hickey

10:40
P13
Understanding implementation and impact of post-Covid remote monitoring pathways in Integrated Care Systems.

Judith Fynn

10:50
P46
Using Geographic Information System (GIS) to Understand Service User’s Patterns of Accessing Primary Healthcare Facilities in Goa, India

Luanna Fernandes

11:00
P90
2YoungLives: Meaningful community engagement and involment, ‘changing mindsets with a million conversations’ in Sierra Leone

Mangenda Kamara

11:10
P10
Qualitative exploration of the views and experiences of Making Every Contact Count (MECC) within service providers and users within the Third and Social Economy (TSE) sector: a reflexive thematic analysis of semi-structured interviews

Beth Nichol (virtually), Angela Rodrigues (for in-person questions)

10:20
P34
Navigating uncertainty in the implementation of a Compassionate Care Initiative in a NHS mental health setting during Covid-19: Findings from a case study with implications for sustainability

Cindy Brooks

10:30
P49
Implementing a new ‘Test, Evidence, Transition’ Programme to accelerate the effective and equitable adoption of cancer pathway innovations

Alexandra Feast

10:40
P2
The Impact of After Action Review on Safety Culture and Second Victim Experience: a mixed methods effectiveness implementation study

Siobhán McCarthy

10:50
P7
Transdisciplinary implementation science for complex futures

Dr Hossai Gul

11:00
P84
NICO: Narrative Intervention for Long COVID-19 Feasibility and Acceptability Pilot Study

Rachel Johnson

11:10
P8
Systems science approach to conducting and integrating implementation assessments across multiple settings within complex healthcare systems

Dr Hossai Gul

10:20
P12
Insights on barriers, facilitators, and lessons learned in the implementation of complex suicide prevention interventions: A systematic review

Sadhvi Krishnamoorthy

10:30
P91
Barriers and Facilitators to Scale-Up of Hospital-at-Home: an Observational Cohort Study Protocol

Stephanie Ko

10:40
P76
Access to healthcare in Covid-19: evidence from a specialist acute service

Rona Inniss

10:50
P11
‘Implementing Change Relationships in Multi-site Youth Justice Settings- A Methodological Design’

Jacqueline Dwane

11:00
P17
A cross-sectional exploration of the generative mechanisms and potential staff outcomes associated with interprofessional collaboration within the newly established community specialist teams integrating care for older people in Ireland

Apolonia Radomska

11:10
P72
Experiences in paediatric healthcare of using physical activity on prescription for children with obesity – a focus group study

Charlotte Boman

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Plenary

Plenary Lecture 4: Sustaining community health interventions in the global south and diversifying implementation science

Speaker: Professor Malabika Sarkar,  Adjunct Professor of BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University, Bangladesh 

Chair: Dr Shalini Ahuja

Discussant: Professor Claire Henderson

12:50

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14:00

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LUNCH

14:00

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15:10

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Rapid Fire Session 2

SESSION F

SESSION G

SESSION H

SESSION I

SESSION J

14:05
P74
The application of Theories of Change and Logic Models to inform Healthcare Policy: a scoping review

Maria Karadimova-Watts

14:15
P24
Challenges for oral health promotion in the School Health Program in Brazil: a literature review informed by the CFIR framework

Carlos Alberto dos Santos Treichel

14:25
P43
Stakeholder’s experiences of tailoring implementation of the DAFNE structured education programme for type 1 diabetes

Jane Murphy

14:35
P27
De-implementation of low value care in mental health services

Qandeel Shah

14:45
P35
Content validity indexes assigned to the Brazilian version of the ImpRes-tool: a tool to improve the quality of implementation projects and research

Carlos Alberto dos Santos Treichel

Watch Session
14:15
P51
Exploring outcomes from a novel shared professional training and wrap around support package on sustaining complex intervention fidelity: Lessons from LISTEN’

Dr Fiona Leggat

14:25
P50
What is needed to implement self-management support (SMS) in cancer care delivery? A qualitative study of SMS implementation in Ireland

Nickola Pallin

14:35
P70
Using the Consolidated Framework of Implementation Research and Implementation outcomes to develop interview scripts: methodological insights from the Mental Health in Primary Health Care project (SMAPS) Implementation assessment research

Ilana Eshriqui

14:45
P55
Barriers and enablers to participating in self-management support among those living with and beyond cancer: a qualitative study informed by the TDF and COM-B

Nickola Pallin

Watch Session
14:05
P98
Co-development workshops as an implementation strategy?

Leah Bührmann

14:15
P26
Palliative care implementation in the intensive care unit: Using the Implementation Research Logic Model as a framework for systematic review and synthesis

Stephanie Meddick-Dyson

14:25
P30
Development of a Video-based Evidence Synthesis Knowledge Translation Resource: Drawing on a User-Centred Design Approach

Elaine Toomey

14:35
P88
Evaluating the early implementation of digitally enabled virtual wards: A case study approach

Dr Camille Aznar

14:45
P80
Culturally-Appropriate End-of-life Care: Do and Don’t Review Findings to Inform Healthcare and Other Service Providers

Donna Wilson

14:05
P58
Perceived sustainability of a community paramedicine model to reduce acute care utilization: a case study in two settings

Terri Menser

Jennifer Ridgeway

14:10
P1
Interventions to promote effective interprofessional collaboration that improves care outcomes for older people: a realist synthesis of evidence.

Carmel Davies

14:25
P5
Rapid-RT Study: The feasibility of implementing rapid-learning methodology to inform radiotherapy treatment: Healthcare professionals’ views

Arbaz Kapadi

14:55
P15
Tailoring implementation strategies which target patients in healthcare contexts: protocol for a scoping review sub-study

Laura-Jane McCarthy

Watch Session
14:15
P66
A qualitative analysis of experiences, enablers and barriers to implementing nationally endorsed health and social care standards in Ireland

Yvonne Kelly

14:25
P92
Regulation of infant formula: the role of health policy in dissemination and implementation strategy

Bartosz Helfer

14:35
P9
The post-implementation scenario: investigating the sustainability of matrix support through professional practices

Ana Laura Salomé Lourencetti

15:30

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17:00

BST

Meet the Experts

15:30
Strategies for Sustainability and scale up in implementation

Dr Byron Powell and Prof Audrey Tierney 

 

16:00
Evaluating Implementation

Professor Enola Proctor

Professor Alice Coffey

16:30
Hybrid designs

Speakers: Professor Geoff Curran

Chairs: Professor Jane Sandall

15:30
Implementation support competencies and skills and how to build them 

Speakers: Professor Annette Boaz

Chairs: Professor Alison Metz

16:00
Economic Evaluation

Dr Zuleyha Cidav

Dr Ties Hooman 

 

16:30
Implementing in practice in Ireland and the UK.

Melissa Stone

Andrew Bray

Jane Lewis

Watch Session
15:30
Policy Dissemination and Implementation

Dr Erika Crable

Professor Sean Redmond

 

 

16:00
Health system activities involving patient advocacy and industry stakeholders

Dr Elaine Twomey

Dr Brian Mittman

 

16:30
Implementation Research Logic Models

Professor Justin Smith

Dr Julie Williams

 

Watch Session
15:30
Deimplementation – “Why do really really smart people do really really dumb things?”

Professor Andrea Patey and Dr Arlene McCurtin

 

16:00
Equitable implementation competences standards

Professor John Ovretveit

 

16:30
Implement evidence-based practices and services

Professor Greg Aarons

Professor Tracy Finch

 

17:00

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17:20

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Awards presentation