Letting go: Conceptualizing intervention de-implementation in public health and social service settings

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 62, Issue 1-2, 2018, Pages 189-202

  McKay, Virginia R ^a,b   Morshed, Alexandra B ^a   Brownson, Ross C ^a,c   Proctor, Enola K ^a,b,d   Prusaczyk, Beth ^e  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

De implementation; Implementation science; Public health; Social service; Theory

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SOCIAL WORK; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; ARTICLE;

HUMANS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 85050508541     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajcp.12258     Document Type: Review

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