TY - JOUR
T1 - Implementing intervention research into public policy—the “I3-approach”
AU - Spiel, Christiane
AU - Schober, Barbara
AU - Strohmeier, Dagmar
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments Open access funding provided by University of Vienna. This study was funded by grants from the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Arts, and Culture The development of the national strategy for violence prevention and the evaluation of its implementation as well as the implementation of the ViSC program were financially supported by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Arts, and Culture. We want to thank the Federal Ministry for their support and the participating teachers for their engagement.
Funding Information:
Open access funding provided by University of Vienna. This study was funded by grants from the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Arts, and Culture The development of the national strategy for violence prevention and the evaluation of its implementation as well as the implementation of the ViSC program were financially supported by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Arts, and Culture. We want to thank the Federal Ministry for their support and the participating teachers for their engagement.
Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2016.
PY - 2018/4
Y1 - 2018/4
N2 - Evidence-based intervention programs have become highly important in recent years, especially in educational contexts. However, transferring these programs into practice and into the wider field of public policy often fails. As a consequence, the field of implementation research has emerged, several implementation frameworks have been developed, and implementation studies conducted. However, intervention research and implementation research have not yet been connected systematically and different traditions and research groups are involved. Implementation researchers are mostly given mandates by politicians to take on the implementation of already existing interventions. This might be one of the key reasons why there are still many problems in translating programs into widespread community practice. In this paper, we argue for a systematic integration of intervention and implementation research (“I3-Approach”) and recommend a six-step procedure (PASCIT). This requires researchers to design and develop intervention programs using a field-oriented and participative approach. In particular, the perspective of policymakers has to be included as well as an analysis of which factors support or hinder evidence-based policy in contrast to opinion-based policy. How this systematic connection between intervention and implementation research can be realized, is illustrated by means of the development and implementation of the ViSC school program, which intends to reduce aggressive behavior and bullying and to foster social and intercultural competencies.
AB - Evidence-based intervention programs have become highly important in recent years, especially in educational contexts. However, transferring these programs into practice and into the wider field of public policy often fails. As a consequence, the field of implementation research has emerged, several implementation frameworks have been developed, and implementation studies conducted. However, intervention research and implementation research have not yet been connected systematically and different traditions and research groups are involved. Implementation researchers are mostly given mandates by politicians to take on the implementation of already existing interventions. This might be one of the key reasons why there are still many problems in translating programs into widespread community practice. In this paper, we argue for a systematic integration of intervention and implementation research (“I3-Approach”) and recommend a six-step procedure (PASCIT). This requires researchers to design and develop intervention programs using a field-oriented and participative approach. In particular, the perspective of policymakers has to be included as well as an analysis of which factors support or hinder evidence-based policy in contrast to opinion-based policy. How this systematic connection between intervention and implementation research can be realized, is illustrated by means of the development and implementation of the ViSC school program, which intends to reduce aggressive behavior and bullying and to foster social and intercultural competencies.
KW - Implementation science
KW - Integrative approach
KW - Intervention research
KW - Public policy
KW - Public Policy
KW - Evidence-Based Practice
KW - Translational Medical Research/methods
KW - Policy Making
KW - Community Health Services
KW - Translational Research, Biomedical/methods
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85053501620&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s11121-016-0638-3
DO - 10.1007/s11121-016-0638-3
M3 - Article
C2 - 26922431
VL - 19
SP - 337
EP - 346
JO - Prevention Science
JF - Prevention Science
SN - 1389-4986
IS - 3
ER -