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Implementation Research And Asian American/Pacific Islander Health, Jenny Hsin-Chun Tsai, Shin-Ping Tu, Nancy A. Perrin, Erica S. Breslau

Asian/Pacific Island Nursing Journal

Numerous barriers prevent the translation of research into practice, especially in settings with diverse populations. Nurses are in contact with diverse populations across settings and can be an important influence to further implementation research. This paper describes conceptual approaches and methodological issues pertinent to implementation research and implications for Asian American/Pacific Islander (AAPI) health research. The authors discussed the values of using theory to guide implementation research, levels of theory that are commonly used in interventions, and decisions for theory selection. They also articulated the shortcoming of randomized controlled trials, the gold standard for testing efficacy of interventions, and present …