| Call Number | 14966 |
|---|---|
| Day & Time Location |
T 8:30am-11:20am 322 Armand Hammer Health Sciences Center |
| Points | 1.5 |
| Grading Mode | Standard |
| Approvals Required | None |
| Instructor | Stephen P Kachur |
| Type | LECTURE |
| Method of Instruction | In-Person |
| Course Description | Despite increasing resources invested into health programs in low- and middle-income settings, and despite significant knowledge and evidence around effective interventions, successful implementation and scaling of these programs often remains elusive. Too often, known solutions to common health problems are not applied, or are introduced incompletely, leading to a persistent gap between what is known and what is done in practice, referred to as the “know-do gap” by the World Health Organization. Implementation research, implementation science, or delivery science – all relatively equivalent terms – has potential to address this gap. As an emerging field derived from multiple disciplinary traditions, the terminology and approaches for implementation science are still evolving. The goal of the course is to provide students with shared language and basic practical approach that will allow them to apply implementation science to a real-world context based on their personal experience or interest. Through a combination of guided learning modules, synchronous sessions, asynchronous review modules, case-based group exercises, and individual work, participants will focus on how to develop and assess implementation strategies to promote the delivery of evidence-based health interventions. We will first review the basics of conducting implementation in developing world settings and how to design and integrate practical implementation research that can answer the questions: "what is happening?" (compared with what is expected), "why is this happening?" and “how can the situation be improved?” The course builds upon core methodological skills in research and program design, public health theory and organizing models, as well as insights gained through students’ field practice. The course reviews quantitative and qualitative study designs as they apply to specific implementation research questions, offering guidance on how students may design similar studies when confronted with implementation questions in their own work and experience. Over the 7 modules, each participant will develop specific elements of an implementation science proposal and compile them into a concept note and in-class presentation. |
| Web Site | Vergil |
| Department | Population and Family Health |
| Enrollment | 23 students (32 max) as of 9:07PM Tuesday, February 3, 2026 |
| Subject | Population and Family Health |
| Number | P9620 |
| Section | 001 |
| Division | School of Public Health |
| Open To | GSAS, Public Health |
| Note | Dept permission required for non-POPF students (contact cak2 |
| Section key | 20261POPF9620P001 |