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Explores the task of assessing the results of the pilot, reviewing progress, and making adjustments before large-scale implementation of an intervention.

Publication Year 2019
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Examines tasks of building capacity to implement the intervention in new locations or with new populations in a sustainable way and scaling up the intervention.

Publication Year 2019
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Watch the Change and Implementation in Practice: Overview video to learn how key steps, tasks, and concepts fit together to support your agency’s change initiatives. 

Publication Year 2022
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Presents how to conduct pilot testing for a new intervention.

Publication Year 2019
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Presents how teams can conduct usability testing, analyze results, and make adjustments to intervention implementation plans.

Publication Year 2019
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Explores the planning task of creating a usability testing plan to try critical intervention components and implementation procedures to see how they work.

Publication Year 2019
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Examines how teams can determine an approach and develop a plan for pilot testing.

Publication Year 2019
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Describes how teams plan and develop strategies to identify and recruit pilot testing sites.

Publication Year 2019
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Describes the tasks of identifying sites and sequencing to have a plan for where to implement the intervention and how expansion of it should occur.

Publication Year 2019
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Presents information on the task of building the work plan activities to get the agency ready before implementation begins.

Publication Year 2019
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Explores the planning tasks of outlining implementation plan elements, identifying sources, and considering the context of agency implementation planning.

Publication Year 2019
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Explores the task of building the work plan activities to roll out the intervention and measure the quality of the implementation process, including any piloting or staging of the intervention.

Publication Year 2019
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Examines the implementation planning task of revisiting the teaming and leadership structures to help agencies facilitate the change and implementation process.

Publication Year 2019
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Provides information on the task of identifying communication and engagement activities described in the implementation work plan.

Publication Year 2019
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Discusses the task of reviewing readiness assessment findings to plan for capacity building.

Publication Year 2019