Publications

Five Translational Design Principles for Communicating Research to Practice in Public Health.

Translational products can help bridge the gap between research and practice by sharing scientific evidence in ways that non-academic audiences find accessible and useful. Here we present five translational design principles for dissemination of research evidence to public health practitioners and partners. The result of more than two decades of work in the development, production, revision, and continuous improvement of the Best Practices User Guides and supplemental reports, we illustrate the principles here using Tobacco Where You Live: Native Communities, a guide for tobacco prevention and control for American Indian and Alaska Native groups and their public health partners. The team developed the translational design principles through a multi-phase process: (1) conducting a multi-state evaluation and national advisory workgroup to identify translational features for communicating evidence, (2) applying findings to develop a set of translational products, CDC's Best Practices User Guides and Tobacco Where You Live Supplements, and (3) evaluating product quality through a national survey. Users find the evidence-based guides helpful, easy to understand, and actionable. The five principles contend that translational products should: (1) stem from evidence-informed sources, (2) include actionable information, (3) have a modular structure, (4) use language for an understandable delivery, and (5) come in accessible formats. Though the User Guides and the example here address tobacco use, researchers and practitioners can use the translational design principles to communicate evidence for various public health challenges and opportunities. Broad applications of the principles can help to increase intervention fidelity and the impact of public health evidence.

Community health equity research & policy

Implementing clinical practice guidelines in cardiology: accelerating the translation of evidence into practice.

Clinical practice guidelines form the foundation of evidence-based care in cardiology, yet gaps persist between the care recommended and that delivered. Passive dissemination of guidelines remains the predominant approach to implementing guidelines into routine policy and practice, which can lead to a one-size-fits-all approach that inadequately addresses barriers across all population subgroups, but particularly in underserved subgroups. Guidelines typically fall short of providing structured guidance on what actions are required to implement recommended care, by whom and the conditions under which they should be applied. This review addresses this gap by providing comprehensive, cardiology-specific guidance on integrating implementation science principles throughout the full guideline development and implementation cycle. We draw on contemporary literature to provide cardiology-specific examples for: actively disseminating guidelines, assessing implementation barriers and facilitators, tailoring implementation strategies, scaling up and sustaining implementation, as well as deprioritising low-value care and embedding implementation science principles in the guideline development process. Through the systematic integration of these principles into cardiology guideline development and implementation, evidence-based care can consistently reach the patients who need it most.

Heart (British Cardiac Society)

She Is a Guest in My House: Exploring the Barriers to Asset Development and Decision-Making Autonomy Among Young Women in Southern Uganda.

Traditional values and beliefs perpetuate gender inequalities and marginalize women in many societies worldwide by limiting their access to economic resources and decision-making abilities. In-depth interviews were conducted among 53 young women and men to explore the barriers to asset development and decision-making autonomy among adolescent girls transitioning into young women in southern Uganda. Five themes emerged from the participants' narratives, including societal expectations, restricted mobility, early pregnancies and marriages, limited motivation and parental perceptions. Findings from this study emphasize the widespread gender disparities in asset ownership and decision-making autonomy in southern Uganda, rooted in restrictive gender norms.

Journal of international development

JAMA Health Forum-The Year in Review, 2025.

JAMA health forum

Exploring clinician and patient perspectives on choice of general anaesthetic. A report of two U.S. surveys: an anesthesia clinician Multicenter Perioperative Outcomes Group survey and a patient Amazon Mechanical Turk survey.

Inhalation anaesthesia or propofol-based TIVA are the two primary options for administering general anaesthesia. Shared decision-making between clinicians and patients is critical. This study explores the perspectives of both anesthesia clinicians and patients on general anaesthesia techniques, aiming to identify gaps in communication and decision-making.

BJA open

Mechanism-informed transition from pediatric to adult care in sickle cell disease: a case study.

BMC health services research

Nutrition Policy and Programs in Educational Settings: Equitable Approaches to Food Security.

Food insecurity is a persistent determinant of poor health and unequal educational outcomes, particularly among children and young people experiencing racial and economic inequities [...].

Nutrients

Keeping Health Equity at the Forefront of the Artificial Intelligence Revolution in Medicine and Health.

JAMA health forum

Participatory systems modeling in implementation research: Exploring benefits, facilitators, and future needs.

Implementation science increasingly uses participatory systems modeling (PSM) approaches to handle the complexity inherent to implementation science issues. To support the process of integrating PSM with implementation science, we aimed to understand and explicate the benefits, facilitators, and future needs of applying PSM to implementation research.

Journal of clinical and translational science