HIV Implementation Science Coordination Initiative
Advancing Implementation Science, Ending the HIV Epidemic
HIV Implementation Science Coordination Initiative
Advancing Implementation Science, Ending the HIV Epidemic
Science That Accelerates Solutions
Science That Accelerates Solutions
It takes an average of 17 years for health research to be put into clinical practice — implementation science bridges this gap. Through developing evidence-based strategies that address barriers to HIV prevention and care for both patients and providers, implementation science accelerates the research-to-practice timeline, playing a vital role in advancing progress toward ending the HIV epidemic.
The HIV Implementation Science Coordination Initiative (ISCI) helps reduce HIV prevalence by developing and sharing generalizable implementation knowledge, making HIV research applicable to broader populations and contexts. ISCI also provides high-quality technical assistance to implementation science projects, supporting research that improves the uptake of implementation strategies and interventions.
Fast-Tracking the Timeline From Research to Practice Using Implementation Science
Fast-Tracking the Timeline From Research to Practice Using Implementation Science
Facilitating Collaboration
Generalizing Knowledge
Deepening Understanding
Facilitating Collaboration
ISCI and our network of Implementation Science Hubs facilitate collaboration among HIV researchers and stakeholders, enabling resource distribution across the United States.
Generalizing Knowledge
At ISCI, we develop and refine tools that generalize HIV implementation knowledge, helping identify best practices and evidence-based strategies.
Deepening Understanding
ISCI developed the Implementation Research Logic Model (IRLM) tool to combine and organize conceptual frameworks, improving the rigor, reproducibility, and transparency of projects.
HIV Prevention and Care Interventions in Practice
Community-Centered Care: Integrating Community Health Workers Improves HIV Outcomes
Embracing Cultural Nuance: How Tailored Marketing Promotes PrEP among Latino Communities
Latino community organizations, leaders, and researchers developed tailored marketing materials and dissemination strategies that effectively communicated information about PrEP to the Latino community.
Embracing Cultural Nuance: How Tailored Marketing Promotes PrEP among Latino Communities
Latino community organizations, leaders, and researchers developed tailored marketing materials and dissemination strategies that effectively communicated information about PrEP to the Latino community.
Be PrEPared: Enhancing HIV Awareness among Black Women
A project team working to end the HIV epidemic used three implementation strategies to address barriers to HIV care and ultimately enhance HIV awareness among Black women in Mecklenburg County, NC.
Evidence-Based Implementation Strategies
ISCI researchers developed a tool to identify Best Practice implementation strategies for HIV care and prevention, which are high-quality, replicable strategies that meet rigorous evidence criteria. This is the first tool for identifying high-quality implementation science interventions.
ISCI’s first Best Practice implementation strategy offers implementation researchers and practitioners a roadmap for addressing patient barriers to PrEP, reducing the time from initial PrEP prescription to patient pickup.
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Social and Structural Barriers and Solutions
The Sociostructural Implementation Science Coordination Initiative (SISCI) is a coordination hub that supports NIH-funded projects across the United States.
SISCI advances the field of HIV implementation science through a focus on social and structural determinants of health, so that larger structural issues affecting HIV care can be addressed.
Social Determinants of Health
The Sociostructural Implementation Science Coordination Initiative (SISCI) is a coordination hub that supports NIH-funded projects across the United States.
SISCI advances the field of HIV implementation science through a focus on social and structural determinants of health, so that larger structural issues affecting HIV care can be addressed.
Social Determinants of Health
Trainings and Professional Development
The Practitioner-Oriented Implementation Science Education (POISE) Training
Learn how to apply implementation science and innovative tools to real-world practice.
Visiting Scholars in HIV Implementation Science Program
Strengthen academic-community partnerships and develop HIV implementation science knowledge.
HIV and Social Determinants of Health Implementation Practitioner Training
Improve knowledge and daily application of implementation science.
Bridging the Research to Practice Gap Graphic Source: Active Implementation StagesTM. Active Implementation Research Network. (n.d.). https://www.activeimplementation.org/frameworks/implementation-stages
Social Determinants of Health Graphic Source: EPIS Framework: Exploration, Preparation, Implementation, Sustainment. EPIS Framework. (n.d.). https://episframework.com/