From 'intuitive' pragmatic interventions to a systematic approach - Using implementation science to improve childhood cancer survival in low-income settings: The CANCaRe Africa experience

• Main Authors: Trijn Israels (Author), Barnabas Atwiine (Author), Caitlyn Duffy (Author), Junious Sichali (Author), Glenn Afungchwi (Author), Kathy Pritchard-Jones (Author), Deborah Nyirenda (Author), Victor Mwapasa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2024-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary

Implementation science is a relatively young field of study and is the science of delivering evidence-based interventions into routine health care. RE-AIM (Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, and Maintenance) is an evaluation-type implementation science framework. CANCaRe Africa is preparing a project to assess the implementation and effectiveness of a cash incentive intervention to support families with out-of-pocket costs to prevent treatment abandonment and increase childhood cancer survival in sub-Saharan Africa. Our strategy is to enhance the dissemination of our research findings to local policymakers who can support the scale-up of evidence-based clinical interventions and locally effective implementation strategies. It can be done best by embedding implementation science into our clinical research approaches.

Item Description

2468-1245
10.1016/j.phoj.2024.02.005