Implementation Research: A Synthesis of the Literature

In the past few years several major reports highlighted the gap between our knowledge of effective treatments and services currently being received by consumers.  These reports agree that we know much about interventions that are effective but make little use of them to help achieve important behavioral health outcomes for chil- dren, families, and adults nationally.

The purpose of this monograph is to describe the results of a far-reaching review of the implementation literature.  There is broad agreement that implementation is a decidedly complex endeavor, more complex than the policies, programs, procedures, techniques, or technologies that are the subject of the implementation efforts.