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Prerequisite Requirements Resource(s) & example(s)
1) Name it Name the strategy, preferably using language that is consistent with existing literature. Cochrane EPOC[25]
Mazza et al.[24]
Powell et al.[20]
2) Define it Define the implementation strategy and any discrete components operationally Abraham & Michie[38]
Powell et al.[20]
Michie et al.[26]
3) Specify it   
a) The actor Identify who enacts the strategy (e.g., administrators, payers, providers, patients/consumers, advocates, etc.). Kauth et al.[39] describe the characteristics, qualifications, and roles of an external facilitator
b) The action Use active verb statements to specify the specific actions, steps, or processes that need to be enacted. Rapp et al.’s[40] operational definition of ‘leadership’
c) Action target Specify targets according to conceptual models of implementation Tabak et al.[41]
Damschroder et al.[42]
Identify unit of analysis for measuring implementation outcomes
Flottorp et al.[43]
Cane et al.[44]
Michie et al.[45]
Landsverk et al.[46]
Proctor et al.[47]
d) Temporality Specify when the strategy is used Magnabosco[21]
Chinman et al.[31]
Kilbourne et al.[33]
e) Dose Specify dosage of implementation strategy Atkins et al.[48] recorded frequency of support received by opinion leaders
f) Implementation outcome affected Identify and measure the implementation outcome(s) likely to be affected by each strategy Proctor et al.[47]
Proctor & Brownson[49]
Proctor et al.[50]
g) Justification Provide empirical, theoretical, or pragmatic justification for the choice of implementation strategies. Theoretical:
Eccles et al.[51]
Grol et al.[52]
Empirical:
Cochrane EPOC[53]
Grimshaw et al.[8]
Pragmatic:
Oxman et al.[54]
   Wensing et al.[55] suggest brainstorming as a low-cost, low intensity method of linking strategies to identified barriers