Term: Diffusion research

Glossary Definition

Last Updated: 2008-11-20

Definition:

The study of the factors necessary for successful adoption and implementation by additional stakeholders and the targeted population of an evidence-based intervention that has been successfully implemented in some sites, resulting in widespread use.

Related terms 

• Translational research

References 

• Mold JW, Pasternak A, McCaulay A, Manca D, Rubin G, Westfall J, Beasley J, Hickner J, Fagnan LJ, Handley M, Haddy R, Hankey T, Practice-Based Research Subcommittee of North American Primary Care Research Group Committee on Advancing Science of Family Medicine. Definitions of common terms relevant to primary care research. Annals of Family Medicine 2008;6(6):570-571.(View)