Background/Foundation

Glasgow, R. E., Harden, S. M., Gaglio, B., Rabin, B., Smith, M. L., Porter, G. C., Ory, M. G., & Estabrooks, P. A. (2019). RE-AIM Planning and Evaluation Framework: Adapting to New Science and Practice With a 20-Year Review. Frontiers in public health, 7, 64. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2019.00064

Sarma, H., D’Este, C., Ahmed, T., Bossert, T. J., & Banwell, C. (2021). Developing a conceptual framework for implementation science to evaluate a nutrition intervention scaled up in a real-world setting. Public Health Nutrition, 24(S1), s7–s22. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980019004415

Ramanadhan, S., Alemán, R., Bradley, C. D., Cruz, J. L., Safaeinili, N., Simonds, V., & Aveling, E. L. (2024). Using Participatory Implementation Science to Advance Health Equity. Annual review of public health, 45(1), 47–67. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-publhealth-060722-024251

Luke, D. A., Powell, B. J., & Paniagua-Avila, A. (2024). Bridges and Mechanisms: Integrating Systems Science Thinking into Implementation Research. Annual review of public health, 45(1), 7–25. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-publhealth-060922-040205

Kepper, M., Walsh-Bailey, C., Owens-Jasey, C., Gunn, R., & Gold, R. (2025). Integrating Social Needs into Health Care: An Implementation Science Perspective. Annual review of public health, 46(1), 151–170. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-publhealth-071823-111332

Zeilstra, D., Younes, J. A., Brummer, R. J., & Kleerebezem, M. (2018). Perspective: Fundamental Limitations of the Randomized Controlled Trial Method in Nutritional Research: The Example of Probiotics. Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.), 9(5), 561–571. https://doi.org/10.1093/advances/nmy046

    • Description: limitations of RCT in nutrition research, specific focus on probiotics, not always the best type of study design when studying gut microbiota, challenges of translating trial results into real world.

Evidence-Based Interventions

Zoellner, J. M., You, W., Hill, J. L., Brock, D. P., Yuhas, M., Alexander, R. C., Price, B., & Estabrooks, P. A. (2019). A comparative effectiveness trial of two family-based childhood obesity treatment programs in a medically underserved region: Rationale, design & methods. Contemporary clinical trials, 84, 105801. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2019.06.015

Zoellner, J. M., Porter, K. J., You, W., Reid, A. L., Frederick, C., Hilgart, M., Brock, D. P., Tate, D. F., & Ritterband, L. M. (2021). Study protocol for iSIPsmarter: A randomized-controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy, reach, and engagement of a technology-based behavioral intervention to reduce sugary beverages among rural Appalachian adults. Contemporary clinical trials, 110, 106566. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2021.106566

Zoellner, J. M., Porter, K. J., You, W., Estabrooks, P. A., Perzynski, K., Ray, P. A., & Cantrell, E. S. (2020). The reach and effectiveness of SIPsmartER when implemented by rural public health departments: a pilot dissemination and implementation trial to reduce sugar-sweetened beverages. Translational behavioral medicine, 10(3), 676–684. https://doi.org/10.1093/tbm/ibz003