TY - JOUR T1 - Building on what we know: moving beyond effectiveness to consider how to implement, sustain and spread successful health interventions JF - BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health JO - BMJ Nutrition SP - 123 LP - 125 DO - 10.1136/bmjnph-2020-000115 VL - 3 IS - 2 AU - Celia Laur AU - Lauren Ball AU - Heather Keller AU - Noah Ivers Y1 - 2020/12/01 UR - http://nutrition.bmj.com/content/3/2/123.abstract N2 - Health research needs to demonstrate impact. It is no longer sufficient to claim that a treatment or behavioural intervention is only ‘efficacious’. There is little sense in building evidence of efficacy without systematically figuring out how to ensure it works in the real world and ensuring it continues to work over time and across contexts. This editorial provides a brief introduction into why considering implementation, sustainability and scalability can help achieve impact in health research and encourages submission of articles to a Special Collection on Implementing Effective Interventions in Healthcare. Details for submission are included in Box 1.Box 1 Special Collection: Implementing effective interventions in healthcareTo have an impact on individual and population health, we need to consider how to implement effective interventions and practice changes. This collection encourages submission of articles about how to effectively change practice with a focus on prevention across all areas of health. Articles can be from any settings (ie, community, primary care, and hospital) and any health-related topic area, particularly nutrition and physical activity, as long as there is a focus on prevention and changing practice.Types of articles that are encouraged include:Knowledge translation studies.Implementation and quality improvement initiatives.Interventions applied at scale (throughout a country, region, etc).Studies where implementation was not successful (lessons learnt should be discussed).Pilot projects will only be considered if they have given consideration to the feasibility of real-world implementation.Theory-based interventions, with particular emphasis on behaviour change.All study designs, including quantitative, qualitative and mixed method.Terminology used to describe the process of putting evidence into practice varies across disciplines and over time.1 Knowledge Translation (KT) is a commonly used umbrella term that encompasses both the science of how to implement a new intervention, building on evidence from previous implementation research (implementation science), and the practice of putting interventions … ER -