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Overview

Dean L. Fixsen is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on health professions, with a significant emphasis on implementation science within health policy and community health frameworks.

The main fields of study in Fixsen's work include:

  • Health Professions

The subfields related to their research encompass:

  • General Health Professions
  • Management Science and Operations Research
  • Education
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Epidemiology

Fixsen's work addresses a range of critical topics, particularly:

  • Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Evaluation and Performance Assessment
  • Community Health and Development
  • Early Childhood Education and Development
  • Health Sciences Research and Education
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Public Health Policies and Education

Their publication record includes articles in various scientific journals. Notable recent papers authored by Fixsen include:

  • "Is implementation science a science? Not yet" (2024) published in Frontiers in Public Health
  • "Repeated measures of implementation variables" (2023) published in Frontiers in Health Services
  • "Competences for implementation science: what trainees need to learn and where they learn it" (2020) published in Advances in Health Sciences Education
  • "Normalization of Prevention Principles and Practices to Reduce Substance Use Disorders Through an Integrated Dissemination and Implementation Framework" (2023) published in Prevention Science
  • "Using Implementation Teams to Inform a More Effective Response to Future Pandemics" (2021) published in Public Health Reports

Frequently collaborating researchers with Fixsen include:

  • Karen A. Blasé
  • Marie-Thérèse Schultes
  • Monisa Aijaz
  • Melissa K. Van Dyke
  • Melissa Van Dyke

The primary publication venues where Fixsen has contributed multiple articles are:

  • Frontiers in Health Services
  • Residential Treatment for Children & Youth
  • Advances in Health Sciences Education
  • Frontiers in Public Health
  • Prevention Science

Best Publications

  • Implementation research: a synthesis of the literature.

    Fixsen Dl;Naoom Sf;Blase Ka;Friedman Rm

  • Core Implementation Components

    Dean L. Fixsen;Karen A. Blase;Sandra F. Naoom;Frances Wallace

  • Implementation research: A synthesis of the literature (No. 231). University of South Florida, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Implementation Research Network.

    DL Fixsen;SF Naoom;KA Blase;RM Freidman

  • Specifying and reporting complex behaviour change interventions: the need for a scientific method

    Susan Michie;Dean Fixsen;Jeremy M Grimshaw;Martin P Eccles

  • Statewide Implementation of Evidence-Based Programs

    Dean Fixsen;Karen Blase;Allison Metz;Melissa Van Dyke

  • Achievement Place: modification of the behaviors of pre-delinquent boys within a token economy.

    Elery L. Phillips;Elaine A. Phillips;Dean L. Fixsen;Montrose M. Wolf

  • Improving Programs and Outcomes: Implementation Frameworks and Organization Change.

    Rosalyn M. Bertram;Karen A. Blase;Dean L. Fixsen

  • The social validation and training of conversational skills.

    Neil Minkin;Curtis J. Braukmann;Bonnie L. Minkin;Gary D. Timbers

  • In Search of Program Implementation: 792 Replications of the Teaching-Family Model

    Dean L. Fixsen;Karen A. Blase;Gary D. Timbers;Montrose M. Wolf

  • Core Intervention Components: Identifying and Operationalizing What Makes Programs Work. ASPE Research Brief.

    Karen Blase;Dean Fixsen

  • Implementation science: A brief overview and a look ahead.

    Terje Ogden;Dean L. Fixsen

  • Implementation research: A synthesis of the literature (#231). Tampa: University of South Florida, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Research Network.

    DL Fixsen;SF Naoom;KA Blases;RM Friedman

  • Achievement Place: the reliability of self-reporting and peer-reporting and their effects on behavior.

    Dean L. Fixsen;Elery L. Phillips;Montrose M. Wolf

  • Implementation of evidence-based treatments for children and adolescents: Research findings and their implications for the future.

    Dean L. Fixsen;Karen A. Blase;Michelle A. Duda;Sandra F. Naoom

  • Achievement Place: experiments in self-government with pre-delinquents.

    Dean L. Fixsen;Elery L. Phillips;Montrose M. Wolf

  • Implementation: The Missing Link Between Research and Practice

    Dean L. Fixsen;Sandra F. Naoom;Karen A. Blase;Frances Wallace

  • Achievement Place: The Teaching-Family Model.

    Montrose M. Wolf;Elery L. Phillips;Dean L. Fixsen;Curtis J. Braukmann

  • ACHIEVEMENT PLACE: DEVELOPMENT OF THE ELECTED MANAGER SYSTEM†

    Elery L. Phillips;Elaine A. Phillips;Montrose M. Wolf;Dean L. Fixsen

  • Handbook of Implementation Science for Psychology in Education: Implementation Science

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  • A Synthesis of Knowledge Relevant to Pathways of Service Delivery for Young Children with or at Risk of Challenging Behavior.

    Diane Powell;Dean Fixsen;Glen Dunlap;Barbara Smith

  • The Teaching-Family Model

    Monstrose M. Wolf;Kathryn A. Kirigin;Dean L. Fixsen;Karen A. Blase

  • Statewide Implementation of Evidence-Based Programs

    Unknown

Frequent Co-Authors

George Sugai
George Sugai University of Connecticut
Robert H. Horner
Robert H. Horner University of Oregon
Glen Dunlap
Glen Dunlap University of South Florida
Katherine M. Boydell
Katherine M. Boydell Black Dog Institute
Bryan J. Weiner
Bryan J. Weiner University of Washington
Brandi Simonsen
Brandi Simonsen University of Connecticut
Susan Michie
Susan Michie University College London
Kent McIntosh
Kent McIntosh University of Oregon
Lise Fox
Lise Fox University of South Florida
Jean B. Schumaker
Jean B. Schumaker University of Kansas

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