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2026

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Overview

Gregory A. Aarons is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Health Professions, with a substantial number of publications in this broad field. The subfields of their work include General Health Professions, Clinical Psychology, Management Science and Operations Research, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Economics and Econometrics.

Their research covers several key topics, including Health Policy Implementation Science, Community Health and Development, Mental Health and Patient Involvement, Primary Care and Health Outcomes, Evaluation and Performance Assessment, Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, and Interprofessional Education and Collaboration.

Gregory A. Aarons has contributed to multiple publication venues, notably:

  • Implementation Science Communications
  • Implementation Science
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Frontiers in Health Services
  • Implementation Research and Practice

Some of their recent scholarly works include:

  • "Ten recommendations for using implementation frameworks in research and practice," 2020, Implementation Science Communications
  • "A systematic review of empirical studies examining mechanisms of implementation in health," 2020, Implementation Science
  • "Forms and functions of bridging factors: specifying the dynamic links between outer and inner contexts during implementation and sustainment," 2021, Implementation Science
  • "Where is "policy" in dissemination and implementation science? Recommendations to advance theories, models, and frameworks: EPIS as a case example," 2022, Implementation Science
  • "Understanding implementation research collaborations from a co-creation lens: Recommendations for a path forward," 2022, Frontiers in Health Services

Frequent co-authors in their research community include:

  • Nicole A. Stadnick
  • Mark G. Ehrhart
  • Marisa Sklar
  • Lauren Brookman-Frazee
  • Byron J. Powell

Best Publications

  • Outcomes for Implementation Research: Conceptual Distinctions, Measurement Challenges, and Research Agenda

    Enola Proctor;Hiie Silmere;Ramesh Raghavan;Peter Hovmand

  • Advancing a conceptual model of evidence-based practice implementation in public service sectors.

    Gregory A Aarons;Gregory A Aarons;Michael S Hurlburt;Michael S Hurlburt;Sarah McCue Horwitz;Sarah McCue Horwitz

  • Implementation Research in Mental Health Services: an Emerging Science with Conceptual, Methodological, and Training challenges

    Enola K. Proctor;John Landsverk;John Landsverk;Gregory Aarons;David Chambers

  • Mental health provider attitudes toward adoption of evidence-based practice: the Evidence-Based Practice Attitude Scale (EBPAS).

    Gregory A. Aarons

  • Mixed Method Designs in Implementation Research

    Lawrence A. Palinkas;Gregory A Aarons;Sarah McCue Horwitz;Patricia Chamberlain

  • Systematic review of the Exploration, Preparation, Implementation, Sustainment (EPIS) framework

    Joanna C. Moullin;Kelsey S. Dickson;Nicole A. Stadnick;Borsika Rabin

  • Methods to Improve the Selection and Tailoring of Implementation Strategies.

    Byron J. Powell;Rinad S. Beidas;Cara C. Lewis;Gregory A. Aarons

  • Prevalence of Psychiatric Disorders in Youths Across Five Sectors of Care

    Ann F. Garland;Richard L. Hough;Kristen M. Mccabe;May Yeh

  • Transformational and Transactional Leadership: Association With Attitudes Toward Evidence-Based Practice

    Gregory A. Aarons

  • Enhancing the Impact of Implementation Strategies in Healthcare: A Research Agenda.

    Byron J. Powell;Maria E. Fernandez;Nathaniel J. Williams;Gregory A. Aarons

  • Adolescent substance use and sexual risk-taking behavior

    Susan F Tapert;Gregory A Aarons;Gregory A Aarons;Georganna R Sedlar;Sandra A Brown

  • Organizational Culture and Climate and Mental Health Provider Attitudes Toward Evidence-Based Practice

    Gregory A. Aarons;Angelina C. Sawitzky

  • Implementation of evidence-based practice in child welfare: service provider perspectives.

    Gregory A. Aarons;Lawrence A. Palinkas

  • The implementation leadership scale (ILS): development of a brief measure of unit level implementation leadership

    Gregory A Aarons;Mark G Ehrhart;Lauren R Farahnak;Lauren R Farahnak

  • Organizational climate partially mediates the effect of culture on work attitudes and staff turnover in mental health services.

    Gregory A. Aarons;Angelina C. Sawitzky

  • An Overview of Research and Evaluation Designs for Dissemination and Implementation

    C. Hendricks Brown;Geoffrey Curran;Lawrence A. Palinkas;Gregory A. Aarons

  • Dynamic adaptation process to implement an evidence-based child maltreatment intervention

    Gregory A Aarons;Gregory A Aarons;Amy E Green;Amy E Green;Lawrence A Palinkas;Lawrence A Palinkas;Shannon Self-Brown

  • Assessing the organizational context for EBP implementation: the development and validity testing of the Implementation Climate Scale (ICS).

    Mark G Ehrhart;Gregory A Aarons;Lauren R Farahnak;Lauren R Farahnak

  • Aligning leadership across systems and organizations to develop a strategic climate for evidence-based practice implementation.

    Gregory A. Aarons;Mark G. Ehrhart;Lauren R. Farahnak;Marisa Sklar

  • Community‐Academic Partnerships: A Systematic Review of the State of the Literature and Recommendations for Future Research

    Amy Drahota;Rosemary D. Meza;Brigitte Brikho;Meghan Naaf

  • Clinicians and outcome measurement: what's the use?

    Ann F. Garland;Marc Kruse;Gregory A. Aarons

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark G. Ehrhart
Mark G. Ehrhart University of Central Florida
Lawrence A. Palinkas
Lawrence A. Palinkas University of California, San Diego
Rinad S. Beidas
Rinad S. Beidas University of Pennsylvania
Michael S. Hurlburt
Michael S. Hurlburt University of Southern California
Lauren Brookman-Frazee
Lauren Brookman-Frazee University of California, San Diego
David S. Mandell
David S. Mandell University of Pennsylvania
Sandra A. Brown
Sandra A. Brown University of California, San Diego
Byron J. Powell
Byron J. Powell Washington University in St. Louis
Scott C. Roesch
Scott C. Roesch San Diego State University
Laurel K. Leslie
Laurel K. Leslie Tufts University

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