Podcast Series
Implementation Science at Work
From the Impact Center at UNC Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, we present ‘Implementation Science at Work.” Our guests work with systems, organizations, and communities to implement and scale up programs in an equitable and community conscious way. We delve into questions and strategies meant to help us tackle community health issues, reduce health disparities, and improve community and population outcomes through implementation. Throughout this podcast series, we will hear successful implementation stories and really see “Implementation Science at work”.
Episodes
We explore implementation at the community level, answering questions like what do successful community partnerships look like? How do you meet community members where they are? And what does on the ground program implementation look like?
We learn more about the Triple P Positive Parenting Program and how it is equitably adapted into different community contexts. We also hear about how funding structures can support equity-driven implementation.
We explore how organizations and systems can progress from hierarchical decision making structures to co-creation that drive program and population outcomes. We answer questions like how a system embedded in bureaucracy shift its power balance to include diverse voices in decision making? What is adaptive leadership and how can we use it to impact institutional bias and promote equity?
We discuss the role of implementation in supporting systems to successfully translate policy for the public’s benefit. We hear about frameworks that inform policy implementation to reach desired outcomes, and answer questions like, ‘How is authentic co-creation a key part of policy implementation?’ Hosted by Meera Kumanan and featuring Robin Jenkins and Diana ‘Denni’ Fishbein from the UNC Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute.
In this episode, we hear about one of the biggest challenges in implementation science: sustainability. Listen as we delve into the connections between program development, evaluation, equity, community engagement, and sustainability. We discuss questions like, ‘How do structural racism, community trust, program selection and adaption influence whether a program is successful over time?’
This episode explores how to resist common solutions to burnout, the concept of community care, how organizations can promote workplace wellness, and how we can use familiar implementation practice strategies to start addressing burnout in the workplace.
What makes a good leader? Cathy Henderson and James Wright from the Mecklenburg County Health Department in Charlotte, North Carolina share thoughts about good leaders, ‘not so good’ leaders, challenges, as well as personal stories about who and what influenced their leadership journeys.