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. 2021 Oct 15;3(1):185-189.
doi: 10.34067/KID.0005662021. eCollection 2022 Jan 27.

Dissemination and Implementation Science: A Primer and Applications in Nephrology

Megan A Urbanski  1 , Adam S Wilk  2 , Cam Escoffery  3 , Rachel E Patzer  1   4   5
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Dissemination and Implementation Science: A Primer and Applications in Nephrology

Megan A Urbanski et al. Kidney360. .
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Keywords: clinical nephrology; dissemination; implementation; methodology; quality improvement.

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Conflict of interest statement

C. Escoffery reports being a scientific advisor or member of Society for Public Health Education Past President. M. Urbanski reports receiving research funding from Georgia CTSA TL1TR002382 UL1TR002378; reports being a scientific advisor or member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Nephrology Social Work. R. Patzer reports being a scientific advisor or member of the Editorial Board of the American Journal of Transplantation, CJASN Editorial Board, and Chair of the United Network for Organ Sharing Data Advisory Board. A. Wilk reports being a scientific advisor and member of the Editorial Board of BMC Nephro-logy; and reports receiving research funding from the National Institute of Diabetes and Di-gestive and Kidney Diseases (1K01DK128384-01).

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Figure 1.
Comparing and contrasting conventional clinical research, quality improvement, and dissemination and implementation science. QI, quality improvement; DIS, dissemination and implementation science; IRB, institutional review board. Blue text represents characteristics of clinical research, green text represents characteristics of QI, and purple text represents characteristics unique to DIS.
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