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What it Takes to Be a Successful Implementation Champion || Part 1

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Resource Description

Using her specific work in the area of Secondary Traumatic Stress, Dr. Ginny Sprang of the University of Kentucky has explored what it is that champions do to make an initiative successful. In Part 1 learn about what a champion is and what activities that they engage in during the implementation process.

Resources

  1. Implementation Strategies for Trauma-Informed Champions Teams https://ctac.uky.edu/projects-and-programs/systems-transformation/implem...
  2. Shea, C. M. (2021). A conceptual model to guide research on the activities and effects of innovation champions. Implementation Research and Practice, 2. https://doi.org/10.1177/2633489521990443
  3. Sprang, G., Lei, F., & Bush, H. (2021). Can organizational efforts lead to less secondary traumatic stress? A longitudinal investigation of change. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 91(4), 443. https://doi.org/10.1037/ort0000546 PMID: 33914557
  4. Sprang, G., Miech, E. J., & Gusler, S. (2023). The role of secondary traumatic stress breakthrough champions in reducing worker trauma and improving organizational health using a configurational analysis approach. Implementation Research and Practice, 4. https://doi.org/10.1177/26334895231164582
Published in 2024
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