Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, and Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
Psychiatr Serv. 2019 Oct 1;70(10):958-960. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.201900031. Epub 2019 Jun 27.
Diffusion theory has deeply influenced implementation science and, specifically, language and thinking around practitioners and organizations that do not adopt evidence-based practices. In this Open Forum, the authors address the use of the term "laggard" to characterize this late or nonadopting group and argue for new nomenclature and modernized attitudes and approaches toward this group.
扩散理论深刻影响了实施科学,特别是影响了描述那些不采用基于证据的实践的从业者和组织的语言和思维。在本专题讨论中,作者探讨了使用“落后者”一词来描述这个晚期或不采用者群体,并主张为这个群体使用新的术语以及现代化的态度和方法。