Allison Metz, Ph.D., is a developmental psychologist, Director of the National Implementation Research Network (NIRN), Senior Scientist at the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, Research Professor at the School of Social Work, and Adjunct Professor at the School of Global Public Health at The University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Allison specializes in the implementation of evidence to achieve social impact for children and families in a range of human service and education areas, with an emphasis on child welfare and early childhood service contexts.

Authored by Allison Metz, Ph.D.

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Five Recommendations for How Implementation Science Can Better Advance Equity

Implementation researchers, practitioners, and funders considered how to better support equitable implementation and outcomes. They make five recommendations from changing how we talk about implementation science to how we execute it and who we engage along the way.
Posted By Kim DuMont, Allison Metz, Ph.D., Beadsie Woo