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  • Implementation Science
  • Healthcare Behavior Change
  • Intervention Design

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  • Effective implementation interventions require precise behavior specification.
  • Existing frameworks like TACT (Target, Action, Context, Time) lack explicit Actor domain.
  • Healthcare settings involve multiple actors and behaviors, necessitating a refined specification.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Introduce and describe the Action, Actor, Context, Target, Time (AACTT) framework.
  • Enhance the utility of behavior specification for implementation intervention designers and trialists.
  • Demonstrate AACTT framework application in implementation research.

Main Methods:

  • Extended the TACT framework to include the Actor domain, creating the AACTT framework.
  • Utilized French et al.'s four-step implementation process model.
  • Described potential applications of the AACTT framework across implementation research steps.

Main Results:

  • The AACTT framework clarifies who needs to perform specific actions.
  • Facilitates identification of barriers and enablers to behavior change.
  • Supports selection of appropriate intervention strategies and outcome measures.

Conclusions:

  • The AACTT framework aids in detailing and measuring theoretical constructs.
  • Improves the design of implementation interventions and evaluation clarity.
  • Enhances the development of research tools like topic guides and questionnaires.