Designed to support the widely recognised PARIHS framework, which works as a guide to plan, action and evaluate the implementation of evidence into practice, this book provides a very practical 'how-to' guide for facilitating the whole process.

Gill Harvey is a Professor in the Health Management Group at Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK. Since October 2013, she has been on a visiting post in the School of Nursing, University of Adelaide.

Alison Kitson is Professor and Dean of Nursing, University of Adelaide, Executive Director of Nursing at Central Adelaide Local Health Network (Innovation and Reform) and Associate Fellow, Green Templeton College University of Oxford.

1. Introduction 2. Facilitation as the Active Ingredient in the PARIHS Framework 3. PARIHS Re-visited: Introducing the i-PARIHS Framework 4. A Model of Facilitation for Evidence-based Practice 5. Getting started with Facilitation: The Facilitator's Role 6. Facilitating an Evidence-based Innovation into Practice: The Novice Facilitator's Role 7. Developing Capacity and Driving the Sustainability and Spread of Evidence-based Innovations 8. Facilitation Methods Within a Project to Improve the Management of Chronic Kidney Disease in Primary Care 9. A Facilitation Project to Improve the Management of Continence in European Nursing Homes 10. Using Facilitation to Improve Neonatal Health and Survival in Vietnam 11. Case Study of the PRoWL Project: A Whole System Implementation Project Involving Nursing and Dietetic Lead Facilitators 12. Case Study of the Signature Project: An Australian-US Knowledge Translation Project 13. Moving Forward on the Facilitation Journey