TY - JOUR T1 - ‘Implementability’ matters: using implementation research steps to guide and support non-communicable disease national planning in low-income and middle-income countries JF - BMJ Global Health JO - BMJ Global Health DO - 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-008275 VL - 7 IS - 4 SP - e008275 AU - Angela Mary Jackson-Morris AU - Gerald Mutungi AU - Ephantus Maree AU - Temo Waqanivalu AU - Robert Marten AU - Rachel Nugent Y1 - 2022/04/01 UR - http://gh.bmj.com/content/7/4/e008275.abstract N2 - The ‘implementation gap’ between national plans and successful implementation is a central theme in addressing non-communicable diseases (NCDs). It is a factor that has undermined Sustainable Development Goal 3.4, which aims to achieve a one-third reduction in premature mortality from four major NCDs by 2030. Responding to the potential of implementation research to support low-income and middle-income countries to effectively advance their strategies, we describe ways to make NCD plans more robust by including implementation steps. These steps are (1) choosing some (but not all) effective and cost-effective options; (2) tailoring interventions and their scale-up to national capacity; and (3) making the priorities implementable. We illustrate with examples from several countries.All data relevant to the study are included in the article. ER -