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Implementing, Embedding, and Integrating Practices: An Outline of Normalization Process Theory

Year: 2009

Type: article

Abstract: Understanding the processes by which practices become routinely embedded in everyday life is a long-standing concern of sociology and the other social sciences. It has important applied relevance in understanding and evaluating the implementation of material practices across a range of settings.This article sets out a theory of normalization processes that proposes a working model of implementation, embedding and integration in conditions marked by complexity and emergence. The theory focuses on the work of embedding and of sustaining practices within interaction chains, and helps in understanding why some processes seem to lead to a practice becoming normalized while others do not.

Source: Sociology

DOI: 10.1177/0038038509103208

Authors: Carl May, Tracy Finch

Institution: Newcastle University

Language: English

Topic: Health Policy Implementation Science

Subfield: General Health Professions

Field: Health Professions

Domain: Health Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: Mayo Clinic, Newcastle University, La Trobe University

OpenAlex ID: W2085637447

FWCI: 45.88

Cites: 64

Cited by: 2,124

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