Rebecca Lengnick-Hall

Rebecca Lengnick-Hall, PhD

Languages spoken: English

Academic Information

Departments Primary - Population Health Sciences

Education History

Fellowship IDEAS ALACRITY Center, National Institute of Mental Health
 Fellow
Fellowship Implementation Research Institute, Washington University in St Louis
 Fellow
Fellowship Training Institute for Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (TIDIRH)
 Fellow
Fellowship Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis
 Postdoctoral Fellow
Doctoral Training University of Southern California
 PhD
Graduate Training University of Texas at Austin
 MS
Graduate Training University of Texas at Austin
 MPAff
Undergraduate University of Texas at Austin
 BS

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Rdlund A, Toropova A, Lengnick-Hall R, Powell BJ, Schfer Elinder L, Bjrklund C, Kwak L (2025). A cluster-randomized controlled trial assessing the effectiveness of a multifaceted versus a discrete implementation strategy on fidelity to an occupational guideline for the prevention of mental health problems at the workplace: a dual perspective from Swedish schools. Implement Sci Commun, 6(1), 127.
  2. Rdlund A, Toropova A, Lengnick-Hall R, Powell BJ, Elinder LS, Bjrklund C, Kwak L (2025). Mechanisms of change of a multifaceted implementation strategy on fidelity to a guideline for the prevention of mental health problems at the workplace: a mechanism analysis within a cluster-randomized controlled trial. Implement Sci, 20(1), 25.
  3. Mazzucca-Ragan S, Allen P, Amos K, Barker AR, Brewer M, Erwin PC, Gannon J, Gao F, Jacob RR, Lengnick-Hall R, Brownson RC (2025). Improving cancer prevention and control through implementing academic-local public health department partnerships - protocol for a cluster-randomized implementation trial using a positive deviance approach. Implement Sci Commun, 6(1), 20.
  4. Merle JL, Sloss EA, Sanuade OA, Lengnick-Hall R, Meza R, Golden C, Simmons RG, Velazquez A, Hill JL, Estabrooks PA, McFarland MM, Rafferty MR, Li DH, Smith JD (2024). Refining the implementation research logic model: a citation analysis, user survey, and scoping review protocol. Front Health Serv, 4, 1490764.
  5. Weiner BJ, Meza RD, Klasnja P, Lengnick-Hall R, Buchanan GJ, Lyon AR, Mettert KD, Boynton MH, Powell BJ, Lewis CC (2024). Changing hearts and minds: theorizing how, when, and under what conditions three social influence implementation strategies work. Front Health Serv, 4, 1443955.
  6. Lengnick-Hall R, Williams NJ, Ehrhart MG, Willging CE, Bunger AC, Beidas RS, Aarons GA (2023). Eight characteristics of rigorous multilevel implementation research: a step-by-step guide. Implement Sci, 18(1), 52.
  7. Cruden G, Crable EL, Lengnick-Hall R, Purtle J (2023). Who's "in the room where it happens"? A taxonomy and five-step methodology for identifying and characterizing policy actors. Implement Sci Commun, 4(1), 113.
  8. Proctor EK, Bunger AC, Lengnick-Hall R, Gerke DR, Martin JK, Phillips RJ, Swanson JC (2023). Ten years of implementation outcomes research: a scoping review. Implement Sci, 18(1), 31.
  9. Hall RL, Willging CE, Aarons GA, Reeder K (2023). Site-level evidence-based practice accreditation: A qualitative exploration using institutional theory. Hum Serv Organ Manag Leadersh Gov, 47(3), 157-175.
  10. Crable EL, Lengnick-Hall R, Stadnick NA, Moullin JC, Aarons GA (2022). Where is "policy" in dissemination and implementation science? Recommendations to advance theories, models, and frameworks: EPIS as a case example. Implement Sci, 17(1), 80.
  11. McHugh SM, Riordan F, Curran GM, Lewis CC, Wolfenden L, Presseau J, Lengnick-Hall R, Powell BJ (2022). Conceptual tensions and practical trade-offs in tailoring implementation interventions. Front Health Serv, 2, 974095.
  12. Lewis CC, Klasnja P, Lyon AR, Powell BJ, Lengnick-Hall R, Buchanan G, Meza RD, Chan MC, Boynton MH, Weiner BJ (2022). The mechanics of implementation strategies and measures: advancing the study of implementation mechanisms. Implement Sci Commun, 3(1), 114.
  13. Kwak L, Toropova A, Powell BJ, Lengnick-Hall R, Jensen I, Bergstrm G, Elinder LS, Stigmar K, Whlin C, Bjrklund C (2022). A randomized controlled trial in schools aimed at exploring mechanisms of change of a multifaceted implementation strategy for promoting mental health at the workplace. Implement Sci, 17(1), 59.
  14. Purtle J, Nelson KL, Lengnick-Hall R, Horwitz SMC, Palinkas LA, McKay MM, Hoagwood KE (2022). Inter-agency collaboration is associated with increased frequency of research use in children's mental health policy making. Health Serv Res, 57(4), 842-852.
  15. Hills HA, Lengnick-Hall R, Johnson KA, Vermeer W, Hendricks Brown C, McGovern M (2022). Rapid adaptation during the COVID crisis: Challenges experienced in delivering service to those with Opioid Use Disorders. Implement Res Pract, 3, 26334895221096295.
  16. Lengnick-Hall R, Gerke DR, Proctor EK, Bunger AC, Phillips RJ, Martin JK, Swanson JC (2022). Six practical recommendations for improved implementation outcomes reporting. Implement Sci, 17(1), 16.
  17. Prez Jolles M, Willging CE, Stadnick NA, Crable EL, Lengnick-Hall R, Hawkins J, Aarons GA (2022). Understanding implementation research collaborations from a co-creation lens: Recommendations for a path forward. Front Health Serv, 2.
  18. Szlyk HS, Tan J, Lengnick-Hall R (2021). Innovating Technology-Enhanced Interventions for Youth Suicide: Insights for Measuring Implementation Outcomes. Front Psychol, 12, 657303.
  19. Cabassa LJ, Stefancic A, Bochicchio L, Tuda D, Weatherly C, Lengnick-Hall R (2020). Organization leaders' decisions to sustain a peer-led healthy lifestyle intervention for people with serious mental illness in supportive housing. Transl Behav Med, 11(5), 1151-1159.
  20. Lengnick-Hall R, Stadnick NA, Dickson KS, Moullin JC, Aarons GA (2021). Forms and functions of bridging factors: specifying the dynamic links between outer and inner contexts during implementation and sustainment. Implement Sci, 16(1), 34.
  21. Lengnick-Hall R, Willging CE, Hurlburt MS, Aarons GA (2020). Incorporators, Early Investors, and Learners: a longitudinal study of organizational adaptation during EBP implementation and sustainment. Implement Sci, 15(1), 74.
  22. Fenwick KM, Palinkas LA, Hurlburt MS, Lengnick-Hall RD, Horwitz SM, Hoagwood KE (2020). Acquisition of Information About Innovative Practices in Outpatient Mental Health Clinics. Adm Policy Ment Health, 47(5), 752-763.
  23. Lengnick-Hall R, Willging C, Hurlburt M, Fenwick K, Aarons GA (2020). Contracting as a bridging factor linking outer and inner contexts during EBP implementation and sustainment: a prospective study across multiple U.S. public sector service systems. Implement Sci, 15(1), 43.
  24. Powell BJ, Haley AD, Patel SV, Amaya-Jackson L, Glienke B, Blythe M, Lengnick-Hall R, McCrary S, Beidas RS, Lewis CC, Aarons GA, Wells KB, Saldana L, McKay MM, Weinberger M (2020). Improving the implementation and sustainment of evidence-based practices in community mental health organizations: a study protocol for a matched-pair cluster randomized pilot study of the Collaborative Organizational Approach to Selecting and Tailoring Implementation Strategies (COAST-IS). Implement Sci Commun, 1.
  25. Perez Jolles M, Lengnick-Hall R, Mittman BS (2019). Core Functions and Forms of Complex Health Interventions: a Patient-Centered Medical Home Illustration. J Gen Intern Med, 34(6), 1032-1038.
  26. Lengnick-Hall R, Fenwick K, Henwood B (2018). 'It's Like You Do It Without Knowing That You're Doing It': Practitioner Experiences with ACT Implementation. Community Ment Health J, 55(3), 448-453.
  27. Wolitzky-Taylor K, Chung B, Bearman SK, Arch J, Grossman J, Fenwick K, Lengnick-Hall R, Miranda J (2018). Stakeholder Perceptions of the Barriers to Receiving and Delivering Exposure-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety Disorders in Adult Community Mental Health Settings. Community Ment Health J, 55(1), 83-99.
  28. Wolitzky-Taylor K, Chung B, Bearman SK, Arch J, Grossman J, Fenwick K, Lengnick-Hall R, Miranda J (2018). Stakeholder perceptions of the barriers to receiving and delivering exposure- based cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety disorders in adult community mental health settings. Community Ment Health J, 55(1), 83-99.
  29. Wolitzky-Taylor K, Fenwick K, Lengnick-Hall R, Grossman J, Bearman SK, Arch J, Miranda J, Chung B (2018). A Preliminary Exploration of the Barriers to Delivering (and Receiving) Exposure-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety Disorders in Adult Community Mental Health Settings. Community Ment Health J, 54(7), 899-911.
  30. Bunger AC, Lengnick-Hall R (2016). Do learning collaboratives strengthen communication? A comparison of organizational team communication networks over time. Health Care Manage Rev, 43(1), 50-60.
  31. Guerrero EG, Lengnick-Hall R, Andrews C (2017). Underlying challenges of public health insurance enrollment and use among Latino adults: insights from the largest safety-net institution in Los Angeles. Public Health, 152, 47-50.
  32. Barman-Adhikari A, Rice E, Bender K, Lengnick-Hall R, Yoshioka-Maxwell A, Rhoades H (2016). Social Networking Technology Use and Engagement in HIV-Related Risk and Protective Behaviors Among Homeless Youth. J Health Commun, 21(7), 809-17.
  33. Andrews CM, Guerrero EG, Wooten NR, Lengnick-Hall R (2015). The Medicaid expansion gap and racial and ethnic minorities with substance use disorders. Am J Public Health, 105 Suppl 3(Suppl 3), S452-4.
  34. Guerrero EG, Padwa H, Lengnick-Hall R, Kong Y, Perrigo JL (2015). Leadership and Licensure for Drug Treatment and the Implementation of Co-Occurring Disorder Treatment in Community Mental Health Centers. Community Ment Health J, 51(5), 554-66.

Review

  1. Powell BJ, Mettert KD, Dorsey CN, Weiner BJ, Stanick CF, Lengnick-Hall R, Ehrhart MG, Aarons GA, Barwick MA, Damschroder LJ, Lewis CC (2021). Measures of organizational culture, organizational climate, and implementation climate in behavioral health: A systematic review. [Review]. Implement Res Pract, 2, 26334895211018862.

Letter

  1. Johnson KA, Keough C, Hills H, Vermeer W, Lengnick-Hall R, McNulty M, McGovern M, Brown H (2021). Protecting patients and staff in residential treatment centers during exposure to COVID-19: commentary. [Letter to the editor]. Addict Sci Clin Pract, 16(1), 49.