Rebecca Lengnick-Hall

Rebecca Lengnick-Hall, PhD

Languages spoken: English

Academic Information

Departments Primary - Population Health Sciences

Academic Office Information

rebecca.lengnick-hall@hsc.utah.edu

Education History

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

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Rödlund A, Toropova A, Lengnick-Hall R, Powell BJ, Schäfer Elinder L, Björklund 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. Rödlund A, Toropova A, Lengnick-Hall R, Powell BJ, Elinder LS, Björklund 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 R (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. Implementation science communications, 6(1), 20.
  4. Rödlund A, Toropova A, Lengnick-Hall R, Powell BJ, Schäfer Elinder L, Björklund C, Kwak (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. Implementation science communications, 6(1), 127.
  5. 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 J (2024). Refining the implementation research logic model: a citation analysis, user survey, and scoping review protocol. Frontiers in health services, 4, 1490764.
  6. Weiner BJ, Meza RD, Klasnja P, Lengnick-Hall R, Buchanan GJ, Lyon AR, Mettert KD, Boynton MH, Powell BJ, Lewis C (2024). Changing hearts and minds: theorizing how, when, and under what conditions three social influence implementation strategies work. Frontiers in health services, 4, 1443955.
  7. Lengnick-Hall R, Williams NJ, Ehrhart MG, Willging CE, Bunger AC, Beidas RS, Aarons G (2023). Eight characteristics of rigorous multilevel implementation research: a step-by-step guide. Implementation science, 18(1), 52.
  8. Cruden G, Crable EL, Lengnick-Hall R, Purtle (2023). Who's "in the room where it happens"? A taxonomy and five-step methodology for identifying and characterizing policy actors. Implementation science communications, 4(1), 113.
  9. Proctor EK, Bunger AC, Lengnick-Hall R, Gerke DR, Martin JK, Phillips RJ, Swanson J (2023). Ten years of implementation outcomes research: a scoping review. Implementation science, 18(1), 31.
  10. Hall RL, Willging CE, Aarons GA, Reeder (2023). Site-level evidence-based practice accreditation: A qualitative exploration using institutional theory. Human service organizations, management, leadership & governance, 47(3), 157-175.
  11. Proctor EK, Bunger AC, Lengnick-Hall R, Gerke DR, Martin JK, Phillips RJ, Swanson J (2023). Ten years of implementation outcomes research: a scoping review. Implementation science, 18(1), 31.
  12. Crable EL, Lengnick-Hall R, Stadnick NA, Moullin JC, Aarons G (2022). Where is "policy" in dissemination and implementation science? Recommendations to advance theories, models, and frameworks: EPIS as a case example. Implementation science, 17(1), 80.
  13. McHugh SM, Riordan F, Curran GM, Lewis CC, Wolfenden L, Presseau J, Lengnick-Hall R, Powell B (2022). Conceptual tensions and practical trade-offs in tailoring implementation interventions. Frontiers in health services, 2, 974095.
  14. Lewis CC, Klasnja P, Lyon AR, Powell BJ, Lengnick-Hall R, Buchanan G, Meza RD, Chan MC, Boynton MH, Weiner B (2022). The mechanics of implementation strategies and measures: advancing the study of implementation mechanisms. Implementation science communications, 3(1), 114.
  15. Pérez Jolles M, Willging CE, Stadnick NA, Crable EL, Lengnick-Hall R, Hawkins J, Aarons G (2022). Understanding implementation research collaborations from a co-creation lens: Recommendations for a path forward. Frontiers in health services, 2,
  16. Kwak L, Toropova A, Powell BJ, Lengnick-Hall R, Jensen I, Bergström G, Elinder LS, Stigmar K, Wåhlin C, Björklund (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. Implementation science, 17(1), 59.
  17. Hills HA, Lengnick-Hall R, Johnson KA, Vermeer W, Hendricks Brown C, McGovern (2022). Rapid adaptation during the COVID crisis: Challenges experienced in delivering service to those with Opioid Use Disorders. Implementation research and practice, 3, 26334895221096295.
  18. Purtle J, Nelson KL, Lengnick-Hall R, Horwitz SMC, Palinkas LA, McKay MM, Hoagwood K (2022). Inter-agency collaboration is associated with increased frequency of research use in children's mental health policy making. Health services research, 57(4), 842-852.
  19. Lengnick-Hall R, Gerke DR, Proctor EK, Bunger AC, Phillips RJ, Martin JK, Swanson J (2022). Six practical recommendations for improved implementation outcomes reporting. Implementation science, 17(1), 16.
  20. Szlyk HS, Tan J, Lengnick-Hall (2021). Innovating Technology-Enhanced Interventions for Youth Suicide: Insights for Measuring Implementation Outcomes. Frontiers in psychology, 12, 657303.
  21. Lengnick-Hall R, Stadnick NA, Dickson KS, Moullin JC, Aarons G (2021). Forms and functions of bridging factors: specifying the dynamic links between outer and inner contexts during implementation and sustainment. Implementation science, 16(1), 34.
  22. Cabassa LJ, Stefancic A, Bochicchio L, Tuda D, Weatherly C, Lengnick-Hall (2021). Organization leaders' decisions to sustain a peer-led healthy lifestyle intervention for people with serious mental illness in supportive housing. Translational behavioral medicine, 11(5), 1151-1159.
  23. Lengnick-Hall R, Willging CE, Hurlburt MS, Aarons G (2020). Incorporators, Early Investors, and Learners: a longitudinal study of organizational adaptation during EBP implementation and sustainment. Implementation science, 15(1), 74.
  24. Lengnick-Hall R, Willging C, Hurlburt M, Fenwick K, Aarons G (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. Implementation science, 15(1), 43.
  25. Fenwick KM, Palinkas LA, Hurlburt MS, Lengnick-Hall RD, Horwitz SM, Hoagwood K (2020). Acquisition of Information About Innovative Practices in Outpatient Mental Health Clinics. Administration and policy in mental health, 47(5), 752-763.
  26. 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 (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). Implementation science communications, 1,
  27. Perez Jolles M, Lengnick-Hall R, Mittman B (2019). Core Functions and Forms of Complex Health Interventions: a Patient-Centered Medical Home Illustration. Journal of general internal medicine, 34(6), 1032-1038.
  28. Lengnick-Hall R, Fenwick K, Henwood (2019). 'It's Like You Do It Without Knowing That You're Doing It': Practitioner Experiences with ACT Implementation. Community mental health journal, 55(3), 448-453.
  29. Wolitzky-Taylor K, Chung B, Bearman SK, Arch J, Grossman J, Fenwick K, Lengnick-Hall R, Miranda (2019). Stakeholder Perceptions of the Barriers to Receiving and Delivering Exposure-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety Disorders in Adult Community Mental Health Settings. Community mental health journal, 55(1), 83-99.
  30. Bunger AC, Lengnick-Hall (2018). Do learning collaboratives strengthen communication? A comparison of organizational team communication networks over time. Health care management review, 43(1), 50-60.
  31. Wolitzky-Taylor K, Fenwick K, Lengnick-Hall R, Grossman J, Bearman SK, Arch J, Miranda J, Chung (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 mental health journal, 54(7), 899-911.
  32. Wolitzky-Taylor K, Chung B, Bearman SK, Arch J, Grossman J, Fenwick K, Lengnick-Hall R, Miranda (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 mental health journal, 55(1), 83-99.
  33. Guerrero EG, Lengnick-Hall R, Andrews (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.
  34. Barman-Adhikari A, Rice E, Bender K, Lengnick-Hall R, Yoshioka-Maxwell A, Rhoades (2016). Social Networking Technology Use and Engagement in HIV-Related Risk and Protective Behaviors Among Homeless Youth. Journal of health communication, 21(7), 809-17.
  35. Andrews CM, Guerrero EG, Wooten NR, Lengnick-Hall (2015). The Medicaid expansion gap and racial and ethnic minorities with substance use disorders. American journal of public health, 105 Suppl 3(Suppl 3), S452-4.
  36. Guerrero EG, Padwa H, Lengnick-Hall R, Kong Y, Perrigo J (2015). Leadership and Licensure for Drug Treatment and the Implementation of Co-Occurring Disorder Treatment in Community Mental Health Centers. Community mental health journal, 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 C (2021). Measures of organizational culture, organizational climate, and implementation climate in behavioral health: A systematic review. Implementation research and practice, 2, 26334895211018862.

Letter

  1. Johnson KA, Keough C, Hills H, Vermeer W, Lengnick-Hall R, McNulty M, McGovern M, Brown (2021). Protecting patients and staff in residential treatment centers during exposure to COVID-19: commentary. Addiction science & clinical practice, 16(1), 49.