CFIR is not a process model designed to guide the specific steps of implementation (Nilsen and Birken 2020); while CFIR includes an Implementation Process Domain, the goal of this domain is to capture the use and quality of these implementation processes as determinants to implementation success, not to directly guide implementation. While CFIR can guide assessment of potential barriers and facilitators to implementation, we recommend selecting a process model to guide implementation, e.g., Quality Implementation Framework (D. C. Meyers et al. 2012), Getting To Outcomes (Chinman et al. 2018), or Getting To Implementation (Rogal et al. 2020). Following selection of a process model, researchers may integrate CFIR into the model to assess context and identify potential barriers and facilitators to implementation.
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