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The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care.\n\nThis is a digitrial site made by morph.co.uk.","data\u002Fsite","n7qe0nzOvDLV1L4Al-_OWH7hgfrxeVHzs-6ynckor2s",{"id":51,"title":26,"body":52,"description":52,"extension":5,"meta":53,"navigation":15,"path":116,"seo":117,"stem":118,"__hash__":119},"contentPages\u002Fpages\u002Fabout.en.json",null,{"pageTitle":26,"pageMetadata":54,"page_content":57},{"htmlTitle":55,"htmlDesc":56},"About - Find out more about IMPLEMENT SWATs","About - promoting the use of research evidence for recruiting and retaining participants in RCTs.",[58,70,82,90,98,107],{"type":59,"title":60,"text":61,"settings":62,"image":64,"sectionSettings":67},"page_header","# About","Our aim is to promote the use of research evidence for recruiting and retaining participants in randomised controlled trials.",{"imgPosition":63},"bottom",{"url":65,"width":19,"height":66},"implement-mobile-header-image-3-1000w.jpg",464,{"sectionLabel":68,"customClass":69},"About the study","image-3",{"type":71,"settings":72,"title":74,"text":75,"image":76,"sectionSettings":80},"text_and_image",{"imgWidth":73,"imgPosition":63},"half-width","## What is the aim of implement SWATs?","**Our aim is to promote the use of research evidence for recruiting and retaining participants in randomised controlled trials. 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They can also be built into several host trials at the same time to test how effective a recruitment or retention strategy is across the trials: these are called ‘simultaneous’ or ‘coordinated’ SWATs, and are very powerful as they can produce rapid, high-quality evidence at scale.",{"width":19,"height":79,"url":87},"implement-content-image-1-1000w.png",{"textAlign":52,"sectionLabel":89},"What is a SWAT?",{"type":71,"settings":91,"image":92,"title":94,"text":95,"sectionSettings":96},{"imgWidth":73,"imgPosition":63},{"width":19,"height":79,"url":93},"implement-content-image-13-1000w.png","## What is implementation science?","**Implementation science is the study of methods to promote the use of research findings.**\n\nImplement SWATs is using implementation science to promote the uptake of evidence-based recruitment and retention practice.",{"textAlign":52,"sectionLabel":97},"What is implementation science?",{"type":71,"settings":99,"image":100,"title":103,"text":104,"sectionSettings":105},{"imgWidth":73,"imgPosition":63},{"width":19,"height":101,"url":102},948,"implement-content-image-3-1000w.png","## Why are we doing implement SWATs?","**Trials are effective for testing treatments, but almost half of them fail to recruit enough participants, and many of those who do take part drop out. 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