Staff Publications & Presentations

Saldana, L. (2009). Substance abuse and child neglect: A continued call for evidence-based practice. Section on Child Maltreatment Newsletter, Division 37, American Psychological Association. Fall 2009.

Saldana, L. (2022). Creating Strong Implementation Fidelity for Prevention and Treatment Programs in Low Resourced Settings. PATC3H Consortium. December 1, 2022.

Saldana, L. (2022). Implementation Within the Child Welfare System: Improving Services for Families with Evidence. Penn State Child Study Center. January 14, 2022.

Saldana, L. (2020). Measuring and Guiding Implementation Progress and Fidelity: Stages of Implementation Completion. Rush University. Feb. 18.

Saldana, L. (2019). Using Implementation Methods to Facilitate Real-World Adoption of Evidence-Based Practice and System Change: The Stages of Implementation Completion. Oregon State University. Oct. 10.

Saldana, L. (2019). Specifying and Measuring Implementation Processes and Causal Chains. Invited Workshop. American College of Epidemiology. Sept 8.

Saldana, L. (2018). Implementation Fidelity and Adaptation. Presented to the University of Oregon Implementation Science seminar. Eugene, OR. March.

Saldana, L. ( 2018). Using Implementation Science to Inform Interventions for Child Welfare-Involved Populations. Presented to Seattle Children’s Hospital Grand Rounds. Seattle, WA, February.

Saldana, L. (2017). Implementation Fidelity and Adaptation. Presented to University of Washington Implementation Science group. Seattle, Washington. November.

Saldana, L. (2017) Implementation Fidelity and Adaptation. Presented at the Global Implementation Pre-Conference Academy. Toronto, June.

Saldana, L. (2017). Building a Foundation for Scale-Up Through the Lens of Implementation Science. Presented to the National Social Innovation Fund. Webinar: May.

Saldana, L. (2016). Measuring Implementation Fidelity: Supporting Adaptation. Plenary presented at the 9th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation. Washington, DC: December.

Saldana, L. (2016). Understanding Effective Implementation of Collaborative Care in Rural Primary Care Clinics: Measuring Stages of Implementation Completion (SIC). Social Innovation Fund. Seattle, WA: August.

Saldana, L. (2016). Evidence-Based Practice. Presented at the Oregon 2016 Model Court Summit on Child Abuse and Neglect. Salem, Oregon: August.

Saldana, L. (2016). TFCO Changing and Rebranding: Lessons Learned and Future Directions. Presented at the Blueprints for Health Development 2016 Conference. Denver, CO: April.

Saldana, L. (2016). Ensuring Outcomes in the Real World: Examples Across Family-Based Evidence-Based Programs. Panel Presentation with Brunk, M., & Robbins, M. Presented at the Blueprints for Health Development 2016 Conference. Denver, CO: April.

Saldana, L. (2015). Guiding Organizations toward Successful Implementation: Building an Evidence-Based Strategy for Implementation Assessment and Feedback. Keynote presented at the Global Implementation Conference. Dublin, Ireland: May.

Saldana, L. (2015). Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices Across Service Sectors: Lessons Learned from an Implementation Measurement Trial. Presented at University of Kansas Medical School Invited Lecture Series. Kansas City, MO: March.

Saldana, L. (2014). Defining and Measuring Implementation Processes, Milestones, and Resource Needs: The Stages of Implementation Completion. Presented to the VA Implementation Research Coordinators Meeting. National Webinar: December.

Saldana, L. (2014). Toward Efficient and Sustainable Delivery of Interventions: The Stages of Implementation Completion. Presented at the Institute of Medicine- National Research Council workshop on Innovations in Design and Utilization of Measurement Systems to Promote Children’s Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Health. IOM. Washington, DC: November.

Saldana, L. (2014). Can Innovation Thrive in a Limited Resource Environment? Presented at the 2014 Regenstrief Institute Think-Tank Conference: October.

Saldana, L. (2014). Defining and Measuring Implementation Processes, Milestones, and Resource Needs: The Stages of Implementation Completion. National Webinar to the FRIENDS Network: September 10.

Saldana, L. (2014). Pulling from Linked EBPs to Inform Caseworker Practice: The R3 Strategy. Presented at the 13th European Scientific Association on Residential and Family Care for Children and Adolescents Conference: Copenhagen: September.

Saldana, L. (2023). Teaching Family Association: Implementation Progress. TFA Board of Directors Annual Meeting. virtual session. Dec. 4, 2023.

Saldana, L. (2023). Moving the Needle on the Availability of Evidence-Based Practice for Parental Opioid and Methamphetamine Use with the Help of Implementation Science (Short Version). Implementation Research Institute, June 23, 2023.

Saldana, L. (2014). Prevention of Ongoing Child Maltreatment Involvement: Addressing Comorbid Needs of Mothers with Substance Use. Society for Prevention Research 22nd Annual Meeting. Washington, DC: May.

Saldana, L. (2023) Methods in Implementation Science. Moderator for panel discussion with Danny Almirall, D., Kim, B., Klasnja, P., and McGinty, B. Implementation Research Institute, June 21, 2023.

Saldana, L. (2023). Moving the Needle on the Availability of Evidence-Based Practice for Parental Opioid and Methamphetamine Use with the Help of Implementation Science, Oregon State University, Public Health colloquium. May 3, 2023.

Saldana, L. (2014). Defining and Measuring Implementation Processes and Milestones: The Stages of Implementation Completion. Presented at the PSMG. Webinar: February.

Saldana, L. (2023). Moving the Needle on the Availability of Evidence-Based Practice for Parental Opioid and Methamphetamine Use with the Help of Implementation Science. Arizona State University, REACH colloquium. March 29, 2023.

Saldana, L. (2014). Quality Assurance for CSNYC. Presented at the 28th Annual San Diego International Conference on Child and Family Maltreatment. San Diego, CA: January.

Saldana, L. (2023). Costing Implementation Process to Inform Sustainment. Economic Evaluation in Implementation Science. THSS Colloquium Series. February 27, 2023.

Saldana, L. (2025, August 14). Monitoring implementation process fidelity and costs [Oral presentation]. Mountain States Community-Engaged Dissemination and Implementation Science Training, Solitude, UT, United States.

Saldana, L. (2023). FAIR: Update to ODHS. Feb. 24, 2023.

Saldana, L. (2013). The FAIR Program: Integrated Treatment for Maternal Substance Abuse and Child Neglect Pilot Outcomes. Presented at the Annual Addiction Health Services Research. Portland, OR: October.

Saldana, L. (2023). Costing Implementation Process to Inform Sustainment. Implementation Science Initiative 2022-2023 Seminar Series. Columbia University. February 3, 2023.

Saldana, L. (2023). Creating Strong Implementation Fidelity for Prevention and Treatment Programs in Low Resourced Settings. St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital. January 25, 2023.

Saldana, L. (2013). Strategies for Costing Implementation. Presented at the Implementation Research Institute. St. Louis, MO: June.

Saldana, L. (2013). Implementation Cost in Evidence Based Practice. Presented at the Annual Council of Family and Child Caring Agencies. New York: May.

Saldana, L. (2022). Teaching Family Association Programs: SIC Updates and Evolution of Knowledge. TFA 45th Annual Conference. Nov. 2, 2022.

Saldana, L. (2022). Moving the Needle on the Availability of Evidence-Based Practice for Parental Opioid and Methamphetamine Use with the Help of Implementation Science. Center for Implementation at University of Arkansas Medical School. October 20, 2022.

Saldana, L. (2012). The Stages of Implementation Completion for Evidence-Based Practice: Increasing the Change of Successful Program Start-up and Decreasing Wasted Resources. Presented at the 2012 Blueprints for Violence Prevention. San Antonio, TX: April.

Saldana, L. (2025, October 15). Wool and Copper Anniversary: Seven Years of TFA’s Implementation Process Tracking [Conference presentation]. 48th Annual TFA Conference, Salt Lake City, UT.

Saldana, L. (2022). Implementing a Preventive Intervention for Parental Opioid and Methamphetamine Use Disorders. Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting. Seattle, Washington. June 2, 2022.

Saldana, L. (2022). Implementing in Child Welfare Settings: Bringing Evidence to Systems. Children’s National Hospital. Center for Translational Research. May 4, 2022.

Saldana, L. (2022). Creating Efficient and Thorough Implementation Processes Using the Stages of Implementation Completion. Casey Family Programs. January 28, 2022.

Saldana, L. (2022). Creating Efficient and Thorough Implementation Processes Using the Stages of Implementation Completion. Center for Latino Health Research Opportunities. University of Miami, Florida International University. January 10, 2022.

Saldana, L. (2008). Integrating Interventions for Maternal Substance Abuse and Child Neglect. Presented at the Child and Family Center. Eugene, OR. December.

Saldana, L. (2008). The complexities of interventions for co-occurring substance abuse and child neglect. Presented at the Reed College Psychology Conference. Portland, OR. June.

Saldana, L. (2021). Dissemination, Implementation, Scale-up & Sustainment of Prevention. HEAL HPC Annual Meeting. November 10, 2021.