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Explorations of barriers and enablers (or barriers and facilitators) to a desired health practice, implementation process, or intervention outcome have become so prevalent that they seem to be a default in much health services and public health research. In this article, we argue that decisions to frame research questions or analyses using barriers and enablers (B theories, conceptual frameworks, and sensitising ideas; and participatory methods. We also consider ways of advancing existing research on B develop and test implementation strategies for addressing B or synthesise the B&Es literature to develop a new model or theory. Illustrative examples from the literature are provided. We invite further discussion on this topic.
Haynes et al. (Sat,) studied this question.