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However, evidence on how to implement MBC within specialised child and adolescent obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) services remains limited. Existing MBC implementation studies in paediatric mental health services have largely focused on community, school-based or general outpatient settings, leaving an important knowledge gap in specialised multidisciplinary tertiary care. 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Phase 2 focuses on developing and operationalising the implementation plan, guided by the Quality Implementation Framework, through stakeholder co-design, workflow integration, staff training and iterative refinement. The MBC model integrates five PROMs: two general mental health measures and three OCD-specific domains. Phase 3 employs a convergent mixed-methods formative evaluation to assess implementation outcomes, using the Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation and Maintenance framework, while CFIR guides the assessment of contextual and organisational determinants. Data sources include clinician, youth and caregiver surveys and interviews, PROM completion and score data and implementation field notes. Quantitative data will be analysed descriptively, while qualitative data will be analysed using a CFIR-guided directed content analysis approach.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Ethics and dissemination<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Ethics approval was obtained from the University of Calgary Conjoint Health Research Ethics Board. This study will generate implementation knowledge to inform the integration and sustainment of MBC within specialised paediatric mental health services. By linking readiness assessment, structured implementation planning and formative evaluation, it will produce a context-specific, practice-oriented implementation blueprint for MBC in paediatric OCD clinic. 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