The function and effectiveness of knowledge brokers in health-related settings

"As knowledge managers, linkage agents, and capacity builders, KBs performed many and varied tasks to transfer and exchange information across health-related stakeholders, settings, and sectors. How effectively they fulfilled their role in facilitating KT processes is unclear; further rigourous research is required to answer this question and discern the potential impact of KBs on education, practice, and policy."

Exploring the function and effectiveness of knowledge brokers as facilitators of knowledge translation in health-related settings: a systematic review and thematic analysis
CC Bornbaum, K Kornas, L Peirson, LC Rosella
Implementation Science, 2015, 10:162

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Research utilisation and knowledge mobilisation and public health

"Not all practitioners have the time, skills or interest to work in cocreation, but when there was collaboration, much was learned."

Research utilisation and knowledge mobilisation in the commissioning and joint planning of public health interventions to reduce alcohol-related harms: a qualitative case design using a cocreation approach
RK Rushmer, et al.
Health Services and Delivery Research, 2015, 3:33

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Communities of practice for supporting health systems change

"The CoP literature does not provide sufficient guidance about how to use CoPs to influence health systems change. Therefore, more primary studies that evaluate the role and influence of CoPs in system-level change are required."

Communities of practice for supporting health systems change: a missed opportunity
A Kothari, JA Boyko, J Conklin, P Stolee, SL Sibbald
Health Research Policy and Systems, 2015, 13:33

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Perceived barriers to reporting adverse drug events in hospitals

"We believe that theoretical domains framework (TDF) is a comprehensive approach that enables us to better understand and classify barriers to behavior change in reporting ADEs. Classification of barriers based on different psychological domains could be effective in mapping suitable interventions to detected barriers."

Perceived barriers to reporting adverse drug events in hospitals: a qualitative study using theoretical domains framework approach
F Mirbaha, G Shalviri, B Yazdizadeh, K Gholami, R Majdzadeh
Implementation Science, 2015, 10:110

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Intra-Action Report: A dynamic tool for emergency managers and policymakers

"In contrast to an After-Action Report, which focuses on recently completed response and recovery for application to a future incident, the IAR is intended for dynamic use to inform and guide ongoing response and recovery efforts, capturing experiences and learning and applying lessons during an emergency that unfolds over a protracted time frame (that is, the IAR is not applicable to an incident for which response requires only hours or days)."

Intra-Action Report: A dynamic tool for emergency managers and policymakers: A proof of concept and illustrative application to the 2014-2015 Ebola Crisis
M Chamberlin, A Okunogbe, M Moore, M Abir
RAND Corporation
February 2015

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Interpersonal communication in the process of knowledge mobilization

"Findings suggest that interpersonal communication is associated with knowledge mobilization and highlight how the network structure could be improved for further dissemination efforts."

The role of interpersonal communication in the process of knowledge mobilization within a community-based organization: a network analysis
HL Gainforth, AE Latimer-Cheung, P Athanasopoulos, S Moore, KAM Ginis,
Implementation Science, 2014, 9:59

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Networked innovation in the health sector

"We further highlight the implications of this analysis for policy and practice by discussing how network structures and boundary-spanning roles and activities can be tailored to different KT objectives."

Networked innovation in the health sector: comparative qualitative study of the role of Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC) in translating research into practice
H Scarbrough, D D'Andreta, S Evans, M Marabelli, S Newell, J Powell, J Swan
Health Services and Delivery Research, 2014, 2(3)

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Quality Compass

Health Quality Ontario's Knowledge Transfer and Exchange strategy has produced the Quality Compass, a comprehensive evidence-informed searchable tool to help leaders and providers improve health care performance in Ontario. The Quality Compass contains:

• best practices
• change ideas linked with indicators
• targets and measures
• tools and resources

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Leading networks in healthcare

"In response to the apparent increase in the number of networks operating in healthcare in the UK, and having reflected on its own work with networks, the Foundation undertook some scoping work to assess the situation. The aim was to test new techniques for supporting networks that encourage quality improvement."

Leading networks in healthcare
The Health Foundation
January 2013

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Systematic review of knowledge translation strategies in the allied health professions

"Knowledge translation (KT) aims to close the research-practice gap in order to realize and maximize the benefits of research within the practice setting."


Systematic review of knowledge translation strategies in the allied health professions
SD Scott, et al.
Implementation Science, 2012, 7:70


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Some thoughts on the field of Knowledge Transfer and Exchange (KTE)

"This paper offers a practice-oriented critical analysis of the scientific literature on knowledge transfer and exchange (KTE) derived from the results of a large-scale systematic review of knowledge exchange at the organizational and policy levels."

Some Thoughts on the Field of KTE
D Contandriopoulos
Healthcare Policy, 2012, 7(3):29-37

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Research Impact Journal Club

This space is designed to make KMb [Knowledge Mobilization] research more accessible to KMb practitioners.

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