Improving the health of the public by 2040

"Over the coming decades, the UK population will face a wide range of complex health challenges and opportunities, many of which can only be fully addressed through strategies to secure and improve the health of the public as a whole. This report explores how to organise our research environment to generate and translate the evidence needed to underpin such strategies."

Improving the health of the public by 2040: Optimising the research environment for a healthier, fairer future
The Academy of Medical
September 2016

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Strengthening population health intervention

"Much of the research and theorising in the knowledge translation (KT) field has focused on clinical settings, providing little guidance to those working in community settings. In this study, we build on previous research in community-based KT by detailing the theory driven and empirically-informed CollaboraKTion framework."

Strengthening population health intervention: developing the CollaboraKTion Framework for community-based knowledge translation
EK Jenkins, A Kothari, V Bungay, JL Johnson, JL Oliffe
Health Research Policy and Systems, 2016, 14:65

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Sustainability of knowledge translation interventions in healthcare decision-making

"We found few studies focusing on the sustainability of KT interventions. Most of the included studies focused on patient-level outcomes and patient-level KT interventions. A future systematic review can be conducted of the RCTs to examine the impact of sustainable KT interventions on health outcomes."

Sustainability of knowledge translation interventions in healthcare decision-making: a scoping review
AC Tricco, et al.
Implementation Science, 2016, 11:55

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Integrated knowledge translation (IKT) in health care

"Conclusions: The IKT strategies that achieve beneficial outcomes remain unknown. We generated a summary of IKT approaches, enablers, barriers, conditions, and outcomes that can serve as the basis for a future review or for planning ongoing primary research. Future research can contribute to three identified knowledge gaps by examining (1) how different IKT strategies influence outcomes, (2) the relationship between the logic or theory underlying IKT interventions and beneficial outcomes, and (3) when and how decision-makers should be involved in the research process. Future IKT initiatives should more systematically plan and document their design and implementation, and evaluations should report the findings with sufficient detail to reveal how IKT was associated with outcomes."

Integrated knowledge translation (IKT) in health care: a scoping review
AR Gagliardi, W Berta, A Kothari, J Boyko, R Urquhart
Implementation Science, 2016, 11:38

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Collaborative research and the co-production of knowledge for practice

"In our view, the theory of co-production provides useful insights into what it is about the qualities of collaborative working that inspire the requisite mechanisms for generating knowledge that is translated into practice. The theory provides a potentially useful basis for future knowledge translation programmes and projects in applied health research in a range of contexts."

Collaborative research and the co-production of knowledge for practice: an illustrative case study
J Heaton, J Day, N Britten
Implementation Science, 2016, 11:20

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Evidence-informed health policy

"Our measure assesses a broad range of capacity domains and identifies the relative importance of these capacities. ORACLe data can be used by organisations keen to increase their use of evidence to identify areas for further development."

The development of ORACLe: a measure of an organisation’s capacity to engage in evidence-informed health policy
SR Makkar, et al.
Health Research Policy and Systems, 2016, 14:4

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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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How do third sector organisations use research and other knowledge?

"Third sector organisations (TSOs) are a well-established component of health care provision in the UK’s NHS and other health systems, but little is known about how they use research and other forms of knowledge in their work."

How do third sector organisations use research and other knowledge? A systematic scoping review
R Hardwick, R Anderson, C Cooper
Implementation Science, 2015, 10:84

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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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Translation of cancer research

"This service configuration case study shows that the gains actually realised in the NHS may differ from those observed in trials – in this particular instance suggesting a situation where trial gains may underestimate what is now being achieved, though the reverse may be true in other cases."

Investigating time lags and attribution in the translation of cancer research: A case study approach
S Guthrie, S Hanney, J Grant
RAND Europe
2014

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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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Capturing lessons learned from evidence-to-policy initiatives through structured reflection

"Deliberative dialogues informed by evidence briefs were identified as the most commendable tools by interviewees for enhancing evidence-informed health policymaking."

Capturing lessons learned from evidence-to-policy initiatives through structured reflection
F El-Jardali, J Lavis, K Moat, T Pantoja, N Ataya
Health Research Policy and Systems, 2014, 12:2

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Healthcare reform: implications for knowledge translation in primary care

"The aim of this paper is to determine what works to facilitate evidence-based sexual healthcare within the primary care sector."

Healthcare reform: implications for knowledge translation in primary care
A Dadich, H Hosseinzadeh
BMC Health Services Research, 2013, 13:490

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Knowledge strategy: harnessing the power of information to improve the public’s health

"The Chief Knowledge Officer (CKO) directorate aims to deliver an internationally recognised, high performing knowledge and intelligence service encompassing research, statistics and know-how."

Knowledge strategy: harnessing the power of information to improve the public’s health
Public Health England
October 2013

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Knowledge translation strategies to improve the use of evidence in public health decision making in local government

This knowledge translation intervention "provides significant insights into how practitioners might engage with evidence in public health decision making."

Knowledge translation strategies to improve the use of evidence in public health decision making in local government: intervention design and implementation plan
R Armstrong, et al.
Implementation Science, 2013, 8:121

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Research for universal health coverage

"Universal health coverage, with full access to high-quality services for health promotion, prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, palliation and financial risk protection, cannot be achieved without evidence from research."

Research for universal health coverage
World Health Organization
August 2013

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