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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Narrative review of models and success factors for scaling up public health interventions

"Conceptual frameworks can assist both policy makers and researchers to determine the type of research that is most useful at different stages of scaling up processes."

Narrative review of models and success factors for scaling up public health interventions
AJ Milat, A Bauman, S Redman
Implementation Science, 2015, 10:113

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New directions in evidence-based policy research

"Rather than asking how research evidence can be made more influential, academics should aim to understand what influences and constitutes policy, and produce more critically and theoretically informed studies of decision-making."

New directions in evidence-based policy research: a critical analysis of the literature
K Oliver, T Lorenc, S Innvaer
Health Research Policy and Systems, 2014, 12:34

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