Title |
Knowledge translation of research findings
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Published in |
Implementation Science, May 2012
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DOI | 10.1186/1748-5908-7-50 |
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Authors |
Jeremy M Grimshaw, Martin P Eccles, John N Lavis, Sophie J Hill, Janet E Squires |
Abstract |
One of the most consistent findings from clinical and health services research is the failure to translate research into practice and policy. As a result of these evidence-practice and policy gaps, patients fail to benefit optimally from advances in healthcare and are exposed to unnecessary risks of iatrogenic harms, and healthcare systems are exposed to unnecessary expenditure resulting in significant opportunity costs. Over the last decade, there has been increasing international policy and research attention on how to reduce the evidence-practice and policy gap. In this paper, we summarise the current concepts and evidence to guide knowledge translation activities, defined as T2 research (the translation of new clinical knowledge into improved health). We structure the article around five key questions: what should be transferred; to whom should research knowledge be transferred; by whom should research knowledge be transferred; how should research knowledge be transferred; and, with what effect should research knowledge be transferred? |
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Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United States | 12 | 14% |
United Kingdom | 11 | 13% |
Canada | 10 | 12% |
Colombia | 3 | 3% |
Chile | 3 | 3% |
Spain | 3 | 3% |
Australia | 2 | 2% |
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 1 | 1% |
Sweden | 1 | 1% |
Other | 7 | 8% |
Unknown | 33 | 38% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 47 | 55% |
Scientists | 18 | 21% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 17 | 20% |
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 3 | 3% |
Unknown | 1 | 1% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Canada | 19 | <1% |
United Kingdom | 13 | <1% |
United States | 6 | <1% |
Netherlands | 4 | <1% |
Australia | 3 | <1% |
Norway | 2 | <1% |
Switzerland | 2 | <1% |
Portugal | 2 | <1% |
Peru | 2 | <1% |
Other | 17 | <1% |
Unknown | 1863 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Master | 346 | 18% |
Researcher | 277 | 14% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 272 | 14% |
Student > Bachelor | 137 | 7% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 117 | 6% |
Other | 409 | 21% |
Unknown | 375 | 19% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 430 | 22% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 276 | 14% |
Social Sciences | 253 | 13% |
Psychology | 119 | 6% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 60 | 3% |
Other | 315 | 16% |
Unknown | 480 | 25% |