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Health care systems worldwide are faced with the challenge of improving the quality of care. Providing evidence from health research is necessary but not sufficient for the provision of optimal care and so knowledge translation (KT), the scientific study of methods for closing the knowledge-to-action gap and of the barriers and facilitators inherent in the process, is gaining significance.
Knowledge Translation in Health Care explains how to use research findings to improve health care in real life, everyday situations. The authors define and describe knowledge translation, and outline strategies for successful knowledge translation in practice and policy making. The book is full of examples of how knowledge translation models work in closing the gap between evidence and action.
Written by a team of authors closely involved in the development of knowledge translation this unique book aims to extend understanding and implementation worldwide. It is an introductory guide to an emerging hot topic in evidence-based care and essential for health policy makers, researchers, managers, clinicians and trainees.
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| Title of eBook: Knowledge Translation in Health Care | |
| Release Date: 04-01-2009 | |
| Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell |
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Knowledge Translation in Health Care
Chapter One
Section 1Introduction
1.1 Knowledge to action: what it is and what it isn't
Sharon E. Straus, Jacqueline Tetroe, and Ian D. Graham
KEY LEARNING POINTS
Gaps between evidence and decision making occur across decision makers including patients, health care professionals, and policy makers.
Knowledge translation (KT) is the synthesis, dissemination, exchange, and ethically sound application of knowledge to improve health, provide more effective health services and products, and strengthen the health care system.
Health care systems are faced with the challenge of improving the quality of care and decreasing the risk of adverse events. Globally, health systems fail to optimally use evidence, resulting in inefficiencies and reduced quantity and quality of life. The science and practice of knowledge translation (KT) can answer these challenges. The finding that providing evidence from clinical research is necessary but not sufficient for providing optimal care delivery has created interest in KT, which we define as the methods for closing the knowledge-to-action gaps.
What is knowledge translation?
Many terms are used to describe the process of putting knowledge into action. In the United Kingdom and Europe, the terms implementation science and research utilization are commonly used in this context. In the United States, the terms dissemination and diffusion, research use, knowledge transfer, and uptake are often used. Canada commonly uses the terms knowledge transfer and exchange. In this book, we use the terms knowledge translation (KT) and knowledge to
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