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Knowledge translation is the use of knowledge in health care decision making
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Objective To provide an overview of the science and practice of knowledge translation.Study design Narrative review outlining what knowledge translation is and a framework for its use.Results Knowledge translation is defined as the use of knowledge in practice and decision making by the public, patients, health care professionals, managers, and policy makers. Failures to use research evidence to inform decision making are apparent across all these key decision maker groups. There are several proposed theories and frameworks for achieving knowledge translation. A conceptual framework developed by Graham et al., termed the knowledge-to-action cycle, provides an approach that builds on the commonalities found in an assessment of planned action theories.Conclusions Review of the evidence base for the science and practice of knowledge translation has identified several gaps including the need to develop valid strategies for assessing the determinants of knowledge use and for evaluating sustainability of knowledge translation interventions.
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“Central to the knowledge-to-action cycle is the collaboration of three key groups: evidence producers, users, and brokers, whose engagement ensures the effective translation of research into practice [3, 4].”
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“The argu-ment follows that knowledge creation, distillation and dissemination, alone, are not su ffi cient enough to ensure that the right type of knowledge is available to make the best decisions possible (Straus et al., 2009; see also Straus et al., 2011).”
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“…decisionmakers and stakeholders from industry, local communities, and professional organizations collaborate to generate ‘real world’ research questions and translate findings into policy and practice (Mitchell et al., 2009, Golden-Biddle et al., 2003, Straus et al., 2011, Hofmeyer et al., 2012).”
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“The data generated by the Health Professions Student Diversity Survey and local quality assurance evaluation are a demonstration of how locally relevant primary and evaluative evidence can support evidence-informed policy making [25, 42].”
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“Nevertheless, the lack of use of evidence from research to make informed decisions in health services is evident among all groups of decisionmakers (Straus et al 2009).”
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“This behavior change can take place among policy makers, healthcare managers, health professionals or healthcare consumers and ultimately aims at improving the health of populations [2].”
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“unfortunately, change principles based on research evidence often are not translated into organizational practice, leading to serious losses in efficiency, quality, productivity and other key performance indicators (IOm 2003; Ramanujam and Rousseau 2006; Straus et al. 2011).”
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“In this column, we propose the use of metaphor as one innovative way to make knowledge useful for application in healthcare settings, so that, as noted by Straus et al. (2011), findings can be easily understood and capture the attention of the intended users of the knowledge.”
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“on the target audience and the type of knowledge being transferred, varied KM strategies are needed to share research findings and move knowledge into action (Davis et al. 2003; Straus et al. 2011).”
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“Other authors have reached similar conclusions.(35-37) However, the act of researching, collating and exchanging knowledge is a way of gaining or preserving power by different groups.”
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“However, translation of guideline recommendations into clinical practice is often incomplete, resulting in underutilization of evidence-based interventions capable of improving patient outcomes [14, 15].”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Straus, S. E., Tetroe, J. M., & Graham, I. D.
- Affiliations
- St. Michael's Hospital (CA)
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Straus, Sharon E.
- Venue
- Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2011-01
- Volume
- 64
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 6-10
- ISSN
- 0895-4356 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2086381401
- Cited by
- 383
- References
- 27
- Citations by year
- 2026: 15 · 2025: 15 · 2024: 37 · 2023: 18 · 2022: 23 · 2021: 29 · 2020: 33 · 2019: 31 · 2018: 24 · 2017: 24 · 2016: 25 · 2015: 27 · 2014: 34 · 2013: 20 · 2012: 15
- FWCI
- 16.33
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Clinical Epidemiology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health Policy Implementation Science
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health Sciences Research and Education
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Clinical practice guidelines implementation
- Keywords
- knowledge translation, knowledge-to-action cycle, healthcare decision-making, research utilization, health policy makers, healthcare workers
- MeSH terms
- Canada, Decision Making, Health Services Research, Humans, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Evidence-Based Medicine, Knowledge, Information Dissemination, Translational Research, Biomedical
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