Sunday, December 21, 2008

[EQ] Effective Dissemination of Findings from Research - a compilation of essays

Effective Dissemination of Findings from Research – a compilation of essays

 

Foreword, Egon Jonsson

Contributors

David Hailey, Jeremy Grimshaw, Martin Eccles, Craig Mitton, Carol E. Adair, Emily McKenzie, Scott Patten, Brenda Waye-Perry, Leif Rentzhog, Paul Taenzer, Christa Harstall, Saifee Rashiq, Pamela Barton, Don Schopflocher, Lynda Jobin

The Institute of Health Economics (IHE) 2008 - University of Alberta

 

Available online PDF [88p.] at: http://www.ihe.ca/documents/Dissemination_0.pdf

 

“….While the notion of the value of and need for Knowledge Transfer and Exchange KTE has received wide support, it has also been acknowledged that both researchers and decision makers are driven by demands that may not be conducive to successful Knowledge Transfer and Exchange KTE. For researchers, these demands include challenges such as adapting the research cycle to fit real-world timelines, establishing relationships with decision makers, and justifying activities which fit poorly with traditional academic performance expectations (Canadian Health Services Research Foundation 1999). For decision makers, a perceived lack of knowledge of the research process, the traditional academic format of communication, and a lack of timely results are frequently cited barriers to using research findings (Canadian Health Services Research Foundation 1999). Both parties also frequently lament the lack of time and resources to participate in Knowledge Transfer and Exchange KTE.

 

Noting these challenges, a variety of mechanisms to facilitate Knowledge Transfer and Exchange KTE have been proposed including joint researcher-decision maker workshops, inclusion of decision makers in the research process as inter-disciplinary research teams, collaborative definition of research questions, and the use of intermediaries that understand both roles known as “knowledge brokers” (CHSRF 1999).

Inter-personal contact between researchers and decision makers is an often cited fundamental ingredient in successful Knowledge Transfer and Exchange KTE initiatives (Thompson et al. 2006). However, to date, “gold standard” approaches to KTE seem to be more based on experience and even rhetoric than rigorous evidence. Our primary aim for the literature review and key informant interviews described herein was to examine and summarize the current evidence base for Knowledge Transfer and Exchange KTE strategies…’

 

Content

Chapter 1. Overview

Chapter 2. Knowledge translation of research findings

What should be transferred? .

To whom should knowledge be transferred and with what effect?.

With what effect should knowledge be transferred?.

How should research knowledge be transferred?.

Effectiveness of professional behaviour change strategies.

Effectiveness of knowledge translation strategies focusing on patients

Effectiveness of knowledge translation strategies focusing on policy makers and senior health service managers

Chapter 3. Knowledge Transfer and Exchange (KTE): a systematic review, key informant interviews and design of a KTE strategy.

Chapter 4. SBU’s Ambassador Program in Northern Sweden

Chapter 5. The Alberta HTA Chronic Pain Ambassador Program: an Alberta adaptation of the SBU clinical Ambassador Program

Chapter 6. CADTH’s Liaison Program

References.

 

Figure 1: Stakeholders for different types of research

 

 

 

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[EQ] Managing chronic conditions: Experience in eight countries

Managing chronic conditions: Experience in eight countries

             

The editors

Ellen Nolte, Senior Lecturer at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom.

Cécile Knai, Research Fellow at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom.

Martin McKee, Professor of European Public Health at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, and Head of Research Policy of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies.

World Health Organization 2008, on behalf of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies

WHO Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark

 

Full text of the book [PDF 1MB -202p.] at:http://www.euro.who.int/Document/E92058.pdf

 

 “…..One of the greatest challenges facing health systems in the 21st century is the need to develop effective approaches to address the growing burden of chronic disease. Chronic diseases are complex and require a long-term, multifaceted response that coordinates inputs from a wide range of health professionals, essential medicines and – where appropriate – monitoring equipment, all of which is optimally embedded within a system that promotes patient empowerment.

With many health systems still largely built around an acute, episodic model of care, health professionals, policy-makers and patient organizations struggle to respond in ways that meet the needs of people with complex chronic health problems.

 

This book examines the health system response to the rising burden of chronic disease in eight countries:
Denmark, England, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Australia and Canada

It provides a detailed assessment of the current situation, a description of the policy framework and future scenarios, as well as evaluation and lessons learned.

It shows that many different strategies are being implemented, with different models of care at varying degrees of development, and with differing comprehensiveness. Perhaps not surprisingly, the approaches adopted often reflect the characteristics of each health system, each with its own governance mechanisms and relationships between, and responsibilities of, different stakeholders. Nonetheless, there are many lessons for those seeking to develop effective responses to this common challenge. …”

 

Contributors include: Carl-Ardy Dubois, Isabelle Durand-Zaleski, Daragh K Fahey, Anne Frølich, Nicholas Glasgow, Mark Harris, Iqbal Hasan, Izzat Jiwani, Tanisha Jowsey, Ingvar Karlberg, Eveline Klein Lankhorst, Cécile Knai, Allan Krasnik, Martin McKee, Ellen Nolte, Olivier Obrecht, Michaela L. Schiøtz, Ulrich Siering, Debra de Silva, Cor Spreeuwenberg and Nicholas Zwar.

 

 

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[EQ] Season's greetings from EQUITY & Health listserv Team!

 

Season's greetings from EQUITY & Health listserv Team!

We’d like to express our appreciation for your input and participation in     
Equity, Health and Human Development Listserver during the year 2008.

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