Conditions facilitating knowledge exchange between rehabilitation and research teams—A study.

Mercier, Céline; Bordeleau, Monique; Caron, Jean; García, Alberto Urbaneja; Latimer, Éric

doi:10.2975/28.2004.55.62

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“…However, detail on either methods or the intervention itself was lacking in 10 papers [31,35,45,47,48,51,55,62],[72-74]. A great deal can be learned from papers in which sufficient detail is provided to assess whether claims made are supported in the data [12,27-29,33,46,49,54,64,71]. …”

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A realist review of interventions and strategies to promote evidence-informed healthcare: a focus on change agency

McCormack¹,

et al. 2013

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BackgroundChange agency in its various forms is one intervention aimed at improving the effectiveness of the uptake of evidence. Facilitators, knowledge brokers and opinion leaders are examples of change agency strategies used to promote knowledge utilization. This review adopts a realist approach and addresses the following question: What change agency characteristics work, for whom do they work, in what circumstances and why?MethodsThe literature reviewed spanned the period 1997-2007. Change agency was operationalized as roles that are aimed at effecting successful change in individuals and organizations. A theoretical framework, developed through stakeholder consultation formed the basis for a search for relevant literature. Team members, working in sub groups, independently themed the data and developed chains of inference to form a series of hypotheses regarding change agency and the role of change agency in knowledge use.Results24, 478 electronic references were initially returned from search strategies. Preliminary screening of the article titles reduced the list of potentially relevant papers to 196. A review of full document versions of potentially relevant papers resulted in a final list of 52 papers. The findings add to the knowledge of change agency as they raise issues pertaining to how change agents’ function, how individual change agent characteristics effect evidence-informed health care, the influence of interaction between the change agent and the setting and the overall effect of change agency on knowledge utilization. Particular issues are raised such as how accessibility of the change agent, their cultural compatibility and their attitude mediate overall effectiveness. Findings also indicate the importance of promoting reflection on practice and role modeling. The findings of this study are limited by the complexity and diversity of the change agency literature, poor indexing of literature and a lack of theory-driven approaches.ConclusionThis is the first realist review of change agency. Though effectiveness evidence is weak, change agent roles are evolving, as is the literature, which requires more detailed description of interventions, outcomes measures, the context, intensity, and levels at which interventions are implemented in order to understand how change agent interventions effect evidence-informed health care.

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“…We were also interested in fulfilling this criterion in relation to a study’s potential to add to the theoretical area. Good quality evidence included in-depth critical review [27] and incorporating thorough search methods [28], with data systematically reviewed and analyzed [29]. …”

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A realist review of interventions and strategies to promote evidence-informed healthcare: a focus on change agency

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“…The community was dynamic throughout the process, and very few motivating strategies were initiated by the project team. The various types[ 25 ] and frequency [ 26 ] of communication strategies used may have encouraged these exchanges. According to the survey results regarding the element where discussion occurred (forums and symposia), sharing of ideas and opinions appeared to have been appreciated by the majority of participants.…”

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An interdisciplinary guideline development process: the Clinic on Low-back pain in Interdisciplinary Practice (CLIP) low-back pain guidelines

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Background: Evaluation of low-back pain guidelines using Appraisal of Guidelines Research and Evaluation (AGREE) criteria has shown weaknesses, particularly in stakeholder involvement and applicability of recommendations. The objectives of this project were to: 1) develop a primary care interdisciplinary clinical practice guideline aimed at preventing prolonged disability from low-back pain, using a community of practice approach, and 2) assess the participants' impressions with the process, and evaluate the relationship between participant characteristics and their participation.

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“…The comparative considerations would be fruitful around dimensions such as organisation structure, communication methods, skills of practitioners and researchers (Mercier, Bordeleau, Caron, Garcia, & Latimer, 2004). Another important dimension could be financial and human resources.…”

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Bridging the Gap between Science and Practice: Do Applied Academic Centres Contribute to a Solution? A Plea for International Comparative Research

Garretsen¹,

Bongers²,

Roo³

et al. 2007

Journal of Comparative Social Welfare

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This article refers to the worldwide gap between research and practice. The use of so-called applied academic centres as a possible way to bridge this gap is proposed. Within academic centres, the university, on the one hand, and treatment and (public) health and social welfare services, on the other, together invest in a long-term partnership. A long-term research program and a knowledge-exchange structure are developed. The authors have established these kinds of centres in different fields such as, among others, the field of public health, the field of mental health and the field of social welfare. These centres may differ in important characteristics including the number of organisations involved and the form in which the collaboration is organised. These differences make valuable comparisons possible. A plea is made for further research towards the usefulness of applied academic health centres in promoting evidence-based work within treatment and public health and social work services.

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Conditions facilitating knowledge exchange between rehabilitation and research teams—A study.

Cited by 6 publications

References 19 publications

A realist review of interventions and strategies to promote evidence-informed healthcare: a focus on change agency

A realist review of interventions and strategies to promote evidence-informed healthcare: a focus on change agency

An interdisciplinary guideline development process: the Clinic on Low-back pain in Interdisciplinary Practice (CLIP) low-back pain guidelines

Bridging the Gap between Science and Practice: Do Applied Academic Centres Contribute to a Solution? A Plea for International Comparative Research

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