Knowledge translation: Empowering health professionals to take the lead

Duncan, Carol; Langlais, Sue; Danyluk-Hall, Joanne; Simonson, Kari

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“…Knowledge translation is a description of the process whereby evidence from emerging research is adopted into clinical practice [ 58 ]. The stark reality in medicine is that, no matter the evidence, there is sometimes serious difficulty translating knowledge from emerging research into day-to-day clinical implementation.…”

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Vitamin D Status of Clinical Practice Populations at Higher Latitudes: Analysis and Applications

Genuis

Schwalfenberg

Hiltz

et al. 2009

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nmol/L were subcategorized as severely deficient for purposes of further analysis. Results: 240 (16.75% of the total sample) of 1,433 patients were found to be VTD 'deficient' of which 48 (3.35% of the overall sample) had levels consistent with severe deficiency. 738 (51.5% of the overall sample) had 'insufficiency' (moderate to mild) while only 31.75% had 'adequate' 25(OH)D levels. The overall mean for 25(OH) D was 68.3 with SD=28.95. VTD status was significantly linked with demographic and lifestyle parameters including skin tone, fish consumption, milk intake, sun exposure, tanning bed use and nutritional OPEN ACCESSInt. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2009, 6 152 supplementation. Conclusion: A high prevalence of hypovitaminosis-D was found in three clinical practice populations living in Edmonton. In view of the potential health sequelae associated with widespread VTD inadequacy, strategies to facilitate translation of emerging epidemiological information into clinical intervention need to be considered in order to address this public health issue. A suggested VTD supplemental intake level is presented for consideration.

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Vitamin D Status of Clinical Practice Populations at Higher Latitudes: Analysis and Applications

Genuis

Schwalfenberg

Hiltz

et al. 2009

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“…Some are not so optimistic. It is well recognized historically that progress along the path to change in health care proceeds lethargically and often occurs only after education and empowerment of subsequent generations [65–70]. Many researchers, clinicians, and health administrators of each epoch steadfastly refuse to consider iconoclastic evidence, no matter how compelling; some remain immune to the power of facts—no matter how true, no matter how precise.…”

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What's Out There Making Us Sick?

Genuis

2012

Journal of Environmental and Public Health

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Throughout the continuum of medical and scientific history, repeated evidence has confirmed that the main etiological determinants of disease are nutritional deficiency, toxicant exposures, genetic predisposition, infectious agents, and psychological dysfunction. Contemporary conventional medicine generally operates within a genetic predestination paradigm, attributing most chronic and degenerative illness to genomic factors, while incorporating pathogens and psychological disorder in specific situations. Toxicity and deficiency states often receive insufficient attention as common source causes of chronic disease in the developed world. Recent scientific evidence in health disciplines including molecular medicine, epigenetics, and environmental health sciences, however, reveal ineluctable evidence that deficiency and toxicity states feature prominently as common etiological determinants of contemporary ill-health. Incorporating evidence from historical and emerging science, it is evident that a reevaluation of conventional wisdom on the current construct of disease origins should be considered and that new knowledge should receive expeditious translation into clinical strategies for disease management and health promotion. An analysis of almost any scientific problem leads automatically to a study of its history.—Ernst Mayr

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“…Employing active KT strategies, such as workshops at professional conferences, has been correlated with higher learning and information retention and understanding among health services providers (Bowden et al., 2005). Departmental notices and interdisciplinary lunch-and-learns have been used successfully for the translation of public policy knowledge and health programs (Duncan et al., 2009). Finally, ‘train-the-trainer’ toolkits have become an extremely popular and successful KT strategy (Edmonston and Williamson, 1998; Leaffer and Gonda, 2000; Orfaly et al., 2005).…”

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Pre-implementation knowledge tool development for health services providers: A qualitative study of Canadian social workers

Dykeman

Williams

Crooks

2013

Qualitative Social Work

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Recent research has shown that social workers are particularly well placed to disseminate information about health-related social programs such as Canada's Compassionate Care Benefit (CCB). Low uptake of the CCB may be due, in part, to a lack of knowledge. In response to this, we report on the development of CCB knowledge tools aimed specifically at social workers. Social worker-specific tools about the CCB were developed through a multi-step process. Using a computer-based qualitative messaging survey (n ¼ 16), social workers chose what they determined to be the most important messages needed to gain knowledge about the CCB. Using these chosen messages, draft tools were created and then refined for content and aesthetics using a focus group (n ¼ 8) and information from key informant interviews (n ¼ 3). Further research is needed to evaluate tool implementation effectiveness and use in practice. This study contributes to the understanding of knowledge translation strategies specific to social workers, and particularly those working in end-of-life settings.

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Knowledge translation: Empowering health professionals to take the lead

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Vitamin D Status of Clinical Practice Populations at Higher Latitudes: Analysis and Applications

Vitamin D Status of Clinical Practice Populations at Higher Latitudes: Analysis and Applications

What's Out There Making Us Sick?

Pre-implementation knowledge tool development for health services providers: A qualitative study of Canadian social workers

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