What works to promote evidence-based practice? A cross-sector review

Abstract

English This article presents results from a systematic review of the effectiveness of different mechanisms for promoting research use across the health, social care, criminal justice and education sectors. Findings suggest that research use is enhanced by interactions between researchers and research users, and by providing a supportive context for the uptake of research or research-based practice. Strategies using multiple mechanisms to encourage research use are also often successful. More research is needed to draw firm conclusions about the effectiveness of other approaches or of combining specific strategies. Despite this, some key lessons emerge about effective methods for implementing evidence-based policy and practice (EBPP).

Mobilising knowledge to improve UK health care: learning from other countries and other sectors – a multimethod mapping study

“…93 Tailoring the format and presentation method of knowledge products to the intended users can also make the knowledge that they contain more accessible to potential users.…”

“…126 Leadership (including endorsement of the evidence from expert and peer opinion leaders) is regarded in the literature as important in knowledge mobilisation, 93 but the requirements of roles here remain underspecified. Although leadership has been addressed in other literatures, the precise nature of leadership and its defining qualities have not been fully addressed in the knowledge mobilisation literature.…”

Op weg naar een interactieve benadering van evidence-based werken in de sociale sector in Nederland

“…Ook de beperkte autonomie van een professional om voor een andere interventie te kiezen en een gebrek aan steun vanuit het management zijn belemmerende factoren (Austin & Claassen, 2008;Bellamy et al, 2006;Manuel et al, 2009;Nutley, Walter & Davies, 2009;Osterling & Austin, 2008). Overigens geldt de bevinding dat meer interactie tussen onderzoeker en professional een belangrijke bevorderende factor is voor evidence-based werken niet enkel voor de sociale sector, maar ook voor bijvoorbeeld de gezondheidssector en onderwijs (Walter, Nutley & Davies, 2005). Het toepassen van onderzoeksbevindingen is immers onduidelijk en complex (Nutley, Walter & Davies, 2003), dus wanneer de communicatie als eenrichtingsverkeer verloopt zal dat de toepassing van de onderzoeksbevindingen belemmeren.…”

A systematic review of environmental interventions to improve child language outcomes for children with or at risk of primary language impairment

“…Gough argues that research evidence should be weighted based on quality and there is a clear need for research findings to be translated within policy contexts, tailoring the findings to the target group and facilitating debate about the implications (Nutley et al 2002: , Walter et al 2005. Clinicians are well placed to take on this role, at least in part, although they may need some development in terms of skills and knowledge in epidemiology (Antoniadis and Lubker 1997).…”