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Knowledge Translation in Health Care Moving from Evidence to Practice

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ISBN-10: 1118413547

ISBN-13: 9781118413548

Edition: 2nd 2013

Authors: Sharon E. Straus, Jacqueline Tetroe, Ian D. Graham, Jacqueline Tetroe

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This new edition is needed to serve as an introduction or overview of knowledge translation for those working and learning within health policy and funding agencies, and as researchers, clinicians and trainees. Using everyday examples, it explains how to use research findings to improve health care in real life.The aim of this book is to define and describe knowledge translation and then outline strategies for successful knowledge translation in practice and policy making. It will include relevant real world examples and cases of knowledge translation in action that are accessible and relevant for stakeholders including clinicians, health policy makers, administrators, managers,…    
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Book details

List price: $81.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/19/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 424
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.40" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

List of contributors
Introduction
Introduction: Knowledge translation: What it is and what it isn't
Integrated knowledge translation
Knowledge Creation
Introduction: The K in KT: Knowledge creation
Knowledge synthesis
Knowledge translation tools
Searching for research findings and KT literature
Knowledge dissemination: End of grant knowledge translation
The Action Cycle
Introduction
Identifying knowledge to action gaps
Adapting knowledge to local context
Barriers
Barriers and facilitators: Strategies for identification and measurement
Mapping KT interventions to barriers and facilitators
Selecting KT interventions
Developing and selecting knowledge translation interventions
Formal educational interventions
Linkage and exchange interventions
Audit and feedback interventions
Informatics interventions
Patient-direct and patient-mediated KT interventions
Organizational interventions
Shared decision making
Financial incentive interventions
Monitoring knowledge use and evaluating outcomes
Sustaining knowledge use
Case examples
Illustrating the knowledge to action cycle: An integrated knowledge translation research approach in wound care
Tips on implementation
Theories and Models of Knowledge to Action
Planned action theories
Cognitive psychology theories of change in provider behavior
Educational theories
Organizational theories
Quality improvement theories
Evaluation of Knowledge to Action
Methodologies to evaluate effectiveness of knowledge translation interventions
Economic evaluation of knowledge translation interventions
Ethics
Ethics in the science lifecycle: Broadening the scope of ethical analysis
Ethical issues in cluster-randomized trials in knowledge translation
Index