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The following include publications relating to knowledge translation, knowledge transfer, knowledge exchange, research utilization and dissemination.
"Knowledge translation is a dynamic and iterative process that includes synthesis, dissemination, exchange and ethically sound application of knowledge to improve the health of Canadians, provide more effective health services and products and strengthen the health care system."-CIHR
For a full definition and more information, please vist the About Knowledge Translation page at CIHR.
Articles
Backer, T.E. (1991). Knowledge Utilization. The third wave. Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 12(3), 225-240.
Chandler, M. J. & Lalonde, C. (2004). Transferring whose knowledge? Exchanging whose best practice?: On knowing about Indigenous knowledge and Aboriginal suicide. In D. Beavon & J. White (Eds.), Aboriginal Policy Research: Setting the Agenda for Change, Vol.II, (pp.111-123), London, ON: Althouse Press.
Davies, B.L. (2002). Sources and models for moving research evidence into clinical practice. Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, & Neonatal Nursing, 31(5), 558-562.
Estabrooks, C.A. (2003). Translating Research into Practice: Implication for Organization and Administrators. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 35(3), 53-68.
Graham, I.D., Logan, J., Harrison, M.B., Straus, S.E., Tetroe, J., Caswell, W. & Robinson, N. (2006). Lost in Knowledge Translation: Time for a Map? The Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 26, 13-24.
Huberman, M. (1987). Toward an integrated model of research utilization. Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 8(4), 586-611.
Jacobson, N., Butterill, D. & Goering, P. (2003). Development of a framework for KT: understanding user context. Journal of Health Services & Research Policy, 8(2), 94-99.
Lavis, J.N., Robertson, D., & Woodside, J.M. (2003). How can research organizations more effectively transfer research knowledge to decision makers? Milbank Quarterly, 81(2), 221-248.
Lester, J.P. (1993). The utilization of policy analysis by state agency officials. Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 14, 267-290.
Weiss, C.H. & Bucuvalas, M.J. (1980). Truth tests and utility tests: Decision-makers’ frames of reference for social science research. American Sociological Review, 45(April), 302-313.
National Organizations
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
On this site you will find CIHR’s Knowledge Translation Overview. You will also find CIHR’s Knowledge Translation Strategy 2004-2009. In addition, you will find the CIHR Institute of Population and Public Health Canadian Population Health Initiative document Moving Population and Public Health Knowledge Into Action: A casebook of knowledge translation stories.
Centre for Knowledge Transfer (CKT)
The Centre for Knowledge Transfer is a national training centre in knowledge utilization and policy implementation relating to health services research. At this site you will find various resources on knowledge transfer.
University Sites
Centre for Health Services and Policy Research (CHSPR)
On this site you will find information about the CHSPR at the University of British Columbia, including information regarding knowledge translation and enquiry into population health and the ways in which health services can best be organized, funded and delivered.
Knowledge Translation Program (KTP), University of Toronto
The Knowledge Translation Program in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, is committed to the development, testing, and implementation of educational, administrative and organizational interventions that improve the process by which evidence is made available to and adopted by all potential users of health information.
Knowledge Utilization Studies Program (KUSP), University of Alberta
Here you will find information about KUSP, a health research program focusing on nursing and the social sciences.
Knowledge Utilization – Utilisation des Connaissances (KU–UC), Université Laval
Here you can search the KU-UC database, which contains documents on knowledge transfer and innovation.
Provincial Organizations
Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (AHRMR)
At this site, you can find information about the Research Transfer Network of Alberta (RTNA), a province-wide network of people interested and engaged in health research transfer.
