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Wilson, M. G., Lavis, J. N., Travers, R., & Rourke, S. B. (2010). Community-based knowledge transfer and exchange: helping community-based organizations link research to action. Implementation science : IS, 533. https://doi.org/10.1186/1748-5908-5-33
Wilson, Michael G, et al. "Community-based knowledge transfer and exchange: helping community-based organizations link research to action." Implementation science : IS vol. 5 (2010): 33. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/1748-5908-5-33
Wilson MG, Lavis JN, Travers R, Rourke SB. Community-based knowledge transfer and exchange: helping community-based organizations link research to action. Implement Sci. 2010 Apr 27;5:33. doi: 10.1186/1748-5908-5-33. PMID: 20423486; PMCID: PMC2873302.
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Implement Sci. 2010 Apr 27;5:33. doi: 10.1186/1748-5908-5-33.

Community-based knowledge transfer and exchange: helping community-based organizations link research to action.

Implementation science : IS

Michael G Wilson, John N Lavis, Robb Travers, Sean B Rourke

Affiliations

  1. Health Research Methodology Program, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University 1200 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON, Canada. [email protected]

PMID: 20423486 PMCID: PMC2873302 DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-5-33

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Community-based organizations (CBOs) are important stakeholders in health systems and are increasingly called upon to use research evidence to inform their advocacy, program planning, and service delivery efforts. CBOs increasingly turn to community-based research (CBR) given its participatory focus and emphasis on linking research to action. In order to further facilitate the use of research evidence by CBOs, we have developed a strategy for community-based knowledge transfer and exchange (KTE) that helps CBOs more effectively link research evidence to action. We developed the strategy by: outlining the primary characteristics of CBOs and why they are important stakeholders in health systems; describing the concepts and methods for CBR and for KTE; comparing the efforts of CBR to link research evidence to action to those discussed in the KTE literature; and using the comparison to develop a framework for community-based KTE that builds on both the strengths of CBR and existing KTE frameworks.

DISCUSSION: We find that CBR is particularly effective at fostering a climate for using research evidence and producing research evidence relevant to CBOs through community participation. However, CBOs are not always as engaged in activities to link research evidence to action on a larger scale or to evaluate these efforts. Therefore, our strategy for community-based KTE focuses on: an expanded model of 'linkage and exchange' (i.e., producers and users of researchers engaging in a process of asking and answering questions together); a greater emphasis on both producing and disseminating systematic reviews that address topics of interest to CBOs; developing a large-scale evidence service consisting of both 'push' efforts and efforts to facilitate 'pull' that highlight actionable messages from community relevant systematic reviews in a user-friendly way; and rigorous evaluations of efforts for linking research evidence to action.

SUMMARY: Through this type of strategy, use of research evidence for CBO advocacy, program planning, and service delivery efforts can be better facilitated and continually refined through ongoing evaluations of its impact.

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