Knowledge Translation in Health Care

Sharon E. Straus, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital and Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Jacqueline Tetroe, Knowledge Translation Portfolio, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Ian D. Graham, School of Nursing, University of Ottawa and Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

• Section 1: Introduction 1.1 Introduction: Knowledge translation-What it is and what it isn’tSharon E. Straus, Jacqueline Tetroe, and Ian D. Graham 1.2 Integrated Knowledge TranslationSarah Bowen and Ian D. Graham Section 2: Knowledge Creation 2.0 Introduction-The K in KT: Knowledge CreationSharon E. Straus 2.1 Knowledge SynthesisAndrea C. Tricco, Jennifer Tetzlaff, and David Moher 2.2 Knowledge Translation ToolsMelissa C. Brouwers, Annette M. O’Connor, and Dawn Stacey 2.3 Searching for Research Findings and KT LiteratureK. Ann McKibbon and Cynthia Lokker 2.4 Knowledge Dissemination: End of Grant Knowledge TransferIan D. Graham, Jacqueline M. Tetroe, and Michelle Gagnon Section 3: The Action Cycle 3.0 IntroductionSharon E. Straus 3.1 Identifying the knowledge to action gapsAlison L Kitson and Sharon E. Straus 3.2 Adapting knowledge to a local contextMargaret B. Harrison, Ian D. Graham, Beatrice Fervers, and Joan van den Hoek Subsection 3.3: Barriers 3.3.a Barriers and facilitators – strategies for identification and measurementFrance Légaré and Peng Zhang 3.3.b Selecting and tailoring Knowledge Translation interventions; Mapping KT interventions to barriers and facilitatorsHeather Colquhoun, Jeremy Grimshaw, and Michel Wensing Subsection 3.4: Selecting KT Interventions 3.4.a Developing and selecting Knowledge Translation interventionsMichel Wensing, Marije Bosch, and Richard Grol 3.4.b Formal educational interventionsDave Davis, Nancy Davis, and Nathan Johnson 3.4.c Linkage and Exchange InterventionsAnn C. Macaulay and Jonathan Salsberg 3.4.d Audit and feedback interventionsRobbie Foy and Martin Eccles 3.4.e Informatics interventionsSamir Gupta and K. Ann McKibbon 3.4.f Patient-direct and Patient-mediated KT InterventionsDawn Stacey and Sophie Hill 3.4.g Organisational interventionsEwan B. Ferlie 3.4.h Shared decision makingFrance Légaré and Peng Zhang 3.4.i Financial incentive interventionsGerd Flodgren, Martin P. Eccles, Anthony Scott, and Sasha Shepperd 3.5 Monitoring knowledge use and evaluating outcomesSharon E. Straus, Jacqueline Tetroe, Onil Bhattacharyya, Merrick Zwarenstein, and Ian D. Graham 3.6 Sustaining knowledge useBarbara Davies and Nancy Edwards Subsection 3.7 Case examples 3.7.a An Integrated Knowledge Translation Research Approach in Wound CareIan D. Graham and Margaret B. Harrison 3.7.b Tips on implementationJudith A. Ritchie Section 4: Theories and Models of Knowledge to Action 4.1 Planned action theoriesIan D. Graham, Jacqueline Tetroe, and the KT Theories Group 4.2 Cognitive psychology theories of change in provider behaviorAlison M. Hutchinson and Carole A. Estabrooks 4.3 Educational theoriesAlison M. Hutchinson and Carole A. Estabrooks 4.4 Organizational theoriesJean-Louis Denis and Pascale Lehoux 4.5 Quality improvementAnne Sales Section 5: Evaluation of Knowledge to Action 5.1 Methodologies to Evaluate Effectiveness of Knowledge Translation InterventionsOnil Bhattacharyya, Leigh Hayden, and Merrick Zwarenstein 5.2 Economic evaluation of KTIEmma Quinn, Craig Mitton and Jeanette Ward Section 6: Ethics 6.1 Ethics in the Science Lifecycle:  Broadening the Scope of Ethical AnalysisKristiann Allen and Jaime Flamenbaum 6.2 Ethical Issues in Cluster-Randomized Trials in Knowledge TranslationMonica Taljaard, Charles Weijer, and Jeremy M. Grimshaw Index

"The content will be of value to lecturers and trainers and those intent on orchestrating change to improve health care in daily practice and committed to using evidence base to drive change."  (British Global & Travel Health Journal, 1 January 2013)