In for the Long Haul: Knowledge Translation Between Academic and Nonprofit Organizations

Although scientists are continually refining existing knowledge and producing new evidence to improve health care and health care delivery, far too little scientific output finds its way into the tool kits of practitioners. Likewise, the questions that clinicians would like to be answered all too ra...

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Published in:Qualitative health research 2010-01, Vol.20 (1), p.131-143
Main Authors: Jansson, S. Mikael, Benoit, Cecilia, Casey, Lauren, Phillips, Rachel, Burns, David
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Canada
Delivery of Health Care - organization & administration
Disadvantaged
Health care
Health care delivery
Health Care Services
Health services
Health technology assessment
Humans
Information Dissemination - methods
Information sharing
Interinstitutional Relations
Knowledge
Longitudinal Studies
Minority Groups
Nonprofit making organizations
Nonprofit Organizations
Organizations, Nonprofit - organization & administration
Partnerships
Researchers
Services
Social Services
Social Work - organization & administration
Translation
Universities - organization & administration
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Summary:Although scientists are continually refining existing knowledge and producing new evidence to improve health care and health care delivery, far too little scientific output finds its way into the tool kits of practitioners. Likewise, the questions that clinicians would like to be answered all too rarely get taken up by researchers. In this article we focus on knowledge translation challenges accompanying a longitudinal research program with nonprofit organizations providing direct and indirect health and social services to disadvantaged groups in one region of Canada. Three essential factors influencing authentic and reciprocal knowledge transfer and utilization between nonprofit service providers and researchers are discussed: strong institutional partnerships, the use of skilled knowledge brokers, and the meaningful involvement of frontline personnel.
ISSN:1049-7323
1552-7557
DOI:10.1177/1049732309349808