Community-based knowledge transfer and exchange: helping community-based organizations link research to action
Michael G Wilson1, John N Lavis, Robb Travers
1Health Research Methodology Program, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University 1200 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON, Canada. wilsom2@mcmaster.ca
Implementation Science : IS
|April 29, 2010
Summary
Community-based research (CBR) effectively links evidence to action for community-based organizations (CBOs). A new strategy enhances this by focusing on collaborative exchange, systematic reviews, and user-friendly evidence dissemination for greater impact.
Area of Science:
- Health Systems Research
- Community-Based Participatory Research
Background:
- Community-based organizations (CBOs) are vital health system stakeholders.
- CBOs increasingly utilize community-based research (CBR) for its action-oriented approach.
- Effective knowledge transfer and exchange (KTE) is crucial for CBOs to leverage research evidence.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop a community-based knowledge transfer and exchange (KTE) strategy.
- To enhance the ability of CBOs to link research evidence to actionable outcomes.
- To build upon the strengths of CBR and existing KTE frameworks.
Main Methods:
- Outlined characteristics and importance of CBOs in health systems.
- Described concepts and methods of CBR and KTE.
- Compared CBR's evidence-to-action efforts with KTE literature.
- Developed a community-based KTE framework.
Main Results:
- CBR excels at fostering research use and relevance through community involvement.
- CBOs require enhanced engagement in large-scale evidence-to-action initiatives and evaluation.
- The proposed strategy emphasizes collaborative 'linkage and exchange' between researchers and CBOs.
Conclusions:
- The strategy promotes systematic reviews tailored to CBO needs.
- A large-scale evidence service with 'push' and 'pull' mechanisms will be developed.
- Rigorous evaluation is integral for refining evidence-to-action efforts and impact.
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