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Exploring How Knowledge Translation Can Improve Sustainability of Community-based Health Initiatives for People with
Natasha A Spassiani1, Sarah Parker Harris1, Joy Hammel2
1Disability and Human Development, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Abstract:
Community-based health initiatives (CBHI) play an important role in maintaining the health, function and participation of people with intellectual/developmental disabilities (I/DD) living in the community. However, implementation and long-term sustainability of CBHI is challenging. The Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health Services (PARiHS) is a knowledge translation (KT) framework that is particularly relevant to intellectual/developmental disabilities research as it identifies the barriers and facilitators of implementation and action plans. This framework provides a foundation for understanding how KT can be used to aid the implementation and sustainability of CBHI for people with intellectual/developmental disabilities. The following study explores how KT - specifically the PARiHS framework - can be used to help sustain CBHI for people with intellectual/developmental disabilities.
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