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Indicators to evaluate organisational knowledge brokers: a scoping review
Julia Scarlett1, Birger C Forsberg1,2, Olivia Biermann1
1Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Tomtebodavägen 18a, SE-171 77, Stockholm, Sweden.
Health Research Policy and Systems
|August 25, 2020
Summary
This study identified 174 indicators to evaluate knowledge translation (KT) infrastructure and capacity-building. These method-based indicators can guide organizational knowledge brokers in health policy for effective monitoring and evaluation.
Area of Science:
- Health Policy
- Knowledge Translation
- Research Evaluation
Background:
- Global health policy actors endorse knowledge translation (KT) to improve outcomes via evidence-informed policy-making.
- Organizational knowledge brokers facilitate KT in health policy, but evaluation resources are scarce.
- This review informs the evaluation of these brokers by assessing KT infrastructure and capacity-building indicators.
Purpose of the Study:
- To identify, synthesize, and assess indicators used to evaluate KT infrastructure and capacity-building activities in health policy.
- To inform the development of evaluation frameworks for organizational knowledge brokers.
Main Methods:
- A scoping review methodology was employed.
- Searched Medline, Global Health, and WHO Library databases (2005-2016) for studies on KT evaluation in health policy.
- Extracted and analyzed data on study characteristics, indicators, KT models, and capacity levels.
Main Results:
- 32 articles were included, yielding 213 indicators, of which 174 (81.7%) were method-based.
- Four validated instruments were identified.
- Indicators were categorized into 8 domains, adapted from the Lavis et al. framework.
Conclusions:
- A comprehensive set of 174 method-based indicators for evaluating KT infrastructure and capacity-building is presented.
- These indicators are adaptable for global use by organizational knowledge brokers and stakeholders in monitoring and evaluation.
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