Grant: Project Grant

Getting research results into everyday health care practice and policies is a long and painstaking process. The field of Knowledge Translation (KT) has emerged and is expanding in attempt to speed up this process. One approach, called integrated KT, includes the users of research throughout the research process. The goal of integrated KT is to produce more relevant research that is more likely to be used. Although it is a popular approach, there is little data on the effects of integrated KT. This project will examine how integrated KT has been conducted and evaluated with key research user groups: people who have experience living with a health condition, health professionals, and health research funders. We will conduct a comprehensive review of existing integrated KT research, survey and interview researchers and research users who have received integrated KT grants, and make recommendations for conducting, reporting, and evaluating integrated KT projects. The long term goal of this project is to improve the health of people across Canada by ensuring the latest research is quickly incorporate into everyday health care practice and policies.