School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, 28 Division Street, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada.
Implement Sci. 2014 May 22;9:59. doi: 10.1186/1748-5908-9-59.
Diffusion of innovations theory has been widely used to explain knowledge mobilization of research findings. This theory posits that individuals who are more interpersonally connected within an organization may be more likely to adopt an innovation (e.g., research evidence) than individuals who are less interconnected. Research examining this tenet of diffusion of innovations theory in the knowledge mobilization literature is limited. The purpose of the present study was to use network analysis to examine the role of interpersonal communication in the adoption and mobilization of the physical activity guidelines for people with spinal cord injury (SCI) among staff in a community-based organization (CBO).
The study used a cross-sectional, whole-network design. In total, 56 staff completed the network survey. Adoption of the guidelines was assessed using Rogers' innovation-decision process and interpersonal communication was assessed using an online network instrument.
The patterns of densities observed within the network were indicative of a core-periphery structure revealing that interpersonal communication was greater within the core than between the core and periphery and within the periphery. Membership in the core, as opposed to membership in the periphery, was associated with greater knowledge of the evidence-based physical activity resources available and engagement in physical activity promotion behaviours (ps < 0.05). Greater in-degree centrality was associated with adoption of evidence-based behaviours (p < 0.05).
Findings suggest that interpersonal communication is associated with knowledge mobilization and highlight how the network structure could be improved for further dissemination efforts.
diffusion of innovations; network analysis; community-based organization; knowledge mobilization; knowledge translation, interpersonal communication.
创新扩散理论已被广泛用于解释研究成果的知识转化。该理论假设，在组织内部人际联系更紧密的个体，可能比人际联系较少的个体更有可能采用创新（例如，研究证据）。在知识转化文献中，对创新扩散理论这一原则进行检验的研究是有限的。本研究的目的是使用网络分析来检验人际沟通在社区组织（CBO）工作人员中采用和推广脊髓损伤（SCI）人群身体活动指南中的作用。
本研究采用了横断面、全网络设计。共有 56 名工作人员完成了网络调查。采用罗杰斯创新决策过程评估指南的采用情况，采用在线网络工具评估人际沟通情况。
观察到的网络密度模式表明存在核心-边缘结构，表明核心内的人际沟通多于核心与边缘之间以及边缘内的人际沟通。与处于边缘相比，处于核心的成员与对现有循证身体活动资源的更多了解以及参与身体活动促进行为相关（p<0.05）。较高的入度中心度与采用循证行为相关（p<0.05）。
研究结果表明，人际沟通与知识转化有关，并强调了如何改善网络结构以促进进一步的传播努力。
创新扩散；网络分析；社区组织；知识转化；知识传播；人际沟通。
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