School of Health Studies, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
Faculty of Information & Media Studies, Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women & Children, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
J Epidemiol Community Health. 2017 Jun;71(6):619-623. doi: 10.1136/jech-2016-208490. Epub 2017 Mar 15.
Integrated knowledge translation has risen in popularity as a solution to the underuse of research in policy and practice settings. It engages knowledge users-policymakers, practitioners, patients/consumers or their advocates, and members of the wider public-in mutually beneficial research that can involve the joint development of research questions, data collection, analysis and dissemination of findings. Knowledge that is co-produced has a better chance of being implemented.
The purpose of this paper is to update developments in the field of integrated knowledge translation through a deeper analysis of the approach in practice-oriented and policy-oriented health research. We present collaborative models that fall outside the scope of integrated knowledge translation, but then explore consensus-based approaches and networks as alternate sites of knowledge co-production. We discuss the need to advance the field through the development, or use, of data collection and interpretation tools that creatively engage knowledge users in the research process. Most importantly, conceptually relevant outcomes need to be identified, including ones that focus on team transformation through the co-production of knowledge.
We explore some of these challenges and benefits in detail to help researchers understand what integrated knowledge translation means, and whether the approach's potential added value is worth the investment of time, energy and other resources.
综合知识转化作为解决研究在政策和实践环境中未得到充分利用的一种方法，越来越受到关注。它使知识使用者——政策制定者、实践者、患者/消费者或其代言人，以及更广泛的公众——参与到互利互惠的研究中，这些研究可能涉及共同制定研究问题、数据收集、分析和研究结果的传播。共同产生的知识更有可能得到实施。
本文通过对面向实践和面向政策的健康研究中该方法的深入分析，更新综合知识转化领域的发展情况。我们提出了一些合作模式，这些模式不属于综合知识转化的范畴，但随后探讨了基于共识的方法和网络作为知识共同产生的替代场所。我们讨论了需要通过开发或使用创造性地使知识使用者参与研究过程的数据收集和解释工具来推进该领域。最重要的是，需要确定与概念相关的结果，包括通过知识的共同产生来关注团队转型的结果。
我们详细探讨了其中的一些挑战和益处，以帮助研究人员了解综合知识转化的含义，以及该方法的潜在附加值是否值得投入时间、精力和其他资源。
