The Australian Prevention Partnership Centre, The Sax Institute, Ultimo, NSW, 2007, Australia.
Menzies Centre for Health Policy, Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia.
Health Res Policy Syst. 2018 Nov 16;16(1):109. doi: 10.1186/s12961-018-0379-9.
Cross-sectoral, multidisciplinary partnership research is considered one of the most effective means of facilitating research-informed policy and practice, particularly for addressing complex problems such as chronic disease. Successful research partnerships tend to be underpinned by a range of features that enable knowledge mobilisation (KMb), seeking to connect academic researchers with decision-makers and practitioners to improve the nature, quality and use of research. This paper contributes to the growing discourse on partnership approaches by illustrating how knowledge mobilisation strategies are operationalised within the Australian Prevention Partnership Centre (the Centre), a national collaboration of academics, policy-makers and practitioners established to develop systems approaches for the prevention of lifestyle-related chronic diseases.
We undertook interviews with key academics, policy, and practice partners and funding representatives at the mid-point of the Centre's initial 5-year funding cycle. We aimed to explore how the Centre is functioning in practice, to develop a conceptual model of KMb within the Centre for use in further evaluation, and to identify ways of strengthening our approach to partnership research. Inductive and deductive thematic analysis was used to identify the key mechanisms underpinning the Centre's KMb approach.
Six key mechanisms appeared to facilitate KMb within our Centre, namely Engagement, Partnerships, Co-production, Capacity and Skills, Knowledge Integration, and Adaptive Learning and Improvement. We developed a conceptual model that articulated these mechanisms in relation to the structures and processes that support them, as well as the Centre's goals. Findings also informed adaptations designed to strengthen the Centre.
Findings provide insights into the practical realities of operationalising KMb strategies within a research partnership. Overall, the centre is perceived to be progressing towards its KMb goals, but challenges include stakeholders from different settings understanding each other's contexts and working together effectively, and ensuring knowledge generated across different projects within the Centre is integrated into a more comprehensive understanding of chronic disease prevention policy and practice. Our conceptual model is now informing ongoing developmental evaluation activities within the Centre, where it is being tested and refined.
跨部门、多学科伙伴关系研究被认为是促进研究驱动政策和实践的最有效手段之一，特别是对于解决慢性病等复杂问题。成功的研究伙伴关系往往以一系列能够实现知识转化（KMb）的特征为基础，旨在将学术研究人员与决策者和实践者联系起来，以提高研究的性质、质量和使用。本文通过展示澳大利亚预防伙伴关系中心（该中心）内如何实施知识转化策略，为伙伴关系方法的不断发展的讨论做出了贡献。该中心是一个由学者、政策制定者和实践者组成的国家合作机构，旨在开发预防与生活方式相关的慢性疾病的系统方法。
我们在该中心最初 5 年资助周期中期对主要学者、政策和实践伙伴以及资助代表进行了访谈。我们旨在探讨该中心在实践中的运作方式，为中心内的 KMb 开发概念模型，以用于进一步评估，并确定加强我们伙伴关系研究方法的途径。我们使用归纳和演绎主题分析来确定支撑中心 KMb 方法的关键机制。
有六个关键机制似乎促进了我们中心内的 KMb，即参与、伙伴关系、共同制定、能力和技能、知识整合以及适应性学习和改进。我们开发了一个概念模型，将这些机制与支持它们的结构和流程以及中心的目标联系起来。研究结果还为旨在加强中心的调整提供了信息。
研究结果提供了有关在研究伙伴关系中实施 KMb 策略的实际情况的见解。总体而言，该中心被认为正在朝着其 KMb 目标前进，但面临的挑战包括来自不同背景的利益相关者相互理解并有效合作，以及确保中心内不同项目产生的知识整合到对慢性病预防政策和实践的更全面理解中。我们的概念模型现在正在为中心内的持续发展评估活动提供信息，正在对其进行测试和完善。
