International Health, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
International Health, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
BMJ Open. 2021 Oct 11;11(10):e050049. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050049.
This paper describes the development of a tool for assessing organisational readiness to conduct knowledge translation (KT) among academic institutions in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs).
A literature review and stakeholder consultation process were conducted to identify constructs relevant for assessing KT readiness in LMICs. These were face-validated with LMIC stakeholders and organised into a Likert-scale questionnaire.
The questionnaire was distributed to researchers based at six LMIC academic institutions and members of a global knowledge-to-action thematic working group.
An exploratory factor analysis was used to identify underlying dimensions for assessing institutional readiness to conduct KT.
111 respondents with varied KT experiences from 10 LMICs were included in the analysis. We selected 5 factors and 23 items, with factor loadings from 0.40 to 0.77. These factors include (1) institutional climate, (2) organisation change efficacy, (3) prioritisation and cosmopolitanism, (4) self-efficacy, and (5) financial resources. These factors accounted for 69% of the total variance, with Cronbach's alpha coefficients of 0.78, 0.73, 0.62, 0.68 and 0.52, respectively.
This study identifies a tool for assessing readiness of LMIC academic institutions to conduct KT and unique opportunities for building capacity. The organisational focus of these factors underscores the need for strategies that address organisational systems and structures in addition to individual skills. Future research will be conducted to understand determinants of these factors and develop a comprehensive set of capacity building strategies responsive to academic institutions in LMICs.
本文介绍了一种工具的开发，用于评估学术机构在中低收入国家（LMICs）进行知识转化（KT）的组织准备情况。
进行了文献回顾和利益相关者协商过程，以确定与评估 LMIC 中 KT 准备情况相关的结构。这些结构与 LMIC 的利益相关者进行了面对面验证，并组织成李克特量表问卷。
该问卷分发给来自六个 LMIC 学术机构的研究人员和全球知识转化专题工作组的成员。
在来自 10 个 LMIC 的具有不同 KT 经验的 111 名受访者中进行了分析。我们选择了 5 个因素和 23 个项目，因子负荷从 0.40 到 0.77。这些因素包括（1）机构氛围，（2）组织变革效力，（3）优先级和世界主义，（4）自我效能，和（5）财务资源。这些因素占总方差的 69%，Cronbach's alpha 系数分别为 0.78、0.73、0.62、0.68 和 0.52。
本研究确定了一种用于评估 LMIC 学术机构进行 KT 准备情况的工具，并为能力建设提供了独特的机会。这些因素的组织重点强调了需要制定策略来解决组织系统和结构，以及个人技能。未来的研究将旨在了解这些因素的决定因素，并制定一套针对 LMIC 学术机构的全面能力建设策略。
