Shabankareh Khadijeh, Hamidi Ali, Soleymani Mohammad Reza, Alavi Mousa, Sajadi Haniye Sadat
Health Information Technology Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Department of Medical Library and Information Sciences, Faculty of Paramedicine, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran.
J Educ Health Promot. 2024 Jul 29;13:253. doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_775_23. eCollection 2024.
Knowledge brokers, as a bridge between producers and users of knowledge, need a set of skills and abilities to fulfill their role. The current study was carried out with the aim of identifying the characteristics, skills, and qualifications needed by knowledge brokers in Iran's health sector.
This qualitative study was conducted through semi-structured interviews with 18 participants selected using social network analysis and snowball method from June to December 2022. All interviews were analyzed through the conventional content analysis method using the MAXQDA, version 20.
Two main categories (personality traits and professional competencies) and six subcategories (extroversion, acceptability, problem-solving skills, interactive skills, specialized skills, and specialized knowledge) were identified for knowledge brokers in Iran's health sector. Interpersonal communication skills, negotiation and persuasion skills, knowledge in both policymaking and research fields, and marketing and commercialization skills were defined as the most important factors in knowledge brokering.
Identifying and training qualified and interested individuals to undertake the task of knowledge brokering, by taking into account the characteristics identified in this research and strengthening the required skills and qualifications, can increase the effectiveness of knowledge brokering and help to bridge the gap between research and policymaking.
知识中介作为知识生产者和使用者之间的桥梁，需要一系列技能和能力来履行其职责。本研究旨在确定伊朗卫生部门知识中介所需的特征、技能和资质。
本定性研究通过2022年6月至12月对18名采用社会网络分析和滚雪球法选取的参与者进行半结构化访谈开展。所有访谈均使用MAXQDA 20版本通过传统内容分析法进行分析。
确定了伊朗卫生部门知识中介的两个主要类别（人格特质和专业能力）和六个子类别（外向性、可接受性、解决问题的技能、互动技能、专业技能和专业知识）。人际沟通技能、谈判和说服技能、政策制定和研究领域的知识以及营销和商业化技能被定义为知识中介的最重要因素。
通过考虑本研究中确定的特征并加强所需的技能和资质，识别并培训合格且有兴趣承担知识中介任务的个人，可以提高知识中介的有效性，并有助于弥合研究与政策制定之间的差距。
