MacKenzie Nicole E, Chambers Christine T, Birnie Kathryn A, Jordan Isabel, Cassidy Christine E
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Dalhousie University, 1355 Oxford St, Halifax, B3H 4J1, NS, Canada.
Department of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
Res Involv Engagem. 2025 Mar 12;11(1):23. doi: 10.1186/s40900-025-00688-1.
The need for partnership between knowledge producers and knowledge users to foster effective implementation is well-established in the implementation science literature. While many theories, models, and frameworks (TMF) have been developed to guide knowledge mobilization (KM) activities, seldom do these frameworks inform approaches for establishing and maintaining KM partnerships (i.e., relationships between researchers and individuals with relevant expertise in KM activities). Thus, there is a significant knowledge-to-action gap related to operationalizing engagement in partnerships and leveraging the evidence that exists to support them. Given the abundance of TMFs, it is prudent to consider whether any may be suitable to inform approaches to partnership. The aim of this commentary is to discuss the necessity for strategies to support engagement in partnerships for KM activities, as well as to explore the potential to apply strategies from an existing implementation taxonomy to inform partnerships approaches in KM.
Using a case study, this commentary explores the opportunity to apply existing implementation strategies put forward by the Expert Recommendations for Implementing Change (ERIC) taxonomy to inform partnership strategies. This case study utilized qualitative evidence from a qualitative study about KM in children's pain management informed by the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR). It explored partner perspectives (i.e., knowledge producers and users) on factors that supported their engagement in KM activities. The factors generated were subsequently mapped onto the ERIC taxonomy to identify relevant strategies to support partnerships development for KM activities (e.g., shared goals among team members mapped onto the ERIC strategy Build a Coalition). Each factor generated was determined to have a corresponding ERIC strategy to support the operationalization of that factor.
This case example and discussion bolster the utility of existing taxonomies and frameworks to support the development and sustainability of partnerships to support engagement in KM activities, a promising next step for developing strategies to support partnerships. Opportunities for future development are also discussed, including identifying other theories, models, and frameworks that may contribute to a comprehensive suite of empirically informed partnership strategies, as well as the necessity to make strategies and approaches available to non-specialist audiences.
知识生产者与知识使用者之间建立伙伴关系以促进有效实施，这一点在实施科学文献中已得到充分确立。虽然已经开发了许多理论、模型和框架（TMF）来指导知识传播（KM）活动，但这些框架很少为建立和维护知识传播伙伴关系（即研究人员与知识传播活动中具有相关专业知识的个人之间的关系）提供方法。因此，在将参与伙伴关系转化为行动以及利用现有证据支持伙伴关系方面，存在显著的知识到行动的差距。鉴于有大量的TMF，谨慎考虑是否有任何TMF可能适合为伙伴关系方法提供信息是明智的。本评论的目的是讨论支持参与知识传播活动伙伴关系的策略的必要性，并探讨应用现有实施分类法中的策略为知识传播中的伙伴关系方法提供信息的潜力。
本评论通过一个案例研究，探讨了应用《实施变革专家建议》（ERIC）分类法提出的现有实施策略为伙伴关系策略提供信息的机会。该案例研究利用了一项关于儿童疼痛管理中知识传播的定性研究的定性证据，该研究以实施研究综合框架（CFIR）为依据。它探讨了伙伴（即知识生产者和使用者）对支持他们参与知识传播活动的因素的看法。随后将产生的因素映射到ERIC分类法上，以确定支持知识传播活动伙伴关系发展的相关策略（例如，团队成员之间的共同目标映射到ERIC策略“建立联盟”上）。确定每个产生的因素都有相应的ERIC策略来支持该因素的实施。
这个案例示例和讨论支持了现有分类法和框架在支持伙伴关系发展和可持续性以促进参与知识传播活动方面的效用，这是制定支持伙伴关系策略的一个有前景的下一步。还讨论了未来发展的机会，包括确定其他可能有助于形成一套全面的基于实证的伙伴关系策略的理论、模型和框架，以及向非专业受众提供策略和方法的必要性。
