Knowledge Translation in Health Care
Moving from Evidence to Practice
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Beschreibung
Health care systems worldwide are faced with the challenge ofimproving the quality of care. Providing evidence from healthresearch is necessary but not sufficient for the provision ofoptimal care and so knowledge translation (KT), the scientificstudy of methods for closing the knowledge-to-action gap and of thebarriers and facilitators inherent in the process, is gainingsignificance.
Knowledge Translation in Health Care explains how to useresearch findings to improve health care in real life, everydaysituations. The authors define and describe knowledge translation,and outline strategies for successful knowledge translation inpractice and policy making. The book is full of examples of howknowledge translation models work in closing the gap betweenevidence and action.
Written by a team of authors closely involved in the developmentof knowledge translation this unique book aims to extendunderstanding and implementation worldwide. It is an introductoryguide to an emerging hot topic in evidence-based care and essentialfor health policy makers, researchers, managers, clinicians andtrainees.
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Sharon Straus
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Allg. Public Health Allgemeine u. Innere Medizin Evidence-Based Health Care Evidenzbasierte Forschung im Gesundheitswesen General & Internal Medicine Gesundheits- u. Sozialwesen Health & Social Care Medical Science Medizin Public Health General
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"This book brings together a wealth of expertise in the science and theories behind how knowledge is created, analysed and used by different decision makers in practice . . . for anyone wishing to understand the depth of models and research in this field it would provide them with the academic detail." (Speech & Language Therapy in Practice, 1 July 2011)
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