time that this paper was being developed and written. Charlotte Loppie reports a grant from the CIHR that funded research reported in a case study in this report. Laurence Moore reports having been a member of the UK MRC Population Health Strategy Group and the MRC/NIHR Methodology Research Programme Panel during the life of this project. He also reports core funding from the MRC and the Scottish Government CSO. David Ogilvie reports a grant from the NIHR Public Health Research programme and a grant from the MRC programme during the life of the project. Mark Petticrew reports a grant from the NIHR to develop a briefing paper. Valéry Ridde reports conducting consultancy work for non-governmental organisations implementing the user fees exemption intervention in West Africa. Daniel Wight reports grants from the UK MRC and the NIHR. Outside the submitted work, he reports core funding from the UK MRC to lead a theme of research on the transferability of interventions.
Models of research translation frequently emphasize independent roles for research producers and intended users. This article describes a novel approach for enhancing exchange between researchers and practitioners. The framework is based on Wenger's notion of Communities of Practice (CoP) where knowledge is regarded as a social enterprise at the center of member interactions. Research-based practices and policies emerge when research producers and users mutually engage one another about specific health promotion problems through negotiation and by creating and sharing technical standards and other resources. CoPs are more than loose networks or task-oriented teams. They aim to create both social and intellectual capital through mutual negotiation, reciprocity, trust, and cohesion. A Consortium of Quitline Operators across North America and a Canadian project to enhance research capacity for tobacco control research serve as examples of how the model has been successfully operationalized.
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