Knowledge translation interventions for facilitating evidence-informed decision-making amongst health policymakers

Armstrong, Rebecca; Waters, Elizabeth; Dobbins, Maureen; Lavis, John N.; Petticrew, Mark; Christensen, Robin

doi:10.1002/14651858.cd009181

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“…Although the evidence base to guide the choice of KT approaches targeted at policymakers is evolving [55,57], a profusion of innovative approaches exists that warrants further evaluation in the future.…”

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Health equity: evidence synthesis and knowledge translation methods

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BackgroundAt the Rio Summit in 2011 on Social Determinants of Health, the global community recognized a pressing need to take action on reducing health inequities. This requires an improved evidence base on the effects of national and international policies on health inequities. Although systematic reviews are recognized as an important source for evidence-informed policy, they have been criticized for failing to assess effects on health equity.MethodsThis article summarizes guidance on both conducting systematic reviews with a focus on health equity and on methods to translate their findings to different audiences. This guidance was developed based on a series of methodology meetings, previous guidance, a recently developed reporting guideline for equity-focused systematic reviews (PRISMA-Equity 2012) and a systematic review of methods to assess health equity in systematic reviews.ResultsWe make ten recommendations for conducting equity-focused systematic reviews; and five considerations for knowledge translation. Illustrative examples of equity-focused reviews are provided where these methods have been used.ConclusionsImplementation of the recommendations in this article is one step toward monitoring the impact of national and international policies and programs on health equity, as recommended by the 2011 World Conference on Social Determinants of Health.

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“…Although there is no consensus regarding effective knowledge translation strategies in public health, good‐practice guidelines can be identified from a systematic review 18 and a Cochrane protocol 19 . Strategies to achieve age‐21 laws in the US 3 included disseminating research within key political constituencies and taking action to counter the arguments and oppositional tactics of vested interests.…”

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Should the legal age for alcohol purchase be raised to 21?

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“…A search strategy was developed and implemented with the search conducted in the databases of CINAHL, Cochrane, EMBASE, MEDLINE, PsycINFO and Scopus. Key terms for KT were sourced from Armstrong et al (23) and Scott et al (18,24) and cardiovascular terms were identified from two Cochrane systematic reviews by Hooper et al (25) and Hartley et al (26) . Nutrition terms encompassed nutrients and nutrition, eating, foods, diets and terms specific to CVD such as dietary fats.…”

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How dietary evidence for the prevention and treatment of CVD is translated into practice in those with or at high risk of CVD: a systematic review

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Neubeck

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Public Health Nutr.

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ObjectiveCVD is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity, and nutrition is an important lifestyle factor. The aim of the present systematic review was to synthesise the literature relating to knowledge translation (KT) of dietary evidence for the prevention and treatment of CVD into practice in populations with or at high risk of CVD.DesignA systematic search of six electronic databases (CINAHL, Cochrane, EMBASE, MEDLINE, PsycINFO and Scopus) was performed. Studies were included if a nutrition or dietary KT was demonstrated to occur with a relevant separate measureable outcome. Quality was assessed using a tool adapted from two quality checklists.SubjectsPopulation with or at high risk of CVD or clinicians likely to treat this population.ResultsA total of 4420 titles and abstracts were screened for inclusion, with 354 full texts retrieved to assess inclusion. Forty-three articles were included in the review, relating to thirty-five separate studies. No studies specifically stated their aim to be KT. Thirty-one studies were in patient or high-risk populations and four targeted health professionals. Few studies stated a theory on which the intervention was based (n 10) and provision of instruction was the most common behaviour change strategy used (n 26).ConclusionsKT in nutrition and dietary studies has been inferred, not stated, with few details provided regarding how dietary knowledge is translated to the end user. This presents challenges for implementation by clinicians and policy and decision makers. Consequently a need exists to improve the quality of publications in this area.

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Knowledge translation interventions for facilitating evidence-informed decision-making amongst health policymakers

Cited by 23 publications

References 77 publications

Health equity: evidence synthesis and knowledge translation methods

Health equity: evidence synthesis and knowledge translation methods

Should the legal age for alcohol purchase be raised to 21?

How dietary evidence for the prevention and treatment of CVD is translated into practice in those with or at high risk of CVD: a systematic review

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