Developing, implementing, and monitoring tailored strategies for integrated knowledge translation in five sub-Saharan African countries.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Integrated knowledge translation (IKT) through strategic, continuous engagement with decision-makers represents an approach to bridge research, policy and practice. The Collaboration for Evidence-based Healthcare and Public Health in Africa (CEBHA +), comprising research institutions in Ethiopia, Malawi, Rwanda, South Africa, Uganda and Germany, developed and implemented tailored IKT strategies as part of its multifaceted research on prevention and care of non-communicable diseases and road traffic injuries. The objective of this article is to describe the CEBHA + IKT approach and report on the development, implementation and monitoring of site-specific IKT strategies.

Methods

We draw on findings derived from the mixed method IKT evaluation (conducted in 2020-2021

SUBMITTER: Sell K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10478471 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature