Health researchers in Alberta: an exploratory comparison of defining characteristics and knowledge translation activities.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Canadian funding agencies are no longer content to support research that solely advances scientific knowledge, and key directives are now in place to promote research transfer to policy- and decision-makers. Therefore, it is necessary to improve our understanding of how researchers are trained and supported to facilitate knowledge translation activities. In this study, we investigated differences in health researcher characteristics and knowledge translation activities.

Methods

Our sample consisted of 240 health researchers from three Alberta universities. Respondents were classified by research domain [basic (n = 72) or applied (n = 168)] and faculty [medical school (n = 128) or other health science (n = 112)]. We examined our findings using Mode I and Mode II ar

SUBMITTER: Newton MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1781466 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature