Development and assessment of the Alberta Context Tool.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The context of healthcare organizations such as hospitals is increasingly accepted as having the potential to influence the use of new knowledge. However, the mechanisms by which the organizational context influences evidence-based practices are not well understood. Current measures of organizational context lack a theory-informed approach, lack construct clarity and generally have modest psychometric properties. This paper presents the development and initial psychometric validation of the Alberta Context Tool (ACT), an eight dimension measure of organizational context for healthcare settings.

Methods

Three principles guided the development of the ACT: substantive theory, brevity, and modifiability. The Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health Servic

SUBMITTER: Estabrooks CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2805628 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature