Integrated knowledge translation to strengthen public policy research: a case study from experimental research on income assistance receipt among people who use drugs.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Solutions to complex public health issues should be informed by scientific evidence, yet there are important differences between policy and research processes that make this relationship challenging. Integrated knowledge translation (IKT) is a strategy of sustained stakeholder engagement that intends to address barriers to evidence use. We highlight an example of an IKT project alongside a randomized controlled trial of a public policy intervention that tested different disbursement patterns of income assistance among people who use drugs in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Methods

A case study design was used where an IKT strategy led by a knowledge broker embedded within the research team acts as the case. This case study evaluates the process and effectiveness of t

SUBMITTER: Mendell J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7814536 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature