Organizational supports for knowledge translation in paediatric health centres and research institutes: insights from a Canadian environmental scan.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Organizational supports are thought to help address wide-ranging barriers to evidence-informed health care (EIHC) and knowledge translation (KT). However, little is known about the nature of the resources and services that exist within paediatric health care and research settings across Canada to facilitate evidence use in health care delivery. This survey examined existing supports for EIHC/KT within these organizations to inform the design of similar EIHC/KT support programmes.

Methods

A national environmental scan was conducted using a bilingual online survey distributed to leaders at Canadian paediatric academic health science centres and their affiliated research institutes. Participants were invited through email, social media and webinar invitations and sno

SUBMITTER: Glegg SMN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8117660 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature