Methodologies to evaluate the effectiveness of knowledge translation interventions: A primer for researchers and health care managers

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 32-40

  Bhattacharyya, Onil K ^a,b,c   Estey, Elizabeth A ^a   Zwarenstein, Merrick ^c,d  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Implementation research; Knowledge translation; Methodology; Quality improvement; Study design

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROL GROUP; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; INTERNAL VALIDITY; KNOWLEDGE TRANSLATION INTERVENTION; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CANADA; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH DESIGN; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 78649816439     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2010.02.022     Document Type: Review

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