Promoting knowledge translation through information and knowledge sharing: The case of the molapo farming communities

International Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Communication

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 17-30

  Thakadu, Olekae Tsompi ^a   Ngwenya, Barbara Ntombi ^a   Magole, Lapologang ^a   Chimbari, Moses ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Communication; Communication channels; Diffusion of innovation; Information dissemination; Knowledge translation; Knowledge to action; Research communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944679699     PISSN: 23247517     EISSN: 23247320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

References (29)

1. Charron, Dominique F. "EcoHealth: Origins and Approach." In EcoHealth Research in Practice: Innovative Applications of an Ecosystem Approach to Health, edited by Dominique F. Charron, 1-30. Ottawa: Springer, 2012.
2. Chess, Caron and Kristen Purcell. "Public Participation and the Environment: Do we Know What Works?" Environmental Science & Technology 33, no. 16 (1999): 2685-2692; doi: 10.1021/es980500g
3. Chimbari, Moses John, Lapologang Magole, G. Wiles, N. Kurugundla, Barbara N Ngwenya, M. S. Nyepi, Sekgoa Motsumi, Olekae T. Thakadu. An EcoHealth Approach to Flood Recession (Molapo) Farming to Reduce Climate Change Vulnerability in the Okavango Delta, Botswana: A Proposal Submitted to the IDRC Call on Food, Health and Adaptation to Climate Change in East and Southern Africa, June, 2009. Maun, Botswana, Okavango Research Institute. 2009.
4. Central Statistics Office. 2001 Population and Housing Census. Population of Towns, Villages and Associated Localities. Gaborone, Botswana Government Printer. 2002.
5. Decker, Daniel J., James P. Lassoie, Gary R. Goff, and Kris Parrish. "Do Workshops Work?" Journal of Extension 26, no. 4 (1988): Accessed August 12, 2014. http://www.joe.org/joe/1988winter/a1985.php
6. Dobbins, Maureen, Susan Jack, Helen Thomas, and Anita Kothari. "Public Health Decisionmakers' Informational Needs and Preferences for Receiving Research Evidence." Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing 4 no. 3 (2007): 156-163. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-6787.2007.00089.x
7. Garforth, Chris and Richard Usher. "Promotion and Uptake Pathways for Research Output: A Review of Analytical Frameworks and Communication Channels." Agricultural Systems 55 no. 2 (1997): 301-322. doi: 10.1016/S0308-521X(97)00012-7
8. Gautam, Kanak. "Addressing the Research-practice Gap in Healthcare Management." Journal of Public Health Management and Practice 14 no. 2 (2008): 155-159. doi: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000311894.57831.4b
9. Glasgow, Russell E and Karen M. Emmons. "How can we Increase Translation of Research into Practice? Types of Evidence Needed." Annual Review of Public Health 28 no. 1 (2007): 413-433. doi:10.1146/annurev.publhealth.28.021406.144145
10. Green, Lawrence W, Judith M. Ottoson, César García, Robert A. Hiatt and Maria L. Roditis. "Diffusion Theory and Knowledge Dissemination, Utilization, and Integration in Public Health." Annual Review of Public Health 30 no. 1 (2009): 151-174. doi: 10.1146/annurev.publhealth.031308.100049
11. Grimshaw J, Eccles M, Lavis J, Hill S, Squires J (2012) Knowledge translation of research findings. Implementation Science 7(1):50
12. Israel, Glenn G, K. M. Wilson. "Sources and Channels of Information Used by Educational Program Clients." Journal of Applied Communications 90 no 4 (2006): 55-78.
13. Lebel, Jean. "EcoHealth and the Developing World." EcoHealth 1 no. 4 (2004): 325-326. doi: 10.1007/s10393-004-0142-2
14. Letsididi, Bashi. "The Marginalisation of Women in the Kgotla." Southern African Feminist Review 4/5 no. 2 (2001): 121-122. Accessed March 19, 2014. http://www.ajol.info/index.php/safere/article/view/23938
15. Lutkamu, M, M. C. Shetto, H. Mahoo, and N. Hatibu. "Scaling-up and Uptake Promotion of Research Findings on Natural Resources Management in Tanzania." Final Technical Report of project R8088B. Tanzania: Sokoine University of Agriculture. 2005. Accessed March 19, 2013. http://www.envirobase.info/cgi-bin/searchdetail.pl?grn= RES8575
16. Magole, Lapologang "A Tragedy of the Commoners: The Evolution Of Communal Rangeland Management in Kgalagadi, Botswana." Ph.D. diss., University of East Anglia, 2003.
17. -. "The Feasibility of Implementing an Integrated Management Plan of the Okavango Delta, Botswana." Physics and Chemistry of the Earth 33 no. 8-13 (2008): 906-912. doi: 10.1016/j.pce.2008.06.043
18. Mutshewa, Athulang. "Disserminating Environmental Information in Rural Botswana: The Case of Nata Village." Information Development 15 no. 2 (1999): 96-102. doi: 110.1177/026666699423972.
19. Nass SJ, Levit LA, Gostin LO, Eds. (2009) Beyond the HIPAA privacy rule: Enhancing privacy, improving health through research. The National Academies Press, Washington, DC
20. Rogers, Everett M. "New Product Adoption and Diffusion." Journal of Consumer Research 2 (1976): 290-301. doi: 10.1086/208642
21. -. "Diffusion of Preventive Innovations." Addictive Bahaviours 27 no. 6 (2002): 989-993. doi:910.1016/S0306-4603(1002)00300-00303.
22. -. Diffusion of Innovations, New York: Free Press, 2003
23. Scharff, Darcell P and Katherine Mathews. "Working with Communities to Translate Research into Practice." Journal of Public Health Management and Practice 14 no. 2 (2008): 94-98. doi: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000311885.60509.61
24. Shepard, Robin. "Making our Nonpoint Source Pollution Education Programs Effective." Journal of Extension 37 no. 5 (1999): Accessed February 22, 2014 http://www.joe.org/joe/1999october/a1992.php
25. Thakadu, Olekae T, Tracy A. Irani and Ricky Telg. "Communicating in the Public Sphere: Attitudes Toward Different Public Instructional Communication Methods." Environmental Communication: A Journal of Nature and Culture 5 no. 1 (2011): 83-103. doi:110.1080/17524032.17522010.17537669.
26. Thakadu, Olekae T and Ontiretse S. Tau. "Communicating Environment in the Okavango Delta, Botswana: An Exploratory Assessment of the Sources, Channels, and Approaches used among Delta Communities." Science Communication 34 no. 6 (2012): 776-802. doi:10.1177/1075547012437277.
27. Tucker, Mark and Ted L. Napier. "Preferred Sources and Channels of Soil and Water Conservation Information among Farmers in Three Midwestern US Watersheds" Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 92 no. 2-3 (2002): 297-313. doi: 10.1016/S0167-8809(01)00293-6
28. Vergot III, Peter, Glenn Israel, and Doug E. Mayo. "Sources and Channels of Information used by Beef Cattle Producers in 12 Counties of the NW Florida Extension District." Journal of Extension 43 no. 2 (2005): Accessed March 22, 2014 http://www.joe.org/joe/2005april/rb2006.php
29. Wejnert, Barbara. "Integrating Models of Diffusion of Innovations: A Conceptual Framework." Annual Review of Sociology 28 (2002): 297-326. doi: 10.1146/annurev.soc. 28.110601.141051