Facilitating a Knowledge Translation Process KNOWLEDGE REVIEW AND FACILITATION TOOL

Facilitating a Knowledge Translation Process - KNOWLEDGE REVIEW AND FACILITATION TOOL

Direction de la recherche, formation et développement

March 2013

Direction générale de la santé publique of the Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux.

AUTHORS

Nicole Lemire, M.A., Planning, Programming and Research Officer Institut national de santé publique du Québec

Karine Souffez, M. Sc., Planning, Programming and Research Officer Institut national de santé publique du Québec

Marie-Claire Laurendeau, Ph. D., Coordinator, Research and Development Institut national de santé publique du Québec

CONTEXT

Subsequent to release of the updated Québec Public Health Program (QPHP), the Direction générale de la santé publique of the Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux (MSSS) made public its strategy for the development of public health research (Stratégie pour le développement de la recherche en santé publique, 2008). This strategy proposes guidelines based on, among other things, the results of a review of public health research in Québec (Bilan de la recherche en santé publique au Québec)

One of these guidelines calls for strengthening of the capacity to use research results in the health and social services network. Among the priority actions mentioned is the development of various forms of partnership involving funding for the production of knowledge, such as knowledge syntheses, experimental projects or feasibility studies. Another priority is the implementation of effective knowledge translation strategies.

These guidelines are part of a broader movement promoting knowledge translation and use. In fact, numerous policies promoting innovation call for more fruitful dialogue between science and society aimed at increasing the benefits derived from research supported by public funding. In general, there is also a desire among organizations within the government, academic, community and private sectors to foster greater use of the available knowledge so as to bring about changes in practices and in decision making processes. In Québec, as elsewhere, the strengthening of knowledge translation mechanisms is increasingly becoming a priority.

It was within this context that, in 2008, the MSSS mandated the Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ) to produce a knowledge synthesis on knowledge translation (KT), with a view to supporting action.

https://www.inspq.qc.ca/pdf/publications/1628_FaciliKnowledgeTransProcess.pdf