General D&U Resources
RUSH staff has identified for you their recommended these resources based on NIDRR grantees' frequency of requests for a copy of the article and the perceived usefulness of the article. These resources are identified in the "SEDL archives" found at the end of the list below with a symbol of a star 
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Reports, Papers, Web sites and other Tools
The Canadian Health Services Research Foundation
The Canadian Health Services Research Foundation promotes and funds management and policy research in health services and nursing to increase the quality, relevance and usefulness of this research for health-system policy makers and managers. In addition, the Foundation works with these health-system decision makers to support and enhance their use of research evidence when addressing health management and policy challenges. Its 15 most popular publications and reports are available for download http://www.fcrss.ca/other_documents/index_e.php. This list includes an overview paper, "Improving Research Dissemination and Uptake in the Health Sector", which reviews some possible mechanisms to link various decision-makers in the health arena with research.
The foundation also offers "Tools to Help Organizations Create, Share, and Use Research"
This Web page provides free online database of resources for health services organizations that wish to use research better. Each resource is gathered and assessed by the Foundation to help organizations find, assess, interpret, and apply research evidence to inform health system policy and management decisions. The resources are classified per various phases — acquire, assess, adapt, and apply — to ensure relevant tools are easily available for the user.
Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis (IMHA): Knowledge Translation at CIHR (Canadian Institute for Health Research)
(Gram, 2007).
This short paper describes knowledge translation in general, knowledge translation at CIHR, and plans for the knowledge translation portfolio. http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/33747.html
Peer-Reviewed Journals or Books
Review: The Utilization of Health Research in Policy-Making: Concepts, Examples and Methods of Assessment (Hanney, Gonzalez-Block, Buxton, & Kogan, 2003).
Health Research Policy and Systems published this article, which explores models of health research utilization as they interface with various forms of policy-making and other recipients. It is based on a report commissioned by the Research Policy and Co-operation (RPC) Department of the World Health Organization, Geneva, to inform its Health Research Systems Analysis (HRSA), a broader health research utilization initiative.
http://www.health-policy-systems.com/content/1/1/2
Issues in the Application of Research to Practice (Ketefian, 2001).
Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem (Latin American Journal of Nursing) included in its September 2001 edition this English-language article, which (a) provides an overview of research utilization models developed and used in nursing and other fields, highlighting some of their features, (b) reviews research utilization and application issues at the institutional level, highlighting the importance of organizational mechanisms for enabling optimum research use and application, rather than relying on individual nurses, and (c) describes ways in which research can be used at the societal level in the formation of healthy public policies, using the United States as a case study. A number of recommendations are presented for organizations and the profession at large in a global context of research utilization models developed and used in nursing and other fields.
http://tinyurl.com/yv59wc
Interventions Aimed at Increasing Research Use in Nursing: a Systematic Review (Thompson, Estabrooks, Scott-Findlay, Moore, & Wallin, 2007)
There has been considerable interest recently in developing and evaluating interventions to increase research use by clinicians. However, most work has focused on medical practices; nursing is not well represented in existing systematic reviews. The purpose of this article published in Implementation Science is to report findings from a systematic review of interventions aimed at increasing research use in nursing.
http://www.implementationscience.com/content/2/1/15
Role of "External Facilitation" in Implementation of Research Findings: a Qualitative Evaluation of Facilitation Experiences in the Veterans Health Administration (Stetler et al., 2006).
This Implementation Science paper describes a systematic, retrospective evaluation of implementation-related facilitation experiences within the Quality Enhancement Research Initiative, or "QUERI", a quality improvement program developed by the US Department of Veterans Affairs.
http://www.implementationscience.com/content/1/1/23
The Paths from Research to Improved Health Outcomes (Glasziou & Haynes, 2005).
Using the extended awareness-to-adherence model, the authors look first at the initial problem of getting the valid and relevant evidence into the clinical "pipelines" and how this can be improved and, second, at methods for reducing blockages at each stage. The article appears in the ACP Journal Club: Evidence-Based Medicine for Better Patient Care.
http://www.cebm.net/index.aspx?o=1307
Translation of Research into Practice: Why We Can't "Just Do It" (Green & Seifert, 2005).
In this Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine (formerly The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice) article, by examining the cognitive processes involved in expert learning, the authors identify key features of the successful integration of new into existing knowledge and suggest ways to support physicians in the translation of new knowledge into practice.
http://www.jabfm.org/cgi/reprint/18/6/541.pdf
Systematic Reviews of Adverse Effects: Framework for a Structured Approach (Loke, Price, & Herxheimer, 2007).
This discussion paper, which appears in the journal BMC Medical Research Methodology, provides a logical framework for making decisions in systematic reviews that incorporate reports of an intervention's adverse effects. The authors explore situations where a comprehensive investigation of adverse effects is warranted and suggest strategies to identify practicable and clinically useful outcomes.
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2288/7/32/abstract
Guideline Implementation: Why Don't We Do It? (Solberg, 2002)
In this American Family Physician editorial, the author claims that physicians have failed to improve the quality of medical care by developing and disseminating literally tons of clinical guidelines and presents the reasons of the failure and suggestions for the implementation of evidence-based guideline care.
http://www.aafp.org/afp/20020115/editorials.html#guide
Why do GPs not Implement Evidence-Based Guidelines? A Descriptive Study (Cranney, Warren, Barton, Gardner, & Walley, 2001).
The aim of this study, published in Family Practice, was to identify what is impeding General Practitioners from pursuing currently recognized good practice and implementing evidence-based guidelines in their management of hypertension in the elderly.
http://fampra.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/18/4/359.pdf
Implementing Evidence-Based Practices for Persons with Severe Mental Illnesses (Torrey et al., 2001).
As part of an effort to promote the implementation of evidence-based practice, the authors of this article in Psychiatric Services summarize perspectives on how best to change and sustain effective practice from the research literature and from the experiences of administrators, clinicians, family advocates, and services researchers. They describe an implementation plan for evidence-based practices based on the use of toolkits to promote the consistent delivery of such practices. The toolkits will include integrated written material, Web-based resources, training experiences, and consultation opportunities.
http://psychservices.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/reprint/52/1/45.pdf
Constructing a Model of Effective Information Dissemination in a Crisis (Duggan & Banwell, 2004).
A model of effective information dissemination in a crisis was developed through a Ph.D. study of information dissemination during a suspected TB outbreak. The research aimed to characterize and evaluate the dissemination of information to the community during the incident. A qualitative systematic review of the research literature, published in information research, identified twenty relevant studies. Meta-ethnographic analysis of these studies highlighted the key factors in effective dissemination.
http://informationr.net/ir/9-3/paper178.html
The Propensity to Adopt Evidence-Based Practice among Physical Therapists (Bridges, Bierema, & Valentine, 2007).
The purpose of this study, published in BMC Health Services Research, was to determine the extent to which personal characteristics and the characteristics of the social system in the workplace influence the propensity of physical therapists to adopt evidence-based practice (EBP).
http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1472-6963-7-103.pdf
SEDL Archives
A Review on the Literature on Dissemination and Knowledge Utilization
This review is intended to provide a knowledge base that addresses how disability research results can be more easily accessed and used by those who need them. This review is useful to those conducting research and planning dissemination efforts. It presents elements of effective dissemination and knowledge utilization, as well as ways in which you can plan and evaluate your dissemination strategies. (July 1996)
http:///www.researchutilization.org/matrix/resources/review/
Disability, Diversity, and Dissemination: A Review of Literature on Topics related to Increasing the Utilization of Rehabilitation Research Outcomes among Diverse Consumer Groups
This document was prepared to help researchers better understand the interaction of disability, diversity and dissemination. It provides a theoretical framework examining the concepts of race, ethnicity, and culture, and their influences within the rehabilitation system. It also describes the characteristics of effective 'culturally competent' systems, and the impact of attending to diversity in conducting research as well as in dissemination and utilization. A number of organizational, research, and dissemination and utilization (D&U) recommendations are suggested. (April 1999)
http://www.researchutilization.org/matrix/resources/ddd/
Technical Brief Number 12: What Consumers and Researchers Say About Research
The NCDDR and the Research Utilization Support and Help (RUSH) project at the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory conducted two studies in 2005 with different audiences in order to learn more about their perceptions of research and how best to get information to diverse groups of end users. This issue of FOCUS shares the findings from the two studies and suggests potential implications.
http://www.ncddr.org/kt/products/focus/focus12/
