Background The gap between research and practice or policy is often described as a
problem. To identify new barriers of and facilitators to the use of evidence by policymakers …

Policy Points Community‐engaged research (CEnR) engenders meaningful academic‐
community partnerships to improve research quality and health outcomes. CEnR has …

Background Knowledge translation strategies are an approach to increase the use of
evidence within policy and practice decision-making contexts. In clinical and health service …

Background Capacity building strategies are widely used to increase the use of research in
policy development. However, a lack of well-validated measures for policy contexts has …

The recent proliferation of strategies designed to increase the use of research in health
policy (knowledge exchange) demands better application of contemporary conceptual …

Background Collaboration among researchers and research users, or integrated knowledge
translation (IKT), enhances the relevance and uptake of evidence into policy and practice …

Objective To evaluate and compare the effectiveness and quality of standard face-to-face
and teleaudiology hearing aid fitting follow-up consultations and blended services for adult …

Background The public health sector is moving toward adopting evidence-informed decision
making into practice, but effort is still required to effectively develop capacity and promote …

Background The value placed on types of evidence within decision-making contexts is
highly dependent on individuals, the organizations in which the work and the systems and …

Evidence-based health care practices are available for a number of conditions such as
asthma, smoking cessation, heart failure, and management of diabetes. However, these …