Team-Based Integrated Knowledge Translation for Enhancing Quality of Life in Long-term Care Settings: A Multi-method, Multi-sectoral Research Design
نویسندگان
1 Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
2 Office of the Seniors Advocate, Victoria, BC, Canada
3 Vancouver Island Health Authority, Victoria, BC, Canada
4 Department of Geography, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
5 Interior Health Authority British Columbia, Kelowna, BC, Canada
6 Institute on Aging and Lifelong Health and School of Nursing, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
7 Tefler School of Management, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
8 Faculty of Nursing and School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
9 Department of Family Studies and Gerontology and Nova Scotia Centre on Aging, Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, NS, Canada
10 Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, NS, Canada
11 Department of Sociology, Saint Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, Canada
12 Faculty of Health and York University Centre for Aging Research and Education, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada
doi
10.15171/ijhpm.2019.123چکیده
Multi-sectoral, interdisciplinary health research is increasingly recognizing integrated knowledge translation (iKT) as essential. It is characterized by diverse research partnerships, and iterative knowledge engagement, translation processes and democratized knowledge production. This paper reviews the methodological complexity and decision-making of a large iKT project called Seniors - Adding Life to Years (SALTY), designed to generate evidence to improve late life in long-term care (LTC) settings across Canada. We discuss our approach to iKT by reviewing iterative processes of team development and knowledge engagement within the LTC sector. We conclude with a brief discussion of the important opportunities, challenges, and implications these processes have for LTC research, and the sector more broadly.
