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Translating a health service intervention into a rural setting: lessons learned

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Health Services Research, February 2016
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Title
Translating a health service intervention into a rural setting: lessons learned
Published in
BMC Health Services Research, February 2016
DOI 10.1186/s12913-016-1302-0
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Elsa Dent, Elizabeth Hoon, Alison Kitson, Jonathan Karnon, Jonathan Newbury, Gillian Harvey, Tiffany K. Gill, Lauren Gillis, Justin Beilby

Abstract

Limited research exists on the process of applying knowledge translation (KT) methodology to a rural-based population health intervention. This study reports on the implementation and translational stages of a previously described Co-creating KT (Co-KT) framework in the rural town of Port Lincoln, South Australia (population: 14,000). The Co-KT framework involves five steps: (i) collecting local data; (ii) building stakeholder relationships; (iii) designing an evidence-based intervention incorporating local knowledge; (iv) implementation and evaluation of the intervention; and (v) translating the research into policy and practice. Barriers and enablers to the overall Co-KT implementation process were identified. Our intervention focused on musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions. Although the Co-KT framework was valuable in engaging with the community, translating the final intervention into daily clinical practice was prevented by a lack of an accessible policy or financial framework to anchor the appropriate intervention, a lack of continued engagement with stakeholders, access problems to general practitioners (GPs) and Allied Health Professionals; and the paucity of referrals from GPs to Allied Health Professionals. Consequently, while many aspects of the intervention were successful, including the improvement of both function and pain in study participants, the full implementation of the Co-KT framework was not possible. This study implemented and evaluated a Co-KT framework for a population with MSK conditions, linking locally generated health care system knowledge with academic input. Further policy, health system changes, and on-the-ground support are needed to overcome the identified implementation challenges in order to create sustainable and effective system change.

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Unknown 32 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 4 13%
Lecturer 3 9%
Student > Bachelor 2 6%
Professor 2 6%
Student > Master 2 6%
Other 6 19%
Unknown 13 41%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 5 16%
Social Sciences 4 13%
Nursing and Health Professions 3 9%
Engineering 2 6%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 1 3%
Other 4 13%
Unknown 13 41%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 26 September 2019.
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#13,224,317
of 22,849,304 outputs
Outputs from BMC Health Services Research
#4,461
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#138,691
of 298,010 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Health Services Research
#57
of 89 outputs
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