[EQ] Developing a Tool to Measure Knowledge Exchange Outcomes

Developing a Tool to Measure Knowledge Exchange Outcomes

 

Kelly Skinner, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario

The Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation Vol. 22 No. 1 – 2007-10-29

 

Available online as PDF file [25p.] at: http://www.phr.uwaterloo.ca/pubs/169-public-2007-10-03-329391.pdf

 

“….This article describes the process of developing measures to assess knowledge exchange outcomes using the dissemination of a best practices in type 2 diabetes document as a specifi c example. A best practices model consists of knowledge synthesis, knowledge exchange (dissemination/adoption), and evaluation stages. Best practices are required at each stage. An extensive literature review found no previous knowledge syntheses of concrete tools and models for evaluating dissemination or exchange strategies.

 

This project developed a practical and usable tool to measure the reach and uptake of disseminated innovations. The instrument itself facilitates an opportunity for knowledge exchange to occur between producers and adopters. At this point the tool has a strong theoretical basis. Initial pilot-testing has begun; however, the accumulation of evidence of validity and reliability is only in the planning stages. The instrument described here can be adapted to other areas of population health and evaluation research….”

 

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