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Stacey D Guy, Shilpi Majumder, Ontario CLRI Knowledge Mobilization Working Group, Fulfilling the Potential of Evidence-Based Research: The Collaborative Nature of Implementation, Public Policy & Aging Report, Volume 32, Issue 1, 2022, Pages 36–38, https://doi.org/10.1093/ppar/prab033
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Mobilizing research initiatives, such as evidence-based interventions, into routine practice involves applying evidence-informed implementation approaches within varied contexts and settings and requires a complex interplay of multiple actors: knowledge users, stakeholders, researchers, and those supporting the implementation process (Metz et al., 2021). One such interplay is a collaborative partnership between the researchers who developed the intervention and a knowledge broker (KB).
Knowledge brokering focuses on bringing people together to build relationships and networks that facilitate mobilizing evidence into practice (Canadian Health Services Foundation, 2003). KBs can be within the same organization or outside of the organization where the relationships are being developed. They come with different levels of expertise, skills, and role titles. KBs are tasked with a number of core competencies that are grouped into three domains by Metz et al. (2021): (1) co-creation, (2) ongoing improvement, and (3) sustaining change. These implementation-support competencies range from growing and sustaining relationships to assessing user needs and context.
