title: The Role of Integrated Knowledge Translation in Intervention Research.
abstract: There is widespread recognition across the full range of applied research disciplines, including health and social services, about the challenges of integrating scientifically derived research evidence into policy and/or practice decisions. These "disconnects" or "knowledge-practice gaps" between research production and use have spawned a new research field, most commonly known as either "implementation science" or "knowledge translation." The present paper will review key concepts in this area, with a particular focus on "integrated knowledge translation" (IKT)-which focuses on researcher-knowledge user partnership-in the area of mental health and prevention of violence against women and children using case examples from completed and ongoing work. A key distinction is made between the practice of KT (disseminating, communicating, etc.), and the science of KT, i.e., research regarding effective KT approaches. We conclude with a discussion of the relevance of IKT for mental health intervention research with children and adolescents.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Information & Media Studies, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada. nwathen@uwo.ca.
authors.forename: C Nadine
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Wathen
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neuroscience, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.|Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Harriet L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: MacMillan
mesh_terms: D000067576:Child Health; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D008603:Mental Health; D012107:Research Design; D057170:Translational Research, Biomedical; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control
keywords: Child mental health; Evidence-based practice; Implementation science; Integrated knowledge translation; Knowledge translation; Violence prevention