title: Navigating knowledge to action: a conceptual map for facilitating translation of population health risk planning tools into practice.
abstract: A population health risk tool was created that estimates future diabetes risk and provides outputs that can inform practical and meaningful diabetes prevention strategies and support local decision making and planning. A project was designed to inform and understand knowledge translation and application of this novel tool in multiple health-related settings. Lacking published studies in this area, the authors conceived a conceptual map to guide the project that integrates and adapts elements from several planned action theories. This paper describes the rationale and basis for constructing the Population Health Planning Knowledge-to-Action Model and elaborates on the 2 connected structures of the framework: the Tool Creation Path and the Action Cycle. Although created for an express purpose, this model has the potential to inform application of other tools. This work demonstrates how a research team can adapt and integrate existing frameworks to better align with novel real-world knowledge translation issues. Furthermore, the integration of a population risk tool to support health decision making highlights the interaction between continuing education and knowledge translation.
authors.forename: Leslea
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Peirson
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rosella
mesh_terms: D006285:Health Planning / Q000379:methods*; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D057170:Translational Research, Biomedical; D014481:United States
keywords: conceptual framework; knowledge to action; knowledge translation; population-based risk assessment tool; theory-planned behavior