title: Exploring How Knowledge Translation Can Improve Sustainability of Community-based Health Initiatives for People with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities.
abstract: Community-based health initiatives (CBHI) play an important role in maintaining the health, function and participation of people with intellectual/developmental disabilities (I/DD) living in the community. However, implementation and long-term sustainability of CBHI is challenging. The Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health Services (PARiHS) is a knowledge translation (KT) framework that is particularly relevant to intellectual/developmental disabilities research as it identifies the barriers and facilitators of implementation and action plans. This framework provides a foundation for understanding how KT can be used to aid the implementation and sustainability of CBHI for people with intellectual/developmental disabilities. The following study explores how KT - specifically the PARiHS framework - can be used to help sustain CBHI for people with intellectual/developmental disabilities.
authors.affiliation: Disability and Human Development, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Natasha A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Spassiani
authors.affiliation: Disability and Human Development, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Parker Harris
authors.affiliation: Departments of Occupational Therapy & Disability and Human Development, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Joy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hammel
mesh_terms: D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000592:standards*; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D057170:Translational Research, Biomedical
keywords: community health; intellectual/developmental disabilities; knowledge translation