NCCMT Spotlight on KT Methods & Tools: KT Planning Primar
hosted by: CH-NET webinar (link)
date: 11 Feb 2014
presenters: Nira Lalji, Andrea Simpson, Ann Coombs (PHAC)
- KT = work to convert knowledge into action
- “In an age where we know so much, why are we applying so little of it” – the “Know-Do Gap”
- Are we making a difference – how much? for whom? and how do we know? = the “So-What Factor”
- the challenges facing Public Health are complex – need to be thoughtful in how we get knowledge into action
Knowledge Cycle Framework. Source: PHAC
The KT Planning Primer (link to download primer)
- PHAC wanted to make a KT guide for community-based organizations (as much of what was available when they started this project was directed at academics/researchers)
- they have a user guide and a worksheet [similar set up to the handbook/workbook the AWESOME project] and have found that it’s difficult to get people to read the user guide – they want to jump right into the worksheet!
- cascading design to the tool
- “questions to consider” and “tips” for each section
- included more detailed information in appendices
