Defining Integrated Knowledge Translation and Moving Forward: A Response to Recent Commentaries

Document Type : Correspondence

Authors

1 School of Health Studies, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada

2 Integrated Knowledge Translation Research Network, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada

3 School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

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Integrated knowledge translation (IKT) is a model of collaborative research, where researchers work with knowledge users who identify a problem and have the authority to implement the research recommendations... (Read more...)

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  • Receive Date: 20 January 2017
  • Revise Date: 08 February 2017
  • Accept Date: 31 January 2017
  • First Publish Date: 01 May 2017