Abstract
Background: Systematic review is an essential component of evidence-based health care, yet limited to published academic literature. We aimed to augment an ongoing systematic review on the use of art and narrative as knowledge translation (KT) strategies.
Methods: We describe the development of an exploratory process to complement systematic reviews through locating ongoing or unpublished projects. Data were collected through email communication, social media and a secondary analysis of an ongoing database of projects that involve arts in the health care field. Information gathered included: project title, focus, arts or narrative approaches used, anticipated completion date and links to relevant social media, webpages and applicable materials.
Results: The inventory captures the ways in which arts and narrative-based KT initiatives are used within a health care context beyond formal research literature.
Conclusions: This exploratory process would facilitate updating systematic reviews later while simultaneously capture themes and emerging ideas in unpublished works.
Acknowledgements
We would like to acknowledge the feedback from Ms Lauren Albrecht and Dr Jude Spiers on earlier versions of this manuscript.