A Review on Community-Based Knowledge Transfer and Exchange (KTE) Initiatives for Promoting Well-Being in Older Adults

ABSTRACT

Knowledge transfer and exchange (KTE) processes can facilitate evidence-informed community-based care for seniors, but understanding effective KTE in gerontology is limited. A scoping review was conducted to evaluate the current state of KTE in the community-based sector for seniors. Twelve articles met the inclusion criteria, which addressed a broad variety of topics including caregiving, elder abuse, falls prevention, home-rehabilitation, hospice and dementia care. Studies evaluated KTE practices (n = 8), developed a KTE intervention (n = 3), or explored research uptake (n = 1). Community-based initiatives for seniors informed by KTE processes are scarce, requiring further efforts at the research, practice and policy levels.

KEYWORDS:

• Gerontology
• knowledge transfer and exchange
• community
• scoping review

Funding

This project was supported by the SSHRC Partnership Grant (Grant No. 895-2011-1032) and by the Royal Bank Graduate Fellowship in Applied Social Work Research provided to Ms. M. Anum Syed through the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work at the University of Toronto.

Notes

1 Table reproduced from Boström, A.M., Slaughter, S., Chojecki, D. and Estabrooks, C. (2012). What Do We Know About Knowledge Translation in the Care of Older Adults? A Scoping Review. Journal Of Acute Care And Long-Term Care Medicine, 13(3) [License Number: 3634330282589]

2 Lusk E. and Harris M. (2010). Knowledge Transfer and Exchange (KTE) in Action. Presentation companion document for the SHRTN Collaborative 2010 Annual Assembly Knowledge Exchange Learning Day, Toronto, ON.

Additional information

Funding

This project was supported by the SSHRC Partnership Grant (Grant No. 895-2011-1032) and by the Royal Bank Graduate Fellowship in Applied Social Work Research provided to Ms. M. Anum Syed through the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work at the University of Toronto.