A recent post on the R4D blog introduced the importance of 'knowledge translation' that helps get research into use.A new 'knowledge translation toolkit' from IDRC and SDC shows how researchers can can link their research with action. With a focus on health, contents include:
Chapter 1 - Knowledge Translation: An Introduction
Chapter 2 - Bringing in the Demand: Towards the Harmony of Push and Pull - demystifies the “demand side” of research, how decisions are made, what we mean by “evidence”, strategies for promoting linkage and exchange, as well as knowledge brokering.
Chapter 3 - Knowledge Management - a starter’s kit to KM, examining the people, processes and technology that can maximize the utility and impact of both tacit and explicit knowledge.
Chapter 4 - Context Mapping
Chapter 5 - Evaluative Thinking
Chapter 6 - Designing a Communications Strategy - ten Essential Elements that any strategy must answer to get a better picture of where we are, what we have to say to the world, and how we intend to say that.
Chapter 7 - Communicating Research: Print Media - discusses peer-reviewed articles, newspaper articles, press releases, policy briefs, and newsletters.
Chapter 8 - The Two-Pager: Writing a Policy Brief
Chapter 9 - Systematic Reviews
Chapter 10 - Open Access - outlines the logic, the history, the various “routes” to OA, and how researchers can both access and contribute to it.
Chapter 11 - The Conference 2.0: Better Presentations, Better Conferences - discusses oral presentations, poster presentations, and conference presentations.
Chapter 12 - Tapping Technology: Integrating Technologies - focuses on the three major applications that we all use every day – email, the internet, and word processing.
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