The list below is not exhaustive, but is intended to provide useful resources related to knowledge translation. The publications have been listed alphabetically by first author, within the year of publication.

Please note that, in accordance with CIHR policy, links are provided to the publication in HTML format, when available. In circumstances when only PDF formats are available, links are provided to the table of content for the relevant journal issue. In some cases, subscriptions are required to access the full text and/or the publication is available in only French.

On this page:

• Publications in Refereed Journals
• Books and Book Chapters
• Other Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications

Publications related specifically to synthesis can be found here.
More knowledge translation resources and tools can be found here.

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Publications in Refereed Journals

• 2009
• 2008
• 2007
• 2006
• 2005
• 2000 to 2004
• 1990 to 1999
• Pre-1990

2009

Straus SE, Tetroe J, Graham I (2009).
Defining knowledge translation
Canadian Medical Association Journal, 181(3-4): 165-8.

Graham ID, Tetroe JM (2009).
Implementation of evidence
International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare, 7(3): 157-158.

Graham ID, Tetroe JM, Gagnon M (2009).
Lost in translation: just lost or beginning to find our way?
Annals of Emergency Medicine, Aug:54(2): 313-4

Graham ID, Tetroe JM (2009).
Gettinge evidence into policy and practice: perspective of a health research funder.
Journal of the Canadian Academy of Children and  Adolescent Psychiatry, Feb:18(1): 46-50

Graham ID, Tetroe JM (2009).
Learning from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Quality Enhancement Research Initiative: QUERI Series.
Implementation Science. Mar 6;4:13

Health Research Policy and Systems (2009). Contents of Volume 7 Suppl 1. SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP)

Ward V, House A, Hamer S (2009).
Knowledge brokering: the missing link in the evidence to action chain?
Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 5(3): 267-279(13).

Ward V, House A, Hamer S (2009).
Developing a framework for transferring knowledge into action: a thematic analysis of the literature.
Journal of Health Services Research and Policy, 14(3): 156-164.

Ward VL, House AO, Hamer S (2009).
Knowledge brokering: Exploring the process of transferring knowledge into action.
BMC Health Services Research, 9(12).

2008

Tetroe J et al. (2008).
Health Funding Agencies' Support and Promotion of Knowledge Translation: An International Study.
The Milbank Quarterly, 86(1): 125-155.

2007

Graham ID & Tetroe J (2007).
How to Translate Health Research Knowledge into Effective Healthcare Action.
Healthcare Quarterly, 10(3): 20-22.

Graham ID & Tetroe J (2007).
Some Theoretical Underpinnings of Knowledge Translation. 
Academic Emergency Medicine, 14(11): 936-941.

Salmond SW (2007). 
Advancing Evidence-Based Practice: A Primer. 
Orthopaedic Nursing, 26(2): 114-123.

Various authors (2007).
Special issue on Knowledge Translation (35 publications).
Academic Emergency Medicine: 14(11).

2006

Graham ID et al. (2006).
Lost in knowledge translation: Time for a map?
The Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 26: 13-24.

2005

2000 to 2004

Campbell MK, Mollison JA, Grimshaw JM (2001).
Cluster trials in implementation research: estimation of intracluster correlation coefficients and sample size.
Statistics in Medicine, 20: 391-399.

Campbell MK, Grimshaw JM, Steen IN (2000).
Sample size calculations for cluster randomised trials.
Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, 5: 12-16.

Campbell MK, Mollison J, Steen N, Grimshaw JM, Eccles MP (2000).
Analysis of cluster randomised trials in primary care: a practical approach.
Family Practice, 17: 192-196.

Davies BL (2002).
Sources and models for moving research evidence into clinical practice.
Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, & Neonatal Nursing, 31(5): 558-562.

Estabrooks, CA (2003).
Translating research into practice: Implication for Organization and Administrators.
Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 35(3): 53-68.

Grimshaw JM, Campbell MK, Eccles MP, Steen IN (2000).
Experimental and quasi-experimental designs for evaluating guideline implementation strategies.
Family Practice, 17(Suppl 1): S11-S16.

Jacobson N, Butterill, D, Goering P (2003).
Development of a framework for KT: understanding user context.
Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, 8(2): 94-99.

Landry R, Lamari M, Amara N (2003).
Extent and determinants of utilization of university research in government agencies.
Public Administration Review, 63(2): 192-205.

Lavis JN, Robertson D & Woodside JM (2003).
How can research organizations more effectively transfer research knowledge to decision-makers?
Milbank Quarterly, 81(2): 221-248.

Sculpher M.
Evaluating the cost-effectiveness of interventions designed to increase the utilisation of evidence-based guidelines.
Family Practice. 2000 17(Suppl 1): S26-S31.

Upshur REG, VanDenKerkhof EG, Goel V (2001).
Meaning and measurement: an inclusive model of evidence in health care.
Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 7(2): 91-96.

1990 to 1999

Backer, TE (1991).
Knowledge Utilization: The Third Wave.
Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 12(3): 225-240.

Estabrooks, CA (1998).
Will evidence-based nursing practice make practice perfect?
Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 30(1), 15-36.

Johnson, RB (1998).
Toward a theoretical model of evaluation utilization.
Evaluation and Program Planning, 21, 93-110.

Kitson, A, Harvey, G, & McCormack B (1998).
Enabling the implementation of evidence-based practice: A conceptual framework.
Quality in Health Care, 7(3): 149-158.

Lester JP (1993).
The utilization of policy analysis by state agency officials.
Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization. 14(3): 267-290.

Lomas J (1993).
Diffusion, dissemination, and implementation: who should do what?
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 703: 226-235.

Lomas J (1990).
Finding audiences, changing beliefs: The structure of research use in Canadian health policy.
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, 15(3): 525-541.

Murphy E, Dingwall R, Greatbatch D, Parker S, Watson P (1998).
Qualitative research methods in health technology assessment: a review of the literature.
Health Technology Assessment, 2: 16.

Oh CH (1997).
Issues for the new thinking of knowledge utilization: introductory remarks.
Knowledge and Policy: The International Journal of Knowledge Transfer and Utilization, 10(3): 3-10.

Valente TW, & Rogers EM (1995).
The origins and development of the diffusion of innovations paradigm as an example of scientific growth.
Science Communication, 16(3): 242-273.

Ukoumunne OC, Gulliford MC, Chinn S, Sterne JAC, Burney PGJ (1999).
Methods for evaluating area-wide and organisation-based interventions in health and health care: a systematic review.
Health Technology Assesment, 3, no 5.

Pre-1990

Caplan, N (1979).
The two-communities theory and knowledge utilization.
American Behavioural Scientist, 22(3), 459-470.

Huberman, M (1987).
Steps toward an integrated model of research utilization.
Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 8(4), 586-611.

Knott J & Wildavsky A (1980).
If dissemination is the solution, what is the problem?
Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 1(4), 537-578.

Larsen JK (1980).
Knowledge Utilization. What is it?
Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 1(3): 421-442.

Loomis ME (1985).
Knowledge utilization and research utilization in nursing.
IMAGE: The Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 17(2), 35-39.

Weiss CH & Bucuvalas MJ (1980).
Truth tests and utility tests: Decision-makers' frames of reference for social science research.
American Sociological Review, 45 (April): 302-313.

Weiss CH (1980).
Knowledge Creep and decision accretion.
Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 1(3): 381-404.

Weiss C (1979).
The many meanings of research utilization.
Public Administration Review, September/October, 426-431.

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Books and Book Chapters

Estabrooks, CA (2001).
Research utilization and qualitative research.
In JM Morse, JM Swanson & AJ Kunkel (Eds).
The Nature of Qualitative Evidence (pp. 275-298).
Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Campbell DT, Stanley JC (1966).
Experimental and quasi-experimental designs for research.
Chicago, Rand McNally

Cook TD, Campbell DT (1979).
Quasi-experimentation: design and analysis issues for field settings.
Chicago: Rand McNally.

Donner A, Klar N (2000).
Design and analysis of cluster randomization trials in health research.
London: Arnold.

Murray DM (1998).
The design and analysis of group randomised trials.
Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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Other Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications

National Institutes of Health, Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR; 2007). 
OBSSR Strategic Plan 2007: The Contributions of Behavioral and Social Sciences to Improving the Health of the Nation: A Prospectus for the Future. 
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Sudsawad P (2007).
Knowledge Translation: Introduction to Models, Strategies, and Measures.
Southwest Educational Development Laboratory, The National Centre for the Dissemination for Disability Research.

Tetroe J (2007).
Knowledge Translation at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research: A Primer.
The National Centre for the Dissemination for Disability Research. Focus Technical Brief, 18: 1-8.