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A winning combination: Collaborating with stakeholders throughout the process of planning and implementing a type 2 diabetes prevention programme in the community
Author(s) -
Bean Corliss,
Sewell Karlene,
Jung Mary E.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
health and social care in the community
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.984
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1365-2524
pISSN - 0966-0410
DOI - 10.1111/hsc.12902
Subject(s) - general partnership , psychological intervention , sustainability , public relations , knowledge translation , process (computing) , medical education , community based participatory research , scale (ratio) , community health , work (physics) , nursing , business , medicine , process management , knowledge management , political science , sociology , public health , engineering , participatory action research , computer science , operating system , mechanical engineering , ecology , physics , finance , quantum mechanics , anthropology , biology
Translation of efficacious health interventions into the community are often not applied in practice. The gap between research and practice is concerning for community members who can benefit from early access to effective health interventions. Knowledge translation activities and strong community partnerships are demonstrated methods to close the gap, yet there is a need to ensure research findings are implemented into communities in a way that yields quality programming and sustainability through planning, preparation and time to foster the partnership. This paper outlines the collaborative process of translating a successful, evidence‐based diet and exercise diabetes prevention programme for improving health and exercise adherence into a community setting through the partnership between the Diabetes Prevention Research Group and YMCA of Okanagan within British Columbia, Canada. Initiated in 2017, the process involved formalised translation events and programme piloting enabling the team to work towards a successful partnership. Lessons learned and next steps in working collaboratively towards programme scale‐up and sustainability are outlined.