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Exploring How Knowledge Translation Can Improve Sustainability of Community‐based Health Initiatives for People with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities
Author(s) -
Spassiani Natasha A.,
Parker Harris Sarah,
Hammel Joy
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1468-3148
pISSN - 1360-2322
DOI - 10.1111/jar.12202
Subject(s) - intellectual disability , sustainability , knowledge translation , action (physics) , function (biology) , knowledge management , business , medicine , public relations , political science , computer science , biology , psychiatry , ecology , physics , quantum mechanics , evolutionary biology
Community‐based health initiatives ( CBHI ) play an important role in maintaining the health, function and participation of people with intellectual/developmental disabilities (I/ DD ) living in the community. However, implementation and long‐term sustainability of CBHI is challenging. The Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health Services ( PAR i HS ) is a knowledge translation ( KT ) framework that is particularly relevant to intellectual/developmental disabilities research as it identifies the barriers and facilitators of implementation and action plans. This framework provides a foundation for understanding how KT can be used to aid the implementation and sustainability of CBHI for people with intellectual/developmental disabilities. The following study explores how KT – specifically the PAR i HS framework – can be used to help sustain CBHI for people with intellectual/developmental disabilities.