Knowledge+Utilization

=Knowledge Utilization (N=11)=


 * Definition:** 1. Both knowledge utilization and evidence-based practice are broader than research utilization, encompassing the use of forms of evidence other than research evidence alone (Estabrooks, 1998, 1999a). 2. Knowledge utilization: The use of knowledge, regardless of the kind of knowledge.
 * Source:** University of Alberta [|www.nursing.ualberta.ca/kusp/Research_Active.htm]
 * Focus:** Nursing


 * Definition 2:** Knowledge utilization, the overarching term that includes research utilization and evidence-based practice, pertains to the use of knowledge generated through research for policy and practice decisions (Rich, 1991). It includes research, scholarly practice, and programmatic interventions aimed at increasing the use of knowledge to solve human problems (Backer, 1991).
 * Source:** Journal of Nursing Scholarship [|www.blackwell-synergy.com]
 * Focus:** Nursing


 * Definition 3:** For the purposes of this paper, the terms dissemination and knowledge utilization are used interchangeably. Both are assumed to mean not only the distribution of products or information, but also the incorporation of approaches designed to promote conceptual or instrumental use.
 * Source:** National Centre for the Dissemination of Disability Research []
 * Focus:** Health Care (Disability)

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 * Definition 4:** Knowledge utilization includes research, scholarly, and programmatic intervention activities aimed at increasing the use of knowledge to solve
 * Source:** Science Communication http://scx.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/12/3/225
 * Focus:** Science


 * Definition 5:** [Knowledge Utilization] is a complex process involving political, organizational, socioeconomic, and attitudinal factors in addition to knowledge.
 * Source:** Larsen JK. Critical variables in utilization research. In: Beal GM, Dissanayake W, Konoshima S, eds. Knowledge generation, exchange and utilization. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press; 1986: 345-367.
 * Focus:** n/a


 * Definition 6:** The study of how individuals and teams acquire, construct, synthesise, share and apply knowledge
 * Source:** Greenhalgh T, Robert G, Bate P, Macfarlane F, Kyriakidou O. Diffusion of innovations in health service organizations. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing Ltd; 2005.
 * Focus:** Health Care


 * Definition 7:** What is Knowledge utilization? Tentative Answer- It has been argued that the application or utilisation of knowledge is wisdom. The ability to apply ones knowledge to the befit of goals, either for self or others.
 * Source:** http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_Knowledge_utilization
 * Focus:** Computer History


 * Definition 8:** For the purposes of this paper, the terms dissemination and knowledge utilization are used interchangeably. Both are assumed to mean not only the distribution of products or information, but also the incorporation of approaches designed to promote conceptual or instrumental use.
 * Source:** http://www.researchutilization.org/matrix/resources/review/
 * Focus:** Information Research


 * Definition 9:** Knowledge utilization is the field of research concerned with factors that explain the utilization of scientific and technical knowledge by decision-makers and those in professional practices.
 * Source:** http://m08.cgpublisher.com/proposals/528/index_html
 * Focus:** Science and Technology


 * Definition 10:** Knowledge Utilization Definition: A common term than either research implementation or translation and of the many terms available, closely related to knowledge translation. -Includes research, scholarly and programmatic intervention activities aimed at increasing the use of knowledge to solve human problems
 * Source:** http://publications.usask.ca/kupi/KT_Technology.ppt
 * Focus:** Broad


 * Definition 11:** Knowledge utilization: Researchers in knowledge utilization, according to Rich (1981:33), seek to measure information pickup, processing, and application. ...Researchers in this area of study consider the results from diffusion research and technology transfer findings along with their studies of planned change, determining factors of use, and decision-making or problem solving uses by policymakers, administrators, and practitioners. Products of knowledge utilization may include, but are not limited to, models, factors, strategies, and processes found most predictive of generating use. Researchers studying utilization may focus on bringing about planned change in individuals, organizations, or societies. They may also focus on practical use, perceptual use, adaptive use, selective use, premature use, rejected use (i.e., deliberate nonuse), discontinued use, and misuse.
 * Source:** http://codi.buffalo.edu/archives/pubs/articles/.edwards/.chap2.htm
 * Focus:** Public Health