Know-Do+Gap

=Know-Do Gap (N=7)=


 * Definition 1:** Many of the solutions to health problems of the poor exist, but are not applied. This is called the "know-do" gap -- the gap between what is known and what is done in practice.
 * Source:** World Health Organization http://www.who.int/kms/en/
 * Focus:** Health Care


 * Definition 2:** The achievement of these health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) depends on turning scientific knowledge into effective action for people’s health through bridging of the “know-do” gap: the gulf that exists between what we know and what we do in practice, and between scientific potential and health realization.
 * Source:** http://www.inclentrust.org/pdf/inclennews/July%202004/Turning%20scientific%20knowledge.pdf
 * Focus:** Health Care


 * Definition 3:** The "know-do gap" is a new term to describe an old problem: the gap between what we know and what we do in practice.
 * Source:** http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/329/7475/1189
 * Focus:** Health Care

practice.
 * Definition 4:** The importance of knowledge translation is its potential to bridge the know-do gap, the gap between what is known and what gets done in
 * Source:** http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/112549277/PDFSTART%20---get%20ref?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0
 * Focus:** n/a


 * Definition 5:** Know-Do gap: The chasm between what is known and what gets done: - the gap from research to policy and practice - the gap from knowledge/awareness to action/behaviour change
 * Source:** http://www.who.int/kms/events/Know_do_gap_APablos.pdf
 * Focus:** Global Health


 * Definition 6:** the “know-do” gap: the gulf that exists between what we know and what we do in practice, and between scientific potential and health realization.
 * Source:** http://www.inclentrust.org/pdf/inclennews/July%202004/Turning%20scientific%20knowledge.pdf
 * Focus:** Global Health


 * Definition 7:** The "know-do gap" is a new term to describe an old problem: the gap between what we know and what we do in practice. But the term can mean many different things, not least depending on who the "we" refers to—a farmer in Nepal, doctor in Nairobi, health educator in New York, the World Health Organization, the biomedical community, the Catholic Church, or the President of South Africa. Gaps also exist between what a profession as a whole knows and what individual professionals know to be relevant to their practice and between people's awareness of health risks and their actual behaviour.
 * Source:** http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/329/7475/1189
 * Focus:** Health Care