Abstract
Multi-sectoral, interdisciplinary health research is increasingly recognizing integrated knowledge translation (iKT) as essential. It is characterized by diverse research partnerships, and iterative knowledge engagement, translation processes and democratized knowledge production. This paper reviews the methodological complexity and decision-making of a large iKT project called Seniors - Adding Life to Years (SALTY), designed to generate evidence to improve late life in long-term care (LTC) settings across Canada. We discuss our approach to iKT by reviewing iterative processes of team development and knowledge engagement within the LTC sector. We conclude with a brief discussion of the important opportunities, challenges, and implications these processes have for LTC research, and the sector more broadly.
Highlights
A pan-Canadian, multi-disciplinary research project, “Seniors – Adding Life to Years (SALTY)” represents a teambased integrated knowledge translation approach to address complex and pressing challenges facing long-term care (LTC)
We describe our integrated knowledge translation (iKT) approach, which built on pre-existing, cross-jurisdictional and crosssectoral research relationships to explore pressing questions about life in LTC
We conclude with a preliminary assessment of the effectiveness of our iKT approach and implications both for LTC and the field of knowledge translation (KT) in health research more generally
Summary
Introduction A pan-Canadian, multi-disciplinary research project, “Seniors – Adding Life to Years (SALTY)” represents a teambased integrated knowledge translation (iKT) approach to address complex and pressing challenges facing long-term care (LTC).
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