Review of the evidence on knowledge translation and exchange in the violence against women field : key findings and future directions Kate Spalding, Michele Macvean, Robyn Mildon, Ben Devine, Jessica Falkiner, Catherine Wade and Faye Forbes,Parenting Research Centre
By: Spalding, Kate
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Contributor(s): Macvean, Michelle | Mildon, Robyn | Devine, Ben | Falkiner, Jessica | Wade, Catherine | Forbes, Faye.
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ArticleSeries: ANROWS Compass.Publisher: Sydney, NSW :: ANROWS, 2015Description: electronic document (12 pages); PDF file.ISSN: 2204-9630 (online) .Subject(s): KNOWLEDGE TRANSLATION AND EXCHANGE | POLICY | RESEARCH | VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN | AUSTRALIA | FAMILY VIOLENCEOnline resources: Click here to access online | Read full report ANROWS Compass, April 2015Summary: Over two decades of research confirms domestic violence and sexual assault as a significant threat to women’s health and well-being. Research findings can help to prevent and reduce violence against women. However, integrating evidence into policy and practice has proven difficult. Strategies are needed to incorporate research findings
into policy and practice to achieve change. Knowledge translation and exchange (KTE) is a field of research that attempts to build the science on how to more effectively
promote and support the use of evidence, thereby building the research to policy and practice gap. Research on KTE is still in its infancy, with most of our knowledge coming from the medical and education fields. Little is known about the effectiveness of KTE strategies in the domestic violence and sexual assault sectors. This evidence summary explores the evidence for KTE in this area and from other areas of human service delivery. This summary is based on the report “Review of the evidence on knowledge translation and exchange in the violence against women field” by the Parenting Research Centre (PRC), commissioned by Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety Ltd (ANROWS). Follow the link for the full report (#4667). Record #4666
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ANROWS Compass, April 2015
Over two decades of research confirms domestic violence and sexual assault as a significant threat to women’s health and well-being. Research findings can help to prevent and reduce violence against women. However, integrating evidence into policy and practice has proven difficult. Strategies are needed to incorporate research findings
into policy and practice to achieve change. Knowledge translation and exchange (KTE) is a field of research that attempts to build the science on how to more effectively
promote and support the use of evidence, thereby building the research to policy and practice gap. Research on KTE is still in its infancy, with most of our knowledge coming from the medical and education fields. Little is known about the effectiveness of KTE strategies in the domestic violence and sexual assault sectors. This evidence summary explores the evidence for KTE in this area and from other areas of human service delivery. This summary is based on the report “Review of the evidence on knowledge translation and exchange in the violence against women field” by the Parenting Research Centre (PRC), commissioned by Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety Ltd (ANROWS). Follow the link for the full report (#4667). Record #4666
