Pathways for best practice diffusion: the structure of informal relationships in Canada’s long-term care sector
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- 作者：James W. Dearing ; Amanda M. Beacom ; Stephanie A. Chamberlain…
- 关键词：Canada ; Long ; term care sector ; Long ; term care ; Diffusion of innovations ; Advice seeking ; Social network analysis ; Opinion leadership ; Integrated knowledge translation
- 刊名：Implementation Science
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：December 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：12
- 期：1
- 全文大小：2948KB
- 刊物主题：Health Promotion and Disease Prevention; Health Administration; Health Informatics; Public Health;
- 出版者：BioMed Central
- ISSN：1748-5908
- 卷排序：12
文摘
BackgroundInitiatives to accelerate the adoption and implementation of evidence-based practices benefit from an association with influential individuals and organizations. When opinion leaders advocate or adopt a best practice, others adopt too, resulting in diffusion. We sought to identify existing influence throughout Canada’s long-term care sector and the extent to which informal advice-seeking relationships tie the sector together as a network.