BACKGROUND:Health services and population health innovations advance when knowledge transfer and exchange (KTE) occurs among researchers, practitioners, policy-makers and consumers using high-quality evidence. However, few KTE models have been evaluated in practice. Communities of practice (CoP) - voluntary, self-organizing, and focused groups of individuals and organizations - may provide one option. This paper outlines an approach to lay the foundation for a CoP within the area of Web-assisted tobacco interventions (WATI). The objectives of the study were to provide a data-driven foundation to inform decisions about organizing a CoP within the geographically diverse, multi-disciplinary WATI group using evaluation and social network methodologies.
METHODS:A single-group design was employed using a survey of expectations, knowledge, and interpersonal WATI-related relationships administered prior to a meeting of the WATI group followed by a 3-week post-meeting Web survey to assess short-term impact on learning and networking outcomes.
RESULTS:Twenty-three of 27 WATI attendees (85%) from diverse disciplinary and practice backgrounds completed the baseline survey, with 21 (91%) of those participants completing the three-week follow-up. Participants had modest expectations of the meeting at baseline. A social network map produced from the data illustrated a centralized, yet sparse network comprising of interdisciplinary teams with little trans-sectoral collaboration. Three-week follow-up survey results showed that participants had made new network connections and had actively engaged in KTE activities with WATI members outside their original network.
CONCLUSION:Data illustrating both the shape and size of the WATI network as well as member's interests and commitment to KTE, when shared and used to frame action steps, can positively influence the motivation to collaborate and create communities of practice. Guiding KTE planning through blending data and theory can create more informed transdisciplinary and trans-sectoral collaboration environments.
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【Knowledge transfer & exchange through social networks: building foundations for a community of practice within tobacco control.].
【通过社交网络进行知识转移和交流：为烟草控制领域的实践社区奠定基础。】
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DOI：10.1186/1748-5908-1-20文章类型：杂志文章
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背景：当研究人员，从业人员，政策制定者和消费者之间使用高质量的证据进行知识转移和交换（KTE）时，卫生服务和人口卫生创新就会发展。但是，实践中很少评估KTE模型。实践社区（CoP）-自愿的，自组织的和有针对性的个人和组织团体-可以提供一种选择。本文概述了一种为网络辅助烟草干预（WATI）领域的CoP奠定基础的方法。这项研究的目的是提供一个数据驱动的基础，以使用评估和社交网络方法为在地理上多样化，多学科的WATI小组内组织CoP的决策提供依据。
方法：采用单组设计，方法是在WATI组会议之前进行的对期望，知识和人际WATI相关关系的调查，然后进行为期3周的会议后Web调查，以评估对WATI的短期影响。学习和社交成果。
结果：来自不同学科和实践背景的27名WATI参与者中有23名（85％）完成了基线调查，其中21名（91％）的参与者完成了为期三周的随访。与会者对基线会议的期望不高。根据数据生成的社交网络图说明了一个集中但稀疏的网络，该网络由跨学科协作很少的跨学科团队组成。为期三周的跟踪调查结果表明，参与者建立了新的网络连接，并与原始网络之外的WATI成员积极地开展了KTE活动。
结论：通过数据说明WATI网络的形状和规模，以及会员的利益和对KTE的承诺，在共享并用于制定行动步骤时，这些数据可以对合作和创建实践社区的动机产生积极影响。通过融合数据和理论来指导KTE计划可以创建更明智的跨学科和跨部门协作环境。
方法：采用单组设计，方法是在WATI组会议之前进行的对期望，知识和人际WATI相关关系的调查，然后进行为期3周的会议后Web调查，以评估对WATI的短期影响。学习和社交成果。
结果：来自不同学科和实践背景的27名WATI参与者中有23名（85％）完成了基线调查，其中21名（91％）的参与者完成了为期三周的随访。与会者对基线会议的期望不高。根据数据生成的社交网络图说明了一个集中但稀疏的网络，该网络由跨学科协作很少的跨学科团队组成。为期三周的跟踪调查结果表明，参与者建立了新的网络连接，并与原始网络之外的WATI成员积极地开展了KTE活动。
结论：通过数据说明WATI网络的形状和规模，以及会员的利益和对KTE的承诺，在共享并用于制定行动步骤时，这些数据可以对合作和创建实践社区的动机产生积极影响。通过融合数据和理论来指导KTE计划可以创建更明智的跨学科和跨部门协作环境。
