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Closing the gap and widening the scope
journal contribution
posted on 2023-05-16, 14:30 authored by Edmund Albert, Mickan, SBACKGROUND: Research capacity building initiatives abound within primary health care to increase the research base of the many component health professionals and organisations. Most initiatives aim to close the gaps between research, policy and practice. Many of these approaches have been unable to build the necessary skills among primary health care researchers to fully integrate research evidence into clinical practice, and ultimately to inform policy in this complex arena. OBJECTIVE: To propose a paradigm shift in the content of capacity building as a step toward closing the gaps between research, policy and practice. DISCUSSION: The complexity of the primary health care environment and the concept of development as a means to understanding and operating within primary health care research, policy and practice environments is discussed. A small pilot study was used to identify the underlying skills required in research, evaluation and development. In order to facilitate the paradigm shift an organisational development model was utilised that demonstrated congruency with this skill set. Further research is required to validate and apply this model in a primary health care research capacity building context.
History
Publication title
Australian Family PhysicianVolume
32Issue
12Pagination
1038-1043ISSN
0300-8495Department/School
School of Health SciencesPublisher
The Royal Australian College of General PractitionersPlace of publication
MelbourneRepository Status
- Restricted