Brenda R Hemmelgarn, Braden J Manns, Sharon Straus, Christopher Naugler, Jayna Holroyd-Leduc, Ted C Braun, Adeera Levin, Scott Klarenbach, Patrick F Lee, Kevin Hafez, Daniel Schwartz, Kailash Jindal, Kathy Ervin, Aminu Bello, Tanvir Chowdhury Turin, Kerry McBrien, Meghan Elliott, Marcello Tonelli
For health scientists, knowledge translation refers to the process of facilitating uptake of knowledge into clinical practice or decision making. Since high-quality clinical research that is not applied cannot improve outcomes, knowledge translation is critical for realizing the value and potential for all types of health research. Knowledge translation is particularly relevant for areas within health care where gaps in care are known to exist, which is the case for some areas of management for people with chronic kidney disease (CKD), including assessment of proteinuria...
November 2012: Journal of Nephrology