Optimising the value of the evidence generated in implementation science: the use of ontologies to address the challenges
Abstract Implementing research findings into healthcare practice and policy is a complex process occurring in diverse contexts; it invariably depends on changing human behaviour in many parts of an intricate implementation system. Questions asked with the aim of improving implementation are multifar...
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| description | Abstract Implementing research findings into healthcare practice and policy is a complex process occurring in diverse contexts; it invariably depends on changing human behaviour in many parts of an intricate implementation system. Questions asked with the aim of improving implementation are multifarious variants of ‘What works, compared with what, how well, with what exposure, with what behaviours (for how long), for whom, in what setting and why?’. Relevant evidence is being published at a high rate, but its quantity, complexity and lack of shared terminologies present challenges. The achievement of efficient, effective and timely synthesis of evidence is facilitated by using ‘ontologies’ to systematically structure and organise the evidence about constructs and their relationships, using a controlled, well-defined vocabulary. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f45a0963f3734c6294ed88e7ade910672022-12-21T17:49:30ZengBMCImplementation Science1748-59082017-11-011211410.1186/s13012-017-0660-2Optimising the value of the evidence generated in implementation science: the use of ontologies to address the challengesSusan Michie0Marie Johnston1Centre for Behaviour Change, University College LondonAberdeen Health Psychology Group, University of AberdeenAbstract Implementing research findings into healthcare practice and policy is a complex process occurring in diverse contexts; it invariably depends on changing human behaviour in many parts of an intricate implementation system. Questions asked with the aim of improving implementation are multifarious variants of ‘What works, compared with what, how well, with what exposure, with what behaviours (for how long), for whom, in what setting and why?’. Relevant evidence is being published at a high rate, but its quantity, complexity and lack of shared terminologies present challenges. The achievement of efficient, effective and timely synthesis of evidence is facilitated by using ‘ontologies’ to systematically structure and organise the evidence about constructs and their relationships, using a controlled, well-defined vocabulary.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13012-017-0660-2 |
| spellingShingle | Susan Michie Marie Johnston Optimising the value of the evidence generated in implementation science: the use of ontologies to address the challenges Implementation Science |
| title | Optimising the value of the evidence generated in implementation science: the use of ontologies to address the challenges |
| title_full | Optimising the value of the evidence generated in implementation science: the use of ontologies to address the challenges |
| title_fullStr | Optimising the value of the evidence generated in implementation science: the use of ontologies to address the challenges |
| title_full_unstemmed | Optimising the value of the evidence generated in implementation science: the use of ontologies to address the challenges |
| title_short | Optimising the value of the evidence generated in implementation science: the use of ontologies to address the challenges |
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