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Shwed A, Giroux EE, Hoekstra F, McKay RC, Schaefer L, West CR, McPhail LT, Sibley KM, McBride CB, Munro B, Kaiser A, Gainforth HL. Supporting meaningful research partnerships: an interview study applying behavior change theory to develop relevant recommendations for researchers. Transl Behav Med 2023; 13:833-844. [PMID: 37481469 DOI: 10.1093/tbm/ibad040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/24/2023] Open
Abstract
Research partnerships, while promising for ensuring translation of relevant and useable findings, are challenging and need support. This study aimed to apply behavior change theory to understand and support researchers' adoption of a research partnership approach and the Integrated Knowledge Translation (IKT) Guiding Principles for conducting and disseminating spinal cord injury (SCI) research in partnership. Using an IKT approach, SCI researchers across Canada and the USA completed a survey (n = 22) and were interviewed (n = 13) to discuss barriers and facilitators to deciding to partner and follow the IKT Guiding Principles. The Behaviour Change Wheel, Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF), and Mode of Delivery Ontology were used to develop the survey, interview questions, and guided analyses of interview data. COM-B and TDF factors were examined using descriptive statistics and abductive analyses of barriers and facilitators of decisions to partner and/or use the IKT Guiding Principles. TDF domains from the interview transcripts were then used to identify intervention, content, and implementation options. 142 factors (79 barriers, 63 facilitators) related to deciding to partner, and 292 factors (187 barriers, 105 facilitators) related to deciding to follow the IKT Guiding Principles were identified. Barriers to partnering or use the IKT Guiding Principles were primarily related to capability and opportunity and relevant intervention options were recommended. Interventions must support researchers in understanding how to partner and use the IKT Guiding Principles while navigating a research system, which is not always supportive of the necessary time and costs required for meaningful research partnerships.
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Affiliation(s)
- Alanna Shwed
- Faculty of Health and Social Development, School of Health and Exercise Science, University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, Canada
- International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
| | - Emily E Giroux
- Faculty of Health and Social Development, School of Health and Exercise Science, University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, Canada
- International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
| | - Femke Hoekstra
- Faculty of Health and Social Development, School of Health and Exercise Science, University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, Canada
- International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
| | - Rhyann C McKay
- Public Health, College of Health Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
| | - Lee Schaefer
- College of Kinesiology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, British Columbia, Canada
| | - Christopher R West
- International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, British Columbia, Canada
| | - Lowell T McPhail
- International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
| | - Kathryn M Sibley
- Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
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- North American Spinal Cord Injury Consortium, Niagara Falls, NY, USA
| | - Anita Kaiser
- Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
| | - Heather L Gainforth
- Faculty of Health and Social Development, School of Health and Exercise Science, University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, Canada
- International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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