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Background: the Cochrane Nutrition Field aims to support and enable evidence-informed decision-making for nutrition policy and practice by advancing the preparation and use of high quality, relevant nutrition reviews. Our knowledge translation (KT) activities strive to support getting the right reviews done and communicating their findings in the right formats to the right audiences.
Objective: to showcase a variety of Cochrane Nutrition’s KT products and activities that implement the ‘packaging, push and support to implementation’ and ‘facilitating pull’ themes of Cochrane’s KT framework. These themes are aligned with Cochrane’s Strategy to 2020 goal: making evidence accessible.
‘Packaging and push’: activities to disseminate Cochrane evidence
Traditional media: we produce and publish summaries of nutrition reviews in journals, also including contextual information to enhance relevance for the journal audience.
Multimedia: dissemination of nutrition review evidence using infographics, blogshots, newsletters and alerts to our contributor network, special collections in the Cochrane Library (CL), news items on Cochrane.org on current topics and on our website. Relevant reviews are identified by engaging with Cochrane Networks, review groups and authors, and by regularly screening the CL. We will present updated Google Analytics metrics.
Social media: we actively use Twitter and Instagram as dissemination channels for our products and activities. We will present updated metrics.
‘Facilitating pull’: activities to improve uptake of Cochrane evidence
Materials for evidence users: we have developed a Cochrane Nutrition reviews database using the Cochrane topics list and a nutrition taxonomy created for this purpose. The database informs the 'Evidence' web page and is updated by screening the CL monthly. Reviews and protocols are 'tagged' and organized into taxonomy categories to make it easier for users to find specific reviews. The database contains 776 nutrition reviews and protocols (February 2019).
Projects: our project assessing 'payback' on investing in nutrition evidence synthesis charted the use of nutrition reviews in guidelines and guidance (publication in progress).
Training for evidence users: we deliver workshops on evidence-informed decision-making and guideline development at nutrition conferences.
Guideline development: we serve on guideline development groups.
Conclusions: these fit-for-purpose products and activities demonstrate the diverse ways in which these KT themes can be implemented. They aim to assist decision-makers by providing synthesized, reliable, accessible nutrition evidence that they can use for making difficult choices without having to read many lengthy and complex studies. They show promising impact, and we will continue to support the implementation of Cochrane’s KT strategy.
Patient or healthcare consumer involvement: no direct involvement; indirect involvement as a target audience.
Objective: to showcase a variety of Cochrane Nutrition’s KT products and activities that implement the ‘packaging, push and support to implementation’ and ‘facilitating pull’ themes of Cochrane’s KT framework. These themes are aligned with Cochrane’s Strategy to 2020 goal: making evidence accessible.
‘Packaging and push’: activities to disseminate Cochrane evidence
Traditional media: we produce and publish summaries of nutrition reviews in journals, also including contextual information to enhance relevance for the journal audience.
Multimedia: dissemination of nutrition review evidence using infographics, blogshots, newsletters and alerts to our contributor network, special collections in the Cochrane Library (CL), news items on Cochrane.org on current topics and on our website. Relevant reviews are identified by engaging with Cochrane Networks, review groups and authors, and by regularly screening the CL. We will present updated Google Analytics metrics.
Social media: we actively use Twitter and Instagram as dissemination channels for our products and activities. We will present updated metrics.
‘Facilitating pull’: activities to improve uptake of Cochrane evidence
Materials for evidence users: we have developed a Cochrane Nutrition reviews database using the Cochrane topics list and a nutrition taxonomy created for this purpose. The database informs the 'Evidence' web page and is updated by screening the CL monthly. Reviews and protocols are 'tagged' and organized into taxonomy categories to make it easier for users to find specific reviews. The database contains 776 nutrition reviews and protocols (February 2019).
Projects: our project assessing 'payback' on investing in nutrition evidence synthesis charted the use of nutrition reviews in guidelines and guidance (publication in progress).
Training for evidence users: we deliver workshops on evidence-informed decision-making and guideline development at nutrition conferences.
Guideline development: we serve on guideline development groups.
Conclusions: these fit-for-purpose products and activities demonstrate the diverse ways in which these KT themes can be implemented. They aim to assist decision-makers by providing synthesized, reliable, accessible nutrition evidence that they can use for making difficult choices without having to read many lengthy and complex studies. They show promising impact, and we will continue to support the implementation of Cochrane’s KT strategy.
Patient or healthcare consumer involvement: no direct involvement; indirect involvement as a target audience.
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