PUBH2008 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Alcoholic Drink, Knowledge Translation, Everett Rogers
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Many are behavioral/modifiable (behavioral risk factors or health behaviours) 68% (38/56 mil) deathas are due to ncd. Tend to be risk factor specific (e. g. f/v; smoking, alcohol) Studies modifiable risk factors (i. e. , health behaviours), their relationship disease and injury, and what can be done about them in populations. Focus of research in the sph cancer prevention research centre. Physical activity (too much sitting) & diet (weight loss) Prevalence, trends and relationship of behaviours to health. Interventions/control strategies fall along a continuum: hi-risk individuals to populations. Numerous terms have emerged describing knowledge translation, utilization, exchange, dissemination implementation science, and utilization. These terms are being used interchangeably in the literature. In the united kingdom and europe, the terms implementation science and research utilization are being used. n the united states, the terms dissemination, diffusion, knowledge, distribution transfer, and uptake are being used. In canada, knowledge translation and exchanges are more commonly used. Knowledge translation is defined by the canadian institute of health.
