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Table 1 Knowledge translation models

From: Study protocol for the translating research in elder care (TREC): building context – an organizational monitoring program in long-term care project (project one)

Research Utilization Models

Ottawa Model of Research use [110]

Conduct and Utilization of Research in Nursing (CURN) [111]

Nursing Child Assessment Satellite Training (NCAST) [112]

Stetler Model [113]

Iowa Model of Research in Nursing Practice [114]

Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health Services (PARiHS) [8]

Weiss' (Social Sciences) Research Utilization Models

Knowledge-Driven Model [115]

Problem-Solving Model [115]

Interactive Model [115]

Political Model [115]

Tactical Model [115]

Enlightenment Model [115]

Organizational Innovation Models

Model of Territorial Rights and Boundaries [116]

Dual Core Model of Innovation [117]

Ambidextrous Model [55]

Bandwagon Models [118]

Desperation-Reaction Model of Medical Diffusion [119]

Organizational Models and Theories

(Less focused on knowledge translation but relevant to knowledge translation)

Episodic or Punctuated Equilibrium Model of Change [120]

Situated Change Theory [121]

Agency Theory [122]

Institutional Theory [123]