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Evidence to impact: A community knowledge mobilisation evaluation framework [PDF]

open access: yesGateways, 2017
Many strategies guide knowledge-sharing to enhance uptake of evidence-based programs in practice, though few have been designed specifically for community settings.
S. Kathleen Worton   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Force measurement during spinal mobilisation [PDF]

open access: yes, 1996
PhDSpinal mobilisation or manipulation techniques are frequently used by physiotherapists in the treatment of musculoskeletal disorders. Despite the reliance on these techniques in clinical practice, there is little scientific evidence to substantiate ...
Harms, Michele C.
core   +4 more sources

Knowledge Mobilization, Collaboration, and Social Innovation: Leveraging Investments in Higher Education

open access: yesCanadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research, 2013
This article is a qualitative literature synthesis in the areas of community-campus collaborations, knowledge mobilization and social innovation. The article aims to be useful to people who work in academic settings, community organizations, public ...
Naomi Nichols   +3 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Assessing the effects of interventions for Aedes aegypti control: systematic review and meta-analysis of cluster randomised controlled trials

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2017
Background The Aedes aegypti mosquito is the vector for dengue fever, yellow fever, chikungunya, and zika viruses. Inadequate vector control has contributed to persistence and increase of these diseases. This review assesses the evidence of effectiveness
Víctor Alvarado-Castro   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Developing a social mobilisation intervention for salt reduction: participatory action research in Bombali district, Sierra Leone

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2023
Background High salt intake is a major risk factor for hypertension, which in turn contributes to cardiovascular diseases, the major cause of death from non communicable diseases (NCDs).
Kiran Cheedella   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Expanding the role of community mobilization to accelerate progress towards ending vertical transmission of HIV in Uganda : the Networks model [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Introduction: Efforts to prevent vertical transmission of HIV have gained momentum globally since the launch of the ‘‘Global plan towards the elimination of new HIV infections among children by 2015 and keeping their mothers alive’’, reflecting the ...
Iorpenda, Kate   +2 more
core   +5 more sources

It’s the Basement Stories, not the Belt: Lessons from a community-university knowledge mobilisation collaboration

open access: yesGateways, 2011
Since 2006, United Way of York Region and York University have been collaborating to support community-university knowledge mobilisation and research collaborations that serve the human service needs of citizens in York Region.
David Phipps, Daniele Zanotti
doaj   +1 more source

Families navigating community resources: understanding and supporting Nunavimmiut families

open access: yesInternational Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2021
In a project aiming to develop community-led resources for families in northern Quebec, Canada, members (Inuit and non-Inuit) of the project decided to meet with Inuit parents to hear their experiences and needs, and to better understand how family ...
Sarah L. Fraser   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Effect of Manipulation and Mobilisation on Pressure Pain Thresholds in the Thoracic Spine [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
High velocity low amplitude (HVLA) thrust manipulation and mobilisation are commonly used by manual therapists to relieve spinal pain and improve mobility. The aim of this controlled, single blinded study was to investigate the effect of manipulation and
Fryer, Gary, Carub, Joanne, McIver, S
core   +1 more source

Intercultural learning and community mobilisation within eMzantsi [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Includes bibliographical references.This dissertation is a study of intercultural learning and community mobilisation within eMzantsi, an organisation that seeks to bring together previously segregated communities in the Southern Peninsula, Cape Town ...
Gwatirisa, Ruvimbo Valerie
core   +1 more source

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