JoAnn E. Kirchner
1*, Sara J. Landes
2, Aaron E. Eagan
31 QUERI for Team-Based Behavioral Healthcare, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, Little Rock, AR, USA.
2 VISN 16 South Central Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC), Central Arkansas VA Health Care System, Little Rock, AR, USA.
3 Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention, Department of Veterans Affairs, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Abstract
The re-conceptualization of knowledge translation (KT) in Kitson and colleagues’ manuscript “Using
Complexity and Network Concepts to Inform Healthcare Knowledge Translation” is an advancement in how
one can incorporate implementation into the KT process. Kitson notes that “the challenge is to explain how
it might help in the healthcare policy, practice, and research communities.” We propose that these concepts
are well presented when considering highly-partnered research that includes all sectors. In this manuscript we
provide an example of highly-partnered KT effort framed within the KT Complexity Network Theory. This
effort is described by identifying the activities and sectors involved