Kerman University of Medical Sciences International Journal of Health Policy and Management 2322-5939 12 Issue 1 2023 12 01 Routinizing the Use of Evidence in Policy – What is Needed?; Comment on “Sustaining Knowledge Translation Practices: A Critical Interpretive Synthesis” 1 4 4413 10.34172/ijhpm.2023.7604 EN Tanja Kuchenmüller Research for Health, Science Division, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland 0000-0002-9021-981X Laura Dos Santos Boeira Instituto Veredas, São Paulo, Brazil 0000-0001-8450-0907 Journal Article 2022 08 09 <span class="fontstyle0">In their study of sustaining knowledge translation (KT) practices, Borst et al found that this process is an interplay of: (</span><em><span class="fontstyle2">i</span></em><span class="fontstyle0">) constructing and extending networks, (</span><em><span class="fontstyle2">ii</span></em><span class="fontstyle0">) creating contexts that support KT practices, and (</span><em><span class="fontstyle2">iii</span></em><span class="fontstyle0">) understanding how actors create, maintain, and disrupt institutions. Their article is an important contribution to the body of research promoting KT. In this commentary we reflect on the convergences and differences between the concepts of ‘sustaining’ and ‘institutionalizing’ KT, highlighting domains and processes related to the institutionalization, providing an analysis of KT landscape in Brazil and making a case for the need to increase countries’ routine use of evidence.</span> https://www.ijhpm.com/article_4413_aa36c88c27650af3b9868b723ae15dfc.pdf