International Journal of Health Policy and Management

International Journal of Health Policy and Management

The Knowledge Translation Complexity Network (KTCN) Model: The Whole Is Greater Than the Sum of the Parts - A Response to Recent Commentaries

Document Type : Correspondence

Authors
Alison Kitson 1, 2
Rebekah O’Shea 3
Alan Brook 4, 5
Gill Harvey 6, 7
Zoe Jordan 8
Rhianon Marshall 9
David Wilson 10
1 College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, Bedford Park, SA, Australia
2 Green Templeton College, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
3 University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
4 Adelaide Dental School, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
5 Institute of Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
6 Adelaide Nursing School, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
7 Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
8 The Joanna Briggs Institute, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
9 Independent Clinical Psychologist
10 Adelaide Medical School, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
10.15171/ijhpm.2018.49
Keywords
Knowledge Translation (KT)
Implementation Science
Complex Adaptive Systems (CASs)
Complexity
Networks
Integrated Knowledge Translation
Subjects

“The mind once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

We would like to thank the authors who provided commentaries to our article. It is reassuring that our endeavours to explain a complex set of ideas and relationships are being carefully evaluated... (Read more...)

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International Journal of Health Policy and Management
Volume 7, Issue 8
2018
Pages 768-770

  • Received Date 16 May 2018
  • Revised Date 11 June 2018
  • First Published Date 01 August 2018
  • Published Date 01 August 2018