A Call to Activism

A Call for a Backward Design to Knowledge Translation

Despite several calls to support evidence-informed policy-making, variations in uptake of evidence into policy persist. This editorial brings together and builds on previous Knowledge Translation (KT) frameworks and theories to present a simple, yet, holistic approach for promoting evidence-informed policies. The proposed conceptual framework is characterized by its impact-oriented approach and...

Gun Violence - A Call For Physician Activism: Lessons From The Struggle to Ban Weapons of Mass Destruction

O February 9,1993, a lone gunman carrying an arsenal of concealed weapons severely wounded three physicians in the walk-in emergency area of the County-University of Southern California (USC) Medical Center. The sudden, inexplicable ferocity of such a crime would have shocked the U.S. public sensibility 30 years ago. Now it is merely a footnote in the swelling tide of communal violence that inc...

a call for a backward design to knowledge translation

despite several calls to support evidence-informed policy-making, variations in uptake of evidence into policy persist. this editorial brings together and builds on previous knowledge translation (kt) frameworks and theories to present a simple, yet, holistic approach for promoting evidence-informed policies. the proposed conceptual framework is characterized by its impact-oriented approach and...

welcome to beautiful mind; a call to action

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Shareholder Activism: A Multidisciplinary Review