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Carole A Estabrooks

Professor & Canada Research Chair (Tier 1), University of Alberta
Verified email at ualberta.ca
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Individual determinants of research utilization: a systematic review

CA Estabrooks, JA Floyd… - Journal of advanced …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Context. In order to design interventions that increase research use in nursing, it is
necessary to have an understanding of what influences research use. Objective. To report …

[HTML][HTML] The BARRIERS scale--the barriers to research utilization scale: A systematic review

KN Kajermo, AM Boström, DS Thompson… - Implementation …, 2010 - Springer
Background A commonly recommended strategy for increasing research use in clinical
practice is to identify barriers to change and then tailor interventions to overcome the …

Clarifying the concepts in knowledge transfer: a literature review

GN Thompson, CA Estabrooks… - Journal of advanced …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Aim. The aim of this paper is to examine the concepts of opinion leaders, facilitators,
champions, linking agents and change agents as described in health, education and …

The impact of hospital nursing characteristics on 30-day mortality

CA Estabrooks, WK Midodzi… - JONA: The Journal of …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
► Background: Evidence indicates that hospital nursing characteristics such as staffing
contribute to patient outcomes. Less attention has been given to other hospital nursing …

A guide to knowledge translation theory

CA Estabrooks, DS Thompson, JJE Lovely… - Journal of Continuing …, 2006 - journals.lww.com
Despite calls over several decades for theory development, there remains no overarching
knowledge-translation theory. However, a range of models and theoretical perspectives …

Workplace violence in Alberta and British Columbia hospitals

KL Hesketh, SM Duncan, CA Estabrooks, MA Reimer… - Health policy, 2003 - Elsevier
Workplace violence is a significant and widespread public health concern among health
care workers, including nurses. With growing awareness of how practice environments …

Will evidence-based nursing practice make practice perfect?

CA Estabrooks - Canadian Journal of Nursing Research …, 1999 - cjnr.archive.mcgill.ca
Evidence-based practice, or evidence-based decision-making, is rapidly developing as a
growth industry in nursing and the health professions more widely. It has its origins in the …

The conceptual structure of research utilization

CA Estabrooks - Research in nursing & health, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the fact that the nursing literature is replete with calls to make the practice of nursing
research based, little is known about the structure and function of research utilization. The …

[HTML][HTML] Individual determinants of research utilization by nurses: a systematic review update

JE Squires, CA Estabrooks, P Gustavsson… - Implementation …, 2011 - Springer
Background Interventions that have a better than random chance of increasing nurses' use
of research are important to the delivery of quality patient care. However, few reports exist of …

Influence of organizational characteristics and context on research utilization

GG Cummings, CA Estabrooks, WK Midodzi… - Nursing …, 2007 - journals.lww.com
Background: Despite three decades of empirical investigation into research utilization and a
renewed emphasis on evidence-based medicine and evidence-based practice in the past …