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Effective Dissemination and Implementation of Canadian Task Force Guidelines on Preventive Health Care: Literature Review and Model Development![]() PDF Version (323 KB) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Background: The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care (CTFPHC) is a publicly funded, independent scientific panel that develops evidence-based clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) on preventive health care. A recent criticism leveled at CPGs in general is that many are not implemented in clinical practice, and thus do not reach their goal of improving quality of health care to patients. The reasons for this apparent failure are many and diverse, and strategies have been developed and tested to address the gap between the production of CPGs and their application in practice. The current report reviews the effectiveness of strategies to facilitate dissemination, uptake and implementation of CPGs, as well as the theoretical approaches that have been applied to the implementation issue. Purpose of the Report: The Task Force sees as an important goal the promotion of its guidelines to primary care physicians at the local level to encourage and facilitate uptake and implementation of recommended clinical actions for the ultimate benefit of patients. Briefly:
Although focused on prevention, the development of such a model would have benefit to the dissemination of other national guidelines. Methods: A comprehensive literature search was conducted, and relevant studies reviewed and synthesized. The focus was on studies of adequate methodological design that evaluated the effectiveness of various approaches to overcoming barriers to the dissemination, uptake and implementation of practice guidelines. In addition, theoretical approaches to the problem were reviewed, as were models that had attempted to examine the issues in related contexts. A potential dissemination-implementation model for the Canadian Task Force was developed. Main Findings & Conclusions: Participative, or socially influenced
approaches to disseminating new information to physicians have proven
to be the most effective, but ultimate behaviour change will depend not
only on physicians' personal characteristics and motivations, but also
on attributes of the practice context. The primary care setting is somewhat
unique, and principles developed within a hospital or other large organizational
context may not apply as well as those needed specifically for this type
of care setting. The interaction of system-level and personal factors,
combined with the unique characteristics of the strategy chosen, make
for a very complex decision-making process. When considering the development
of a generic model to facilitate implementation of CPGs, ensuring adequate
flexibility and adaptiveness within each model phase or component must
accommodate this complexity. Any model designed to facilitate diffusion,
Next Steps: These fall into two categories: 1) ongoing research, development and refinement of the model, and 2) dissemination of report results.
2) Dissemination Plan: The current report, and/or background information therein, will be disseminated as follows: 1. the literature review will be refined and developed into an academic
manuscript suitable for publication in a peer-reviewed journal;
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