BACKGROUND Diffusion of innovations theory has been widely used to explain knowledge mobilization of research findings. This theory posits that individuals who are more interpersonally connected within an organization may be more likely to adopt an innovation (e.g., research evidence) than individuals who are less interconnected. Research examining this tenet of diffusion of innovations theory ...

background: despite recent advances in mobilization techniques, a considerable portion of patients fail to mobilize sufficient number of cells for successful autologous stem cell transplantation. there are several studies available that have demonstrated enhanced mobilization of endothelial progenitor cells with atorvastatin. therefore, this prospective trial was conducted to evaluate the mobil...

hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (hspcs) which give rise to different blood cell types are present within the bone marrow microenvironment, especially in flat bones such as skull, vertebrae, pelvis and chest. interacting factors such as stromal derived factor-1/cxcr4, very late antigen-4/vascular cell adhesion molecule-1, lymphocyte function-associated antigen-1/ intercellular adhesion molec...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To determine if early mobilization (EM) of hospitalized adults with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) reduces hospital length of stay. DESIGN Group randomized trial. SETTING Three Midwestern hospitals. PARTICIPANTS Four hundred fifty-eight patients with CAP admitted to 17 general medical units between November 1997 and April 1998. INTERVENTION EM was defined as sitting ...

This paper critically examines the reasons for and processes of sharing SoTL findings with students. Framed by our commitment to SoTL’s role make teaching “community property,” we interpret students as an act knowledge mobilization, where might be disseminated, translated, or co-created student a legitimate broker. We connect these mobilization four primary why faculty want share Finally, provi...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the impact of health insurance on resource mobilization, financial protection, service utilization, quality of care, social inclusion and community empowerment in low- and lower-middle-income countries in Africa and Asia. METHODS A systematic search for randomized controlled trials, quasi-experimental and observational studies published before the end of 2011 was conduct...

The goal of this study was to describe how activists engaged in campaigns to change alcohol policies in inner city areas framed alcohol problems, and whether or not their frameworks reflected major models used in the field, such as the alcoholism as a disease model, an alcohol problems perspective, or a public health approach to alcohol problems. The findings showed that activists' models share...