Titilayo Tatiana Agbadjé1,2,3, Matthew Menear1,2,3, Marie-Pierre Gagnon2,3,4, France Légaré5,6,7,8. 1. Canada Research Chair in Shared Decision Making and Knowledge Translation, Laval University, Quebec, QC, Canada. 2. Centre de recherche en santé durable (VITAM), Québec, QC, Canada. 3. Centre Intégré Universitaire de Santé et Services Sociaux de la Capitale-Nationale (CIUSSS-CN), Quebec, QC, Canada. 4. Faculty of Nursing, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada. 5. Canada Research Chair in Shared Decision Making and Knowledge Translation, Laval University, Quebec, QC, Canada. france.legare@mfa.ulaval.ca. 6. Centre de recherche en santé durable (VITAM), Québec, QC, Canada. france.legare@mfa.ulaval.ca. 7. Centre Intégré Universitaire de Santé et Services Sociaux de la Capitale-Nationale (CIUSSS-CN), Quebec, QC, Canada. france.legare@mfa.ulaval.ca. 8. Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada. france.legare@mfa.ulaval.ca.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Our team has developed a decision aid to help pregnant women and their partners make informed decisions about Down syndrome prenatal screening. However, the decision aid is not yet widely available in Quebec's prenatal care pathways. OBJECTIVE: We sought to identify knowledge translation strategies and develop an implementation plan to promote the use of the decision aid in prenatal care services in Quebec, Canada. METHODS: Guided by the Knowledge-to-Action Framework and the Theoretical Domains Framework, we performed a synthesis of our research (11 publications) on prenatal screening in Quebec and on the decision aid. Two authors independently reviewed the 11 articles, extracted information, and mapped it onto the Knowledge-to-Action framework. Using participatory action research methods, we then recruited pregnant women, health professionals, managers of three prenatal care services, and researchers to (a) identify the different clinical pathways followed by pregnant women and (b) select knowledge translation strategies for a clinical implementation plan. Then, based on all the information gathered, the authors established a consensus on strategies to include in the plan. RESULTS: Our knowledge synthesis showed that pregnant women and their partners are not sufficiently involved in the decision-making process about prenatal screening and that there are numerous barriers and facilitators of the use of the decision aid in clinical practice (e.g., low intention to use it among health providers). Using a participatory action approach, we met with five pregnant women, three managers, and six health professionals. They informed us about three of Quebec's prenatal care pathways and helped us identify 20 knowledge translation strategies (e.g., nurse discusses decision aid with women before they meet the doctor) to include in a clinical implementation plan. The research team reached a consensus about the clinical plan and also about broader organizational strategies, such as training healthcare providers in the use of the decision aid, monitoring its impact (e.g., measure decisional conflict) and sustaining its use (e.g., engage key stakeholders in the implementation process). CONCLUSION: Next steps are to pilot our implementation plan while further identifying global strategies that target institutional, policy, and systemic supports for implementation.
BACKGROUND: Our team has developed a decision aid to help pregnant women and their partners make informed decisions about Down syndrome prenatal screening. However, the decision aid is not yet widely available in Quebec's prenatal care pathways. OBJECTIVE: We sought to identify knowledge translation strategies and develop an implementation plan to promote the use of the decision aid in prenatal care services in Quebec, Canada. METHODS: Guided by the Knowledge-to-Action Framework and the Theoretical Domains Framework, we performed a synthesis of our research (11 publications) on prenatal screening in Quebec and on the decision aid. Two authors independently reviewed the 11 articles, extracted information, and mapped it onto the Knowledge-to-Action framework. Using participatory action research methods, we then recruited pregnant women, health professionals, managers of three prenatal care services, and researchers to (a) identify the different clinical pathways followed by pregnant women and (b) select knowledge translation strategies for a clinical implementation plan. Then, based on all the information gathered, the authors established a consensus on strategies to include in the plan. RESULTS: Our knowledge synthesis showed that pregnant women and their partners are not sufficiently involved in the decision-making process about prenatal screening and that there are numerous barriers and facilitators of the use of the decision aid in clinical practice (e.g., low intention to use it among health providers). Using a participatory action approach, we met with five pregnant women, three managers, and six health professionals. They informed us about three of Quebec's prenatal care pathways and helped us identify 20 knowledge translation strategies (e.g., nurse discusses decision aid with women before they meet the doctor) to include in a clinical implementation plan. The research team reached a consensus about the clinical plan and also about broader organizational strategies, such as training healthcare providers in the use of the decision aid, monitoring its impact (e.g., measure decisional conflict) and sustaining its use (e.g., engage key stakeholders in the implementation process). CONCLUSION: Next steps are to pilot our implementation plan while further identifying global strategies that target institutional, policy, and systemic supports for implementation.
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