Funding outcome

Scientists find new ways to improve children's physical and occupational therapy each year. It takes an estimated 17 years for therapists to use this research in hospitals and clinics. Until therapists use it, new research cannot improve children's health. One way to decrease this time is to plan for hurdles. Scientists call these barriers and things that help facilitators. We aim to discover which barriers and facilitators are most common and matter the most. Then, we will summarize them. This should guide the introduction of new therapies for children. Hopefully, this means research will get used faster. We think this may also help it stay in use. We found studies on children's rehabilitation that look at using research in practice. These studies discuss barriers and facilitators. We will categorize them using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research. This will help us better understand and convey barriers. One of our goals is to share this knowledge. To do that, we will publish and present our results. We are talking with staff at Alberta Health Services about what else we can do. Implementation science is a new field in pediatric rehabilitation. We believe this work will make an important contribution to research and practice.