Sarah Hunter

Building on Harvey and Kitson’s influential Implementing Evidence-Based Practice in Healthcare, this new book draws on up-to-date research to demonstrate how to navigate a knowledge translation approach. Recognising that the process of implementation is complex and dynamic, the first part of the book explores how understandings of knowledge translation can be applied and utilised at every stage of the research process to maximise impact and research uptake in practice. The second part of the book is made up of case studies incorporating ‘how-to’ advice and practical insights, demonstrating how the theory from part 1 can work in real life. The final section considers future leadership challenges. This is an essential guide for students, academics and clinicians with an interest in knowledge translation and implementation science in healthcare.

Building on Harvey and Kitson’s influential Implementing Evidence-Based Practice in Healthcare, this new book draws on up-to-date research to demonstrate how to navigate a knowledge translation approach. Recognising that the process of implementation is complex and dynamic, the first part of the book explores how understandings of knowledge translation can be applied and utilised at every stage of the research process to maximise impact and research uptake in practice. The second part of the book is made up of case studies incorporating ‘how-to’ advice and practical insights, demonstrating how the theory from part 1 can work in real life. The final section considers future leadership challenges. This is an essential guide for students, academics and clinicians with an interest in knowledge translation and implementation science in healthcare.

Shortlisted for the Sunday Times Rugby Book of the Year 2023 World in their Hands recounts the remarkable events that led to a group of friends from south-west London staging the inaugural Women’s Rugby World Cup in 1991. The tournament was held just 13 years after teams from University College London and King’s contested a match that catalysed the growth of the women’s game in the UK, and the organisers overcame myriad obstacles before, during and after the World Cup. Those challenges, which included ingrained misogyny, motherhood, a recession, the Gulf War and the collapse of the Soviet Union, provide a fitting framing device for a book that celebrates female achievement in the face of adversity. Although ostensibly a story about women’s rugby, this is a tale that has rare crossover appeal. It is not only the account of a group of inspirational women who took on the institutional misogyny that existed in rugby clubs across the globe to put on a first ever Women’s Rugby World Cup. It is also the compelling and relatable tale of how those women, their peers and others in the generations before them, reshaped the idea of what it means to be a woman, finding acceptance and friendship on boggy rugby pitches. At the time, with the men’s game tying itself up in knots about professionalism and apartheid, these women were a breath of fresh air. Three decades on, their achievements deserve to be highlighted to a wider audience.

A study of the implementation of innovative practices in Air Force depot maintenance contracts, this book looks at the relationship between organizational levers (means leadership can use to influence personnel to implement reform) and contract innovation.

Describes best commercial practices for purchasing services that are analogous to services the Air Force purchases to support its installations The authors examine whether and how well-respected commercial firms apply performance-based practices within their facilities and food services contracts. Communication between buyers and providers is critical; a small set of metrics is helpful for performance management; and incentives and a flexible contract can be of value.