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Gaps in the Dissemination/Knowledge Utilization Base

Health Care Financing Administration

Z. Erik Farag

Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, U.S. Public Health Service

This article describes and discusses three major kinds of gaps that hinder knowledge dissemination and utilization. The gaps concern the structure of the field, the processes by which the dissemination literature is aggregated, and the lack of information aboutwho uses the knowledge that has been disseminated and its impact on behavior and society. Further delineation is given through discussions of subcomponents, such as problems created by the information explosion and the methods and policies governing organization of the literature. Recommendations and areas for future research are given.

Science Communication, Vol. 12, No. 3, 266-288 (1991)
DOI: 10.1177/107554709101200305


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