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Table 3 Foundation for K2A indicators (adapted from Mansfield & Grunewald, 2013 [36])

From: Developing a framework to evaluate knowledge into action interventions

Type of activity

Indicator

Outcome levela

Online community of practice

  
 

# of members and types against target

3

 

# of contributions (differentiated by content type, such as discussion, file, blog etc)

3

 

# of views of different content types

3

 

Distribution of member participation (contributors, views etc)

3

 

Would target audience miss if discontinued?

3/4

 

# of conversations you have had as result of the community

5

 

Have you talked to someone you did not talk to before?

5

 

Have you worked with anyone outside the portal that you met here?

5

 

Can you give an example of what the CoP enabled you to do?

Potential for 3–6

Knowledge services

  
 

# of requests for information by target audiences

3

 

% of repeat requests from particular stakeholders/service users

4

 

Would you recommend the service to others?

4

 

% feedback from users

3/4

 

Knowledge provided is of good quality and meets my requirements

5

Knowledge products

  
 

# knowledge product created

2

 

% users who rate knowledge products as excellent/useful

3

 

# citations of knowledge products

5

 

# people having read/used knowledge product

3

 

# recommendation of knowledge product

4

 

Usefulness of knowledge product (likert item 1–5) as perceived by target audience

5

 

Use in practice as reported by target audience

6

Knowledge sharing/brokering

  
 

I feel encouraged to share knowledge with my colleagues

5

 

I have shared knowledge with a colleague at least once a week

5

 

I know precisely who in my organisation has the specific capacity to help me identify relevant knowledge for my work

5

 

I am able to find the knowledge I need quickly and easily

5

 

We have structures for team and project work that encourage people to bring forward experiences and insights from other settings

5

 

We encourage multiple perspectives and different points of view to emerge

5

Knowledge activities/success cases

  
 

#% staff who are able to provide an example of how knowledge activities have contributed to a change in practice

6

 

#% staff who are able to provide an example of how knowledge activities contribute to local or national level indicators

7

 

#% staff who give an example of where learning has improved a policy or programme

6

 

Feedback on what would have happened without the knowledge activity

Potential 3–7

  1. a7: End Outcomes, 6: Policy or practice change, 5: Capacity, Knowledge, skill, 4: Awareness, Reaction, 3: Engagement, Participation, 2: Activities and Outputs, 1: Inputs