Evaluating the Knowledge Utilization of a Toolkit to Enhance the Capacity of Rural Communities to Deliver Palliative Care

Abstract

Toolkits have become a popular strategy for knowledge utilization, but are they effective in translating intellectual knowledge into practical knowledge? What does "use" mean? Furthermore, how can the utilization of toolkits-as-knowledge, be meaningfully evaluated? This paper is an examination of these issues within the context of toolkits intended to enhance the capacity of rural communities to deliver palliative care. Keywords: palliative care; rural; knowledge utilization; knowledge utilization evaluation