Getting evidence into practice – Managing hares and tortoises

One of the challenges of being a health care provider in any country is working out what research to respond to and translate into everyday practice and how quickly. Translating evidence into practice generally seems to take a long time – it has been suggested it generally takes about 17 years before evidence is mainstreamed into clinical practice.1 In maternity care, that probably rings true although I find it fascinating that some evidence is accepted quickly while others seem to take forever.
Source: Women and Birth - Category: Midwifery Authors: Source Type: research