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Visiting Scholar Dr Sarah Hunter Presents on Transforming Evidence into Impact
The Health Implementation Research Hub, in collaboration with the Scope project and the UCC School of Public Health, recently co-hosted a visiting scholar seminar on 21 May 2026 featuring Dr Sarah Hunter from Flinders 深夜亚洲福利久久, Adelaide, South Australia.
Dr Hunter is an internationally recognised researcher in implementation science and knowledge translation and co-editor of the book Navigating Knowledge Translation in Health and Care. She presented "Transforming Evidence into Impact through Knowledge Translation and Co-Designing Models of Care: Advancing Child and Family Health" to an audience of 26 attendees, including 18 participants attending in person and 8 joining online.
Dr Hunter's research focuses on implementation science and knowledge translation, with a particular interest in integrating evidence-based practices into routine child health services. During her presentation, she shared insights from a large-scale programme that successfully scaled and embedded caregiver support services across a regional health system.
The seminar highlighted the importance of understanding local needs before introducing new interventions. The programme began with exploratory work commissioned by government to identify strengths, gaps, and opportunities within existing parent and maternal health services. Using a bottom-up approach, the research team conducted a comprehensive needs assessment involving both parents and service providers to identify priorities and determine what could be integrated into existing services and workflows.
This knowledge creation phase was followed by a synthesis of the evidence base, comparing current practices with research evidence to identify areas for improvement. The team then developed and tested changes through two pilot trials, with a focus on introducing more anticipatory models of care for families.
The seminar provided valuable insights into how knowledge translation, co-design, and implementation science can be applied to support sustainable improvements in child and family health services.
The Health Implementation Research Hub would like to thank Dr Sarah Hunter for sharing her expertise and experiences, the SCOPE project and School of Public Health for their collaboration in hosting the seminar, and Dr Dimity Dutch for her role in organising and coordinating this successful event.
