Table 3 Summarizing barriers, facilitators, and intersectionality considerations for your knowledge translation (KT) project [26]

What barriers to behaviour change did you identity?

These can be identified through

knowledge syntheses, conversations

with stakeholders, interviews/focus

groups, surveys, and observations.

Belief that mobilizing patients will lead to more falls.

Who is changing their behaviour?^a

Unit 2A nurses

What does an intersectional approach tell us about these barriers?

Think through how you can identify

barriers and their related context.

The education system (e.g.,

undergraduate nursing education)

and organizational context (e.g., falls prevention policies at the hospital) support the belief that mobilizing patients will lead to patients falling.

Middle-aged female nurses, who have historically held roles as caregivers to aging relatives, share stories of how mobilizing family members has led to falls.

What facilitators to knowledge use

did you identify?

Nurses’ desire to improve patient

outcomes. Nurses’ desire to be

in compliance with hospital’s falls

prevention policies.

What does an intersectional

approach tell us about these

facilitators?

Nurses’ motivation to provide quality care is driven by the intersection of their professional role, individual values, and

societal norms. Nurses’ role as paid employees of the organization impacts their desire to comply with existing organizational

mandates (e.g., falls prevention initiatives).