Health Promotion Practice January 2015 Vol. 16, No. (1) 55–62 DOI: 10.1177/1524839914528210 © 2014 Society for Public Health Education 55 Community Engagement Community-based organizations (CBOs) and support personnel that serve marginalized members of society have the potential to be important partners in knowl- edge mobilization (KM). A CBO in partnership with researchers developed an event-based KM initiative to disseminate evidence-based physical activity guide- lines for people with spinal cord injury. Purpose. The purpose of this case study is to demonstrate a) how a CBO can implement a KM initiative and b) the effec- tiveness of the initiative for disseminating the guide- lines to support personnel. Method. The KM initiative consisted of 12 events about the new guidelines held within the CBO’s regional areas. Evaluation of the events was guided by the RE-AIM (reach, efficacy or effectiveness, adoption, implementation, and mainte- nance) framework. Results. Adoption of the events was high, with 88% of regions hosting an event. Overall fidelity to the event protocol was high among research- ers (100.00% ± .00), peers (65% ± 33.74), and staff (70.00% ± 34.96). The events reached 140 support personnel who attended the events. Significant increases in support personnel’s self-efficacy and intentions to promote physical activity to people with spinal cord injury were seen at Time 2 but not main- tained at Time 3. Conclusions. Event-based KM initia- tives may be an effective strategy for CBOs to disseminate information to support personnel and ensure that KM initiatives are supported by staff and delivered as intended. Keywords: community intervention; health promo- tion; physical activity/exercise; physi- cal disabilities; program planning and evaluation 528210HPP XX X 10.1177/1524839914528210Health Promotion PracticeGainforth et al. / Knowledge Mobilization in A CBO research-article 2014 1 School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada 2 Spinal Cord Injury Ontario, Toronto, Canada 3 Department of Kinesiology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada Authors’ Note: The authors would like to acknowledge the SCI Ontario staff, volunteers and clients for participating and planning the event-based knowledge mobilization initiatives. We would like to acknowledge Dr. Kelly Arbour-Nicitopoulos for her contributions to planning and implementing the initiatives. Finally, the authors would like to thank Jennifer Tomasone, Erin Berenbaum, Jessica Stapleton, Brandon Amond, and Jocelyn Jarvis for their contributions to data collection and compilation. Research supported by a Community–University Research Alliance grant from Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. Research team members supported by a Mentor– Trainee Award from the Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation (KAMG and AEL), the Canada Research Chair (CIHR) program (AEL), and a CIHR Canada graduate scholarship (HLG). Address correspondence to Amy E. Latimer-Cheung, Queen’s University, 99 University Avenue, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6; e-mail: amy.latimer@queensu.ca. Examining the Feasibility and Effectiveness of a Community-Based Organization Implementing an Event-Based Knowledge Mobilization Initiative to Promote Physical Activity Guidelines for People With Spinal Cord Injury Among Support Personnel Heather L. Gainforth, PhD 1 Amy E. Latimer-Cheung, PhD 1 Peter Athanasopoulos 2 Kathleen A. Martin Ginis, PhD 3 by guest on September 3, 2016 hpp.sagepub.com Downloaded from