Designing for Dissemination Among Public Health Researchers: Findings From a National Survey in the United States

Brownson, Ross C.; Jacobs, J. A.; Tabak, Rachel G.; Hoehner, Christine M.; Stamatakis, Katherine A.

doi:10.2105/ajph.2012.301165

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“…As a result, the original reason for choosing evidence-based interventions-to assure that they will have an impact when implemented-is often thwarted because these interventions are designed to achieve evidence of impact alone rather than to promote implementation at the practice level. Very few programs are "designed for dissemination" (9,45) such that they are scalable from the beginning, which is essential for true public health impact. To address this problem, researchers and practitioners are forming partnerships to generate practice-based evidence.…”

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confidence: 99%

Practice-Based Evidence in Public Health: Improving Reach, Relevance, and Results

Ammerman¹,

Smith²,

Calancie³

2014

Annu. Rev. Public Health

144

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The most threatening public health challenges today are chronic and complex and require joint effort from academic researchers in partnership with clinical and public health practitioners to identify and implement sustainable solutions that work in the real world. Practice-based research offers researchers and practitioners an underutilized way forward, an opportunity to work together to design and test feasible, evidence-based programs to address our greatest challenges. In this article, we outline the need for practice-based evidence, tools, and strategies that investigators can use to generate practicebased evidence, describe approaches to translating practice-based evidence into practice, and offer recommendations for making practice-based research the norm in public health.

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confidence: 99%

Practice-Based Evidence in Public Health: Improving Reach, Relevance, and Results

Ammerman¹,

Smith²,

Calancie³

2014

Annu. Rev. Public Health

144

110

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“…Share results with participants and community partners-At important study milestones, we individually sent result summaries to and thanked our research participants and community partners. Although some researchers see sharing research results with participants as an ethical obligation, Brownson's recent study of dissemination among public health researchers found that only one third of researchers always or usually produced summaries for non-research audiences [22,23]. Our strategy required minimal staff time and was a quick way to send our results to thousands of women and healthcare providers.…”

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“…One qualitative study suggests that for research to impact practitioners, at least 12 % of project resources and time should be dedicated to dissemination [24]. However, Brownson's study also reported that 73 % of the respondents estimated spending less than 10 % of their time on dissemination and only about half had a person or team dedicated to dissemination [23]. Without a CHOICE staff position dedicated to CE&D, progress would have been minimal.…”

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From research to practice: dissemination of the Contraceptive CHOICE Project

Broughton

Buckel

Omvig

et al. 2016

Behav. Med. Pract. Policy Res.

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Unintended pregnancy is a public health problem with societal consequences. The Contraceptive CHOICE Project (CHOICE) demonstrated a reduction in teen pregnancy and abortion by removing barriers to effective contraception. The purpose of the study was to describe the dissemination approach used to create awareness of and promote desire to adopt the CHOICE model among selected audiences. We used a 4-stage approach and detail the work completed in the first 2 stages. We describe stakeholder involvement in the first stage and the process of undertaking core strategies in the second stage. We examine insights gained throughout the process. Through our dissemination approach, we reached an estimated 300,000 targeted individuals, not including the population reached through media. We were contacted by 141 entities for technical assistance. The completion and reporting of dissemination processes is an important component of research. There is a need to fully document and disseminate strategies that can help facilitate practice change.

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“…Political support, funding agency priorities, capacity of the dissemination organization, and knowledge of researchers in how to apply research findings can influence the success of study translation [20][21][22][23]. Although many researchers have dissemination expectations from funders [20], the majority of public health professionals spend little time and efforts on program dissemination [24], and few studies reported sustainability and challenges of disseminating an online decision aid tool from an effective intervention study. To address this gap, we examined the use of the SMHP tool during its dissemination to the general public in Missouri and compared this with use of the tool during the randomized controlled trial.…”

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Dissemination of a Web-Based Tool for Supporting Health Insurance Plan Decisions (Show Me Health Plans): Cross-Sectional Observational Study (Preprint)

Zhao¹,

Mir²,

Ackermann³

et al. 2018

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Background: The rate of uninsured has decreased dramatically since the passage of the Affordable Care Act. To make an informed decision, consumers need assistance to understand the advantages and disadvantages of health insurance plans and select a suitable plan. The Show Me Health Plans (SMHP) web-based decision support tool was developed to improve health insurance decision quality. In response to the promising effectiveness of SMHP in a randomized controlled trial (RCT) and the growing need for web-based health insurance decision support, the study team used expert recommendations for dissemination and implementation processes, engaged external stakeholders, and released the SMHP tool so that it was available to the general public.

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Designing for Dissemination Among Public Health Researchers: Findings From a National Survey in the United States

Abstract: The current data and the existing literature suggest considerable room for improvement in designing for dissemination.

Cited by 249 publications

References 40 publications

Practice-Based Evidence in Public Health: Improving Reach, Relevance, and Results

Practice-Based Evidence in Public Health: Improving Reach, Relevance, and Results

From research to practice: dissemination of the Contraceptive CHOICE Project

Dissemination of a Web-Based Tool for Supporting Health Insurance Plan Decisions (Show Me Health Plans): Cross-Sectional Observational Study (Preprint)

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