Dissemination of Innovation as Social Change

Mayer, Joseph L.; Davidson, William S.

doi:10.1007/978-1-4615-4193-6_18

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“…The use of key leaders/opinion leaders as sources of data has been utilized in organizational studies due to leader influence on organizational culture and responses (Goodman et al, 19996a, 1996b). foster social change through incorporating local and diverse types of knowledge to enhance the efficacy of a response, consciousness-raising and advocacy, and dissemination of innovation (Fairweather, 1972;Mayer & Davidson II, 2000;Orford, 1992;Riger, 1984) Agenda 21 included chapters specifically focusing on knowledge dissemination, i.e. 'Transfer of environmentally sound technologies'; 'Science'; 'Education, public awareness and training'; and 'Information for decision-making'…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The use of diverse types of knowledge enhances the efficacy of a programme or community response (Orford, 1992;Rappaport, 1977). Consciousnessraising, advocacy and 'dissemination of innovation' allow evidence about programmes and policies to be communicated to relevant audiences (Biglan & Taylor, 2000;Fairweather, 1972;Mayer & Davidson II, 2000;Wagenaar et al, 1999).…”

Section: Community Psychology and Socio-ecological Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

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A Community Psychology View of Environmental Organization Processes

Dean

Bush

2007

American J of Comm Psychol

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Environmental organizations have a key role in addressing environmental degradation and promoting ecologically and socially sustainable societies. Psychosocial processes underpin their work, however, empirical studies of these processes remain underdeveloped. This paper presents the first stage of a community psychology study involving in-depth interviews with leaders in environmental organizations. Qualitative analysis revealed a framework of five types of psychosocial processes that assist environmental organizations to achieve a range of outcomes, namely: problem analysis; influencing decision-making; inter-organizational relationships; community participation and knowledge transfer. These psychosocial processes were used in substantially different ways depending on the organizations' orientation. Three key orientations towards outcomes were evident: on-ground conservation, developing innovation in specialist areas and transforming wider social institutions. The findings provide a model of the psychosocial processes involved in fostering sustainable futures and exemplify the contribution of community psychology to this critical global issue.

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Section: Key Informantsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Community Psychology and Socio-ecological Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

A Community Psychology View of Environmental Organization Processes

Dean

Bush

2007

American J of Comm Psychol

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“…There is scant research on the dissemination of principle and process-based methods that cut across programs, interventions and settings (Berliner 2002). Further, there are few studies that explore contextual influences on the adoption of new practices (Gray et al 2003;Mayer and Davidson 2000). These gaps are salient, especially in light of the interactive systems framework, which urges that empirical knowledge be gained to inform the full range of dissemination and implementation: policies, programs, principles, and processes (Wandersman et al 2008).…”

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confidence: 95%

Youth‐Adult Partnerships in Decision Making: Disseminating and Implementing an Innovative Idea into Established Organizations and Communities

Zeldin

Petrokubi

MacNeil

2008

American J of Comm Psychol

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The principles and processes for engaging youth-adult partnerships (Y-AP) in organizational and community decision making have often been articulated from developmental and social justice perspectives. A broad empirical foundation for Y-AP has been established. Y-AP remains an innovative idea in the United States, however. The belief that youth and adults can, and should, collaborate on issues of importance runs counter to prevailing policies, institutional structures, and community norms. 4-H Youth Development is one public system that is actively seeking to disseminate and implement Y-AP. 4-H Youth Development seeks to integrate Y-AP into its own governance structures as well as those of local government and community coalitions. Through qualitative analysis of the efforts in one Midwestern state, this study examines the contextual challenges faced by county staff-the providers of program support within 4-H Youth Development-and the ways in which county staff respond to these obstacles. This project identifies the goals, leverage points, and strategies through which county staff seek to integrate Y-AP into established forums of decision making. Implications for the dissemination and implementation of principle and process-based innovation are offered, with special attention to the role of the program support system.

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“…We were interested to see if this remained true in light of the greater discussion of theory and evidence-based interventions, and to further explore how providers use behavioral data in their selection of interventions. This narrow focus complements discussions of technology transfer as it relates to the adoption of successful, science-based prevention interventions that emphasize implementation issues such as the cost of the innovations to be adopted, interactions between researchers and providers, organizational characteristics such as culture, and perceived fit between a populations' need and the intervention (e.g., Kelley et al, 2000;Mayer and Davidson, 2000;Miller, 2001). We hoped that this formative exploration would shed light on how to create the strong contextual framework linking behavioral data and theory that the technology transfer literature suggests is necessary for successful identification and selection of appropriate interventions.…”

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Formative Assessment of Use of Behavioral Data in HIV Prevention: Texas

Batchelor

Freeman²,

Robbins

et al. 2005

AIDS Behav

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A formative assessment was conducted with Texas HIV prevention community planning group (CPG) members, prevention provider staff, and supervisors of those staff to better understand how to enhance their use of epidemiologic and behavioral data in the selection and prioritization of prevention interventions. Semi-structured interviews, mail surveys, and content analysis of funding proposals were used to determine the current use of these data, their perceived value, and the most trusted sources for data. CPG members, prevention provider staff, and supervisors valued information from their peers and networking most, and made more use of socially available information than they did research or systematically collected assessment data. CPG members wanted more local data and data on specific sub-populations of interest. Prevention providers viewed the utility of behavioral data as limited, and were primarily concerned with the pragmatic aspects of fielding interventions; however, this group also expressed an interest in rapid community assessment methods and learning more about new and effective prevention interventions. These results led to the development of training and technical assistance materials.

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Dissemination of Innovation as Social Change

Cited by 60 publications

References 71 publications

A Community Psychology View of Environmental Organization Processes

A Community Psychology View of Environmental Organization Processes

Youth‐Adult Partnerships in Decision Making: Disseminating and Implementing an Innovative Idea into Established Organizations and Communities

Formative Assessment of Use of Behavioral Data in HIV Prevention: Texas

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