Dissemination and stakeholder engagement practices among dissemination & implementation scientists: Results from an online survey

English version

Autoři: Christopher E. Knoepke ^aff001; M. Pilar Ingle ^aff002; Daniel D. Matlock ^aff002; Ross C. Brownson ^aff005; Russell E. Glasgow ^aff002
Působiště autorů: Division of Cardiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, United States of America ^aff001; Adult and Child Consortium of Outcome Research and Delivery Science (ACCORDS), University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, United States of America ^aff002; Division of Geriatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, United States of America ^aff003; VA Eastern Colorado Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Denver, CO, United States of America ^aff004; Prevention Research Center in St. Louis, Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, United States of America ^aff005; Division of Public Health Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, United States of America ^aff006
Vyšlo v časopise: PLoS ONE 14(11)
Kategorie: Research Article
prolekare.web.journal.doi_sk: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0216971

Souhrn

Introduction

There has been an increasing focus on disseminating research findings, but less about practices specific to disseminating and engaging non-researchers. The present project sought to describe dissemination practices and engagement of stakeholders among dissemination & implementation (D&I) scientists.

Methods

Methods to disseminate to and engage non-research stakeholders were assessed using an online survey sent to a broad, diverse sample of D&I scientists.

Results

Surveys were received from 210 participants. The majority of respondents were from university or research settings in the United States. (69%) or Canada (13%), representing a mix of clinical (28%) and community settings (34%). 26% had received formal training in D&I. Respondents indicated routinely engaging in a variety of dissemination-related activities, with academic journal publications (88%), conference presentations (86%), and reports to funders (74%) being the most frequent. Journal publication was identified as the most impactful on respondents’ careers (94%), but face-to-face meetings with stakeholders were rated as most impactful on practice or policy (40%). Stakeholder involvement in research was common, with clinical and community-based researchers engaging stakeholder groups in broadly similar ways, but with critical differences noted between researchers with greater seniority, those with more D&I training, those based in the United States vs. Canada, and those in community vs. clinical research settings.

Conclusions

There have been increases in stakeholder engagement, but few other practices since the 2012 survey, and some differences across subgroups. Methods to engage different stakeholders deserve more in-depth investigation. D&I researchers report substantial misalignment of incentives and behaviors related to dissemination to non-research audiences.

Klíčová slova:

Public and occupational health – Survey research – Surveys – Research funding – Scientists – Scientific publishing – Health services research – Canada

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Dissemination and stakeholder engagement practices among dissemination &amp; implementation scientists: Results from an online survey