Making Research Matter Steps to Impact for Health and Care Researchers

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lamont, Tara.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public health--Research.

Public health.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource 214 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol Policy Press 2021

2021. Bristol : Policy Press,

Language Note:

English

Summary:

EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Written by a leading expert in the field, this practical and accessible book is an essential guide to knowledge exchange, impact and research dissemination in health and social care.

Contents:

Easy-read versions

Choosing the right images

6 WHO you want to reach

policymakers and managers

Summary

Who makes the decisions?

Step one: ask the right questions

Step two: understand the context

How policymakers use evidence

How healthcare managers use evidence

Step three: involve the right people

Step four: partner with organisations, networks and champions

Step five: present content which is engaging and accessible

Writing a policy brief

7 WHEN you could have most impact

It's all about timing

What is the next hot topic?

Step five: present content which is engaging and accessible

Using social media to reach practitioners

5 WHO you want to reach

patients, public, service users

Step one: ask the right question

Step three: involve the right people throughout your study

Engaging public and service users in research

Engaging patients and the public in shaping the research agenda

Plain language summaries

Relevant to whom?

Right kind of knowledge

Assessing quality of evidence

4 WHO you want to reach

practitioners

Step one: ask the right research questions

Step two: understanding context

Embedding research in guidelines

Research as part of continuing professional development

Embracing the wisdom of practice

Step three: involve practitioners in your research and outputs

Practitioners as researchers

Step four: partner with professional organisations and identify champions

Knowledge brokers

practitioners as research champions

What is the problem? Time lags, information overload, research waste

From dissemination to engagement

how our thinking has changed

Let's talk about impact

Your strategy for engaging audiences

Step two: understand the context in which your research lands

Step three: involve the right people throughout the study

3 WHAT counts as evidence

Different kinds of evidence

Make it relevant

Front Cover

Making Research Matter: Steps to Impact for Health and Care Researchers

Copyright information

Epigraph

Table of contents

List of figures and boxes

List of interviews

Acknowledgments

1 Introducing this book

Getting your research into the world

What is the point of this book?

Who is this book for?

How is this book structured?

Research or evidence?

Learning from our evidence centre

Format and interviews

2 WHY researchers should spend time on this

Making sense of research findings

Notes:

Catching the moment.

Description based upon print version of record.

This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 https://www.degruyter.com/dg/page/open-access-policy

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4473-6117-2

OCLC:

1273979651