Principle 9: 

Share and act on findings and knowledge gained from the project

Sharing findings with the broader community in an accessible and respectful way and providing opportunities for everyone to be involved in dissemination strategies such as publications and presentations at the local, state, district/county and national levels is important.

 

Capacities (competencies and conditions)

●        Ability to identify audiences that need to receive the information and outputs

●        Ability to interpret findings in ways that are understandable, respectful and where ownership of knowledge is recognized

●        Ability to develop education materials outlining the key changes brought about through the CBPR process

●        Ability to engage in networking and the sharing of findings

●        Ability to adapt findings based on validation processes or suggestions from stakeholders where understandings may be misrepresented in initial research data

●        Capacity to purposefully develop and share new knowledge, products and resources that can inform policy and practice

  • Potential outcomes

    ●        Public interests are represented in the decision-making process

    ●        Community residents perceive value of engaging the CBPR process

    ●        Changes from the CBPR process are embedded in networks and policy/practice

    ●        Shared power through joint development of publications and presentations can lead to new opportunities for the research partnership

  • Potential activities

    ●        Consult with research partners and participants prior to making outputs public

    ●        Create an agreed acknowledgement which outlines the contributions of participants

    ●        Adapt draft outputs to reflect the views and ideas of all members of the research partnership and other people impacted by the issues

    ●        Ensure participation of community researchers in national, sub-national and local fora

    ●        Create mechanisms to actively disseminate partnership news through radio shows, newsletters, social media etc.

    ●        Develop a stakeholders communication mapping/matrix to inform the dissemination plan

    ●        Develop a train-the-trainers program to strengthen the capacity of community partners and other community leaders to train others in policy and advocacy and in promoting practice change

    ●        Facilitate the research partnership to organise and hold discussions with decision-makers

    ●        Support the use of participatory methodologies to disseminate and validate research findings that draw on local community assets. E.g. use of drama, art, storytelling etc.

    ●        Develop a clear dissemination plan at the project inception that is reviewed regularly and has inputs from all members of the research partnership

  • Examples of benchmarks to assess progress

    ●        Disseminated information about the project outcomes locally, nationally and internationally through appropriate communication channels

    ●        Number of community researchers or community members in community health boards or other forums who did not participate in these forums previously

    ●        Educational materials are shared and used in policy, practice or implementation

    ●        Evidence of adaptations made to findings or actions based on dissemination and validation processes and stakeholder feedback

    ●        Dissemination plan produced and re-visited regularly

    ●        Engagement of local actors or health systems in dissemination efforts 

  • Examples of source of evidence

    ●        Outcome evaluations with questions related to the program’s effect on participants’ knowledge, perceived self-efficacy and collective efficiency, behavioural intentions, and behaviours related to policy advocacy and practice change.

    ●        Perceived self-efficacy and collective efficacy assessment      

    ●        Policy change assessments (including questions on whether co-researchers have worked towards policy change in the last six months, and if so, the types of policy and advocacy activities they have implemented (e.g., attended a hearing, participated on a policymaking board, written letters)

    ●        Dissemination plans – version controlled

    ●        Media outputs

    ●        Educational materials for training of trainers and community members

    ●        Dissemination materials

    ●        Co-authorship of outputs with academic and community researchers

    ●        Recordings or notes from conversations with decision makers

    ●        Notes from health fora where research partnership members have presented ideas

    ●        Audio visual outputs such as blogs, vlogs and podcasts

*Please note that some statements are adaptations or direct quotes from the papers listed in the reference section