Table 3 Commonly used routes for dissemination by work places, research settings, and experience of working in a practice or policy setting
From: Are public health researchers designing for dissemination? Findings from a national survey in China
Dissemination routes | Work place a | Research setting | Experience of working in a practice/policy setting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
University/research institution (n = 147) | CDC at national or regional level (n = 136) | Hospital (n = 124) | Other (n = 21) | Community | Clinical | Yes (n = 270) | No (n = 158) | |||
Yes (n = 257) | No (n = 171) | Yes (n = 174) | No (n = 254) | |||||||
Academic journals | 118 (80.3) | 120 (88.2) | 101 (81.5) | 13 (61.9) | 219 (85.2) | 133 (77.8) | 144 (82.8) | 208 (81.9) | 227 (84.1) | 125 (79.1) |
Academic conferences | 107 (72.8) | 99 (72.8) | 96 (77.4) | 12 (57.1) | 187 (72.8) | 127 (74.3) | 134 (77.0) | 180 (70.9) | 201 (74.4) | 113 (71.5) |
Reports to funders | 73 (49.7) | 57 (41.9) | 40 (32.3)* | 7 (33.3) | 122 (47.5) | 55 (32.2)* | 66 (37.9) | 111 (43.7) | 124 (45.9) | 53 (33.5)* |
Seminars/workshops | 63 (42.9) | 52 (38.2) | 46 (37.1) | 9 (42.9) | 104 (40.5) | 66 (38.6) | 72 (41.4) | 98 (38.6) | 110 (40.7) | 60 (38.0) |
Policy briefs | 65 (44.2) | 72 (52.9) | 20 (16.1)* | 6 (28.6) | 135 (52.5) | 28 (16.4)* | 37 (21.3) | 126 (49.6)* | 120 (44.4) | 43 (27.2)* |
Standards/guidelines | 52 (35.4) | 57 (41.9) | 44 (35.5) | 10 (47.6) | 104 (40.5) | 59 (34.5) | 64 (36.8) | 99 (39.0) | 116 (43.0) | 47 (29.7)* |
Newsletter/Reports to employers | 42 (28.6) | 60 (44.1) | 33 (26.6)* | 9 (42.9) | 93 (36.2) | 51 (29.8) | 37 (29.4) | 90 (35.4) | 101 (37.4) | 43 (27.2)* |
Patent | 50 (34.0) | 26 (19.1) | 30 (24.2)* | 3 (14.3) | 53 (20.6) | 56 (32.7)* | 46 (26.4) | 63 (24.8) | 69 (25.6) | 40 (25.3) |
Face-to-face meetings with stakeholders | 43 (29.3) | 34 (25.0) | 18 (14.5)* | 7 (33.3) | 68 (26.5) | 34 (19.9) | 34 (19.5) | 68 (26.8) | 73 (27.0) | 29 (18.4)* |
Media interviews/Press releases | 36 (24.5) | 26 (19.1) | 15 (12.1)* | 1 (4.8) | 54 (21.0) | 24 (14.0) | 26 (14.9) | 52 (20.5) | 59 (21.9) | 19 (12.0)* |
New media | 29 (19.7) | 28 (20.6) | 17 (13.7) | 2 (9.5) | 55 (21.4) | 21 (12.3)* | 30 (17.2) | 46 (18.1) | 54 (20.0) | 22 (13.9) |
Targeted mailings | 7 (4.8) | 8 (5.9) | 6 (4.8) | 0 | 15 (5.8) | 6 (3.5) | 7 (4.0) | 14 (5.5) | 14 (5.2) | 7 (4.4) |