Table 6 Personal practice of designing 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 practice | Total (n = 428) | Experience of working in a practice/policy setting | D&I training experience | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes (n = 270) | No (n = 158) | Yes (n = 167) | No (n = 261) | ||
Use of framework/ theory to plan dissemination activities (n = 381) a | |||||
 Always/Usually | 54 (14.2) | 43 (17.7) | 11 (8.0) | 31 (19.5) | 23 (10.4) |
 Sometimes/rarely | 215 (56.4) | 130 (53.5) | 85 (61.6) | 95 (59.7) | 120 (54.1) |
 Never | 61 (16.0) | 39 (16.0) | 22 (15.9) | 14 (8.8) | 47 (21.2) |
 Not sure | 51 (13.4) | 31 (12.8) | 20 (14.5) | 19 (11.9) | 32 (14.4)* |
How often produce summaries for non-research audiences | |||||
 Always/Usually | 47 (11.0) | 36 (13.3) | 11 (7.0) | 24 (14.4) | 23 (8.8) |
 Sometimes/rarely | 279 (65.2) | 180 (66.7) | 99 (62.7) | 114 (68.3) | 165 (63.2) |
 Never | 54 (12.6) | 25 (9.3) | 29 (18.4) | 13 (7.8) | 41 (15.7) |
 Not sure | 48 (11.2) | 29 (10.7) | 19 (12.0)* | 16 (9.6) | 32 (12.3)* |
How often stakeholders involved | |||||
 Always/Usually | 116 (27.1) | 91 (33.7) | 25 (15.8) | 53 (31.7) | 63 (24.1) |
 Sometimes/rarely | 235 (54.9) | 146 (54.1) | 89 (56.3) | 93 (55.7) | 142 (54.4) |
 Never | 41 (9.6) | 16 (5.9) | 25 (15.8) | 9 (5.4) | 32 (12.3) |
 Not sure | 36 (8.4) | 17 (6.3) | 19 (12.0)* | 12 (7.2) | 24 (9.2) |
How often the uptake of research are evaluated | |||||
 Always/Usually | 61 (14.3) | 45 (16.7) | 16 (10.1) | 32 (19.2) | 29 (11.1) |
 Sometimes/rarely | 274 (64.0) | 173 (64.1) | 101 (63.9) | 112 (67.1) | 162 (62.1) |
 Never | 42 (9.8) | 23 (8.5) | 19 (12.0) | 6 (3.6) | 36 (13.8) |
 Not sure | 51 (11.9) | 29 (10.7) | 22 (13.9) | 17 (10.2) | 34 (13.0)* |