Development of a Planning Tool to Guide Research Dissemination

Abstract

Investigation in patient safety improvement is constantly yielding new research results, yet efforts to put the results into practice are inconsistent. Therefore, a pragmatic tool is needed. The Dissemination Planning Tool was developed to assist the Agency for Health care Research and Quality (AHRQ) Patient Safety grantees with disseminating their research results. It was designed to help researchers consider major areas in dissemination: packaging research results, identifying target users, engaging connector organizations, identifying barriers, developing success measures, and allocating resources to implement the plan. Developing the tool included several stages, beginning with adapting Rogers' seminal diffusion theory. Literature was reviewed from health care, sociology, organizational development, psychology, and social sciences, thus providing a breath of dissemination theory and practices. Tools currently used in field-specific instances were reviewed. All of these sources were synthesized through a process of refinement, expert review, and testing.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA434748

Entities

People

  • Deborah Carpenter
  • Joann Sorra
  • Tarek Albaghal
  • Veronica Nieva

Organizations

  • United States Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Business Administration
  • Contracts
  • Cost Effectiveness
  • Diffusion
  • Electronic Mail
  • Feedback
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Human Behavior
  • Knowledge Management
  • Organizational Structure
  • Patient Care
  • Project Management
  • Psychology
  • Social Networks
  • Social Sciences

Fields of Study

  • Education
  • Medicine

Readers

  • Medical or Health Care Field.
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).
  • Systems Analysis and Design