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A mixed methods evaluation of capturing and sharing practitioner experience for improving local tobacco control strategies

OBJECTIVE: Practitioner experience is one type of evidence that is used in public health planning and action. Yet, methods for capturing and sharing experience are under-developed. We evaluated the reach, uptake and use of an example of capturing and sharing practitioner experience from tobacco cont...

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Autores principales: Boyko, Jennifer, Riley, Barbara, Abramowicz, Aneta, Stockton, Lisa, Lambraki, Irene, Garcia, John, Savvaidis, Steven, Neilson, Cynthia
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6335370/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30456744
http://dx.doi.org/10.17269/s41997-018-0153-3
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author Boyko, Jennifer
Riley, Barbara
Abramowicz, Aneta
Stockton, Lisa
Lambraki, Irene
Garcia, John
Savvaidis, Steven
Neilson, Cynthia
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Riley, Barbara
Abramowicz, Aneta
Stockton, Lisa
Lambraki, Irene
Garcia, John
Savvaidis, Steven
Neilson, Cynthia
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description OBJECTIVE: Practitioner experience is one type of evidence that is used in public health planning and action. Yet, methods for capturing and sharing experience are under-developed. We evaluated the reach, uptake and use of an example of capturing and sharing practitioner experience from tobacco control known as documentation of practice (DoP) reports. METHODS: The participatory, mixed methods approach included the following: a document review to capture data related to the extent and how DoP reports reached the target population; an online survey to assess awareness, use and perceptions about DoP reports; and semi-structured interviews to identify and explore examples of instrumental, conceptual and symbolic use of DoP reports. The samples for the survey and interviews included tobacco control practitioners from public health units in Ontario, Canada. RESULTS: Seventy-three individuals participated in the survey and 10 were interviewed. Awareness of at least one DoP report was high. The most common way of learning about DoP reports was email. DoP reports focused on policy issues had highest use; these reports were used in conceptual (helped raise awareness), instrumental (directly informed local policy development) and symbolic (confirmed a choice already made) ways. DoP reports may be improved with key messages, shorter development timelines, more relevant topic selection and dissemination to audiences beyond public health. CONCLUSION: DoP reports are useful to public health practitioners working in tobacco control within Ontario; refinements to development and dissemination processes will enhance use. Future studies and adaptations of DoP reports could help improve use of practitioner experience as one source of evidence informing public health practice. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (10.17269/s41997-018-0153-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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spelling pubmed-63353702019-02-01 A mixed methods evaluation of capturing and sharing practitioner experience for improving local tobacco control strategies Boyko, Jennifer Riley, Barbara Abramowicz, Aneta Stockton, Lisa Lambraki, Irene Garcia, John Savvaidis, Steven Neilson, Cynthia Can J Public Health Mixed Research OBJECTIVE: Practitioner experience is one type of evidence that is used in public health planning and action. Yet, methods for capturing and sharing experience are under-developed. We evaluated the reach, uptake and use of an example of capturing and sharing practitioner experience from tobacco control known as documentation of practice (DoP) reports. METHODS: The participatory, mixed methods approach included the following: a document review to capture data related to the extent and how DoP reports reached the target population; an online survey to assess awareness, use and perceptions about DoP reports; and semi-structured interviews to identify and explore examples of instrumental, conceptual and symbolic use of DoP reports. The samples for the survey and interviews included tobacco control practitioners from public health units in Ontario, Canada. RESULTS: Seventy-three individuals participated in the survey and 10 were interviewed. Awareness of at least one DoP report was high. The most common way of learning about DoP reports was email. DoP reports focused on policy issues had highest use; these reports were used in conceptual (helped raise awareness), instrumental (directly informed local policy development) and symbolic (confirmed a choice already made) ways. DoP reports may be improved with key messages, shorter development timelines, more relevant topic selection and dissemination to audiences beyond public health. CONCLUSION: DoP reports are useful to public health practitioners working in tobacco control within Ontario; refinements to development and dissemination processes will enhance use. Future studies and adaptations of DoP reports could help improve use of practitioner experience as one source of evidence informing public health practice. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (10.17269/s41997-018-0153-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. Springer International Publishing 2018-11-19 /pmc/articles/PMC6335370/ /pubmed/30456744 http://dx.doi.org/10.17269/s41997-018-0153-3 Text en © The Author(s) 2018 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
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Stockton, Lisa
Lambraki, Irene
Garcia, John
Savvaidis, Steven
Neilson, Cynthia
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title_short A mixed methods evaluation of capturing and sharing practitioner experience for improving local tobacco control strategies
title_sort mixed methods evaluation of capturing and sharing practitioner experience for improving local tobacco control strategies
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6335370/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30456744
http://dx.doi.org/10.17269/s41997-018-0153-3
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