The complex nature of research dissemination practices among public health faculty researchers
OBJECTIVE: This study explores the variety of information formats used and audiences targeted by public health faculty in the process of disseminating research. METHODS: The authors conducted semi-structured interviews with twelve faculty members in the School of Public Health at the University of I...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6579591/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31258440 http://dx.doi.org/10.5195/jmla.2019.524 |
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description | OBJECTIVE: This study explores the variety of information formats used and audiences targeted by public health faculty in the process of disseminating research. METHODS: The authors conducted semi-structured interviews with twelve faculty members in the School of Public Health at the University of Illinois at Chicago, asking them about their research practices, habits, and preferences. RESULTS: Faculty scholars disseminate their research findings in a variety of formats intended for multiple audiences, including not only their peers in academia, but also public health practitioners, policymakers, government and other agencies, and community partners. CONCLUSION: Librarians who serve public health faculty should bear in mind the diversity of faculty’s information needs when designing and improving library services and resources, particularly those related to research dissemination and knowledge translation. Promising areas for growth in health sciences libraries include supporting data visualization, measuring the impact of non-scholarly publications, and promoting institutional repositories for dissemination of research. |
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spelling | pubmed-65795912019-07-01 The complex nature of research dissemination practices among public health faculty researchers Hanneke, Rosie Link, Jeanne M. J Med Libr Assoc Original Investigation OBJECTIVE: This study explores the variety of information formats used and audiences targeted by public health faculty in the process of disseminating research. METHODS: The authors conducted semi-structured interviews with twelve faculty members in the School of Public Health at the University of Illinois at Chicago, asking them about their research practices, habits, and preferences. RESULTS: Faculty scholars disseminate their research findings in a variety of formats intended for multiple audiences, including not only their peers in academia, but also public health practitioners, policymakers, government and other agencies, and community partners. CONCLUSION: Librarians who serve public health faculty should bear in mind the diversity of faculty’s information needs when designing and improving library services and resources, particularly those related to research dissemination and knowledge translation. Promising areas for growth in health sciences libraries include supporting data visualization, measuring the impact of non-scholarly publications, and promoting institutional repositories for dissemination of research. Medical Library Association 2019-07 2019-07-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6579591/ /pubmed/31258440 http://dx.doi.org/10.5195/jmla.2019.524 Text en Copyright: © 2019, Authors. Articles in this journal are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Original Investigation Hanneke, Rosie Link, Jeanne M. The complex nature of research dissemination practices among public health faculty researchers |
title | The complex nature of research dissemination practices among public health faculty researchers |
title_full | The complex nature of research dissemination practices among public health faculty researchers |
title_fullStr | The complex nature of research dissemination practices among public health faculty researchers |
title_full_unstemmed | The complex nature of research dissemination practices among public health faculty researchers |
title_short | The complex nature of research dissemination practices among public health faculty researchers |
title_sort | complex nature of research dissemination practices among public health faculty researchers |
topic | Original Investigation |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6579591/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31258440 http://dx.doi.org/10.5195/jmla.2019.524 |
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