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Mini-Mbqs (25 Items), Greg Moran Oct 2009

Mini-Mbqs (25 Items), Greg Moran

Greg Moran

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Mini-Mbqs-V Revised Mini-Mbqs 25 Item For Video Coding, Greg Moran Oct 2009

Mini-Mbqs-V Revised Mini-Mbqs 25 Item For Video Coding, Greg Moran

Greg Moran

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Is Research Working For You? Validating A Tool To Examine The Capacity Of Health Organizations To Use Research, Anita Kothari, Nancy Edwards, Nadia Hamel, Maria Judd Jul 2009

Is Research Working For You? Validating A Tool To Examine The Capacity Of Health Organizations To Use Research, Anita Kothari, Nancy Edwards, Nadia Hamel, Maria Judd

Anita Kothari

Background: 'Is research working for you? A self-assessment tool and discussion guide for health services management and policy organizations', developed by the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation, is a tool that can help organizations understand their capacity to acquire, assess, adapt, and apply research. Objectives were to: determine whether the tool demonstrated response variability; describe how the tool differentiated between organizations that were known to be lower-end or higher-end research users; and describe the potential usability of the tool.

Methods: Thirty-two focus groups were conducted among four sectors of Canadian health organizations. In the first hour of the focus group, …