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Public Health Research Implementation And Translation: Evidence From Practice-Based Research Networks, Glen P. Mays, Rachel A. Hogg, Doris M. Castellanos-Cruz, Anna G. Hoover, Lizeth C. Fowler
Public Health Research Implementation And Translation: Evidence From Practice-Based Research Networks, Glen P. Mays, Rachel A. Hogg, Doris M. Castellanos-Cruz, Anna G. Hoover, Lizeth C. Fowler
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BACKGROUND: Research on how best to deliver efficacious public health strategies in heterogeneous community and organizational contexts remains limited. Such studies require the active engagement of public health practice settings in the design, implementation, and translation of research. Practice-based research networks (PBRNs) provide mechanisms for research engagement, but until now they have not been tested in public health settings.
PURPOSE: This study uses data from participants in 14 public health PBRNs and a national comparison group of public health agencies to study processes influencing the engagement of public health settings in research implementation and translation activities.
METHODS: A cross-sectional network …