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Table 2 WATI II Meeting Expectations

From: Knowledge transfer & exchange through social networks: building foundations for a community of practice within tobacco control

Question

Mean (Std Dev)

1. How important is it that the WATI II meeting produce increased collaboration opportunities for you?

1.96 (0.82)

2. How important is it that WATI II meeting produce increased knowledge of research opportunities?

1.91 (0.67)

3. How important is it that WATI II strengthen or initiate relationships with others engaged in WATI?

1.43 (0.66)

4. How important is it that WATI II leads to the production of a specific product (e.g., manuscript, grant application)?

2.83 (1.19)

5. How important is it that WATI II produces collaborations with those outside of my current field of research/practice?

2.50 (0.86)

6. How confident are you that the WATI II meeting will expand your collaborative network?

1.65 (0.65)

7. How confident are you that the WATI II meeting will produce new knowledge for you in?

1.30 (0.47)

8. How confident are you that WATI II will produce changes in your practice/research in the next 6-months?

2.04 (1.07)

9. How confident are you that participation in WATI II will increase your capacity for conducting research in the next 6-months?

2.65 (1.07)

10. How confident are you that participation in WATI II will increase your capacity to deliver WATI-related interventions?

2.26 (1.14)

11. How confident are you that the WATI II meeting will expand your collaborative network?

1.74 (0.86)

12. How confident are you that the knowledge produced from the WATI II meeting will be translated or disseminated beyond the WATI community at a later date?

2.22 (0.80)

13. How confident are you that the knowledge produced from the WATI II meeting will be translated or disseminated within the WATI community at a later date?

1.86 (0.99)

14. How confident are you that the action items that emerge from the WATI II meeting will be acted upon?

2.27 (0.83)

15. How confident are you that the WATI II meeting will produce actions that lead to policy changes (e.g., increases in grant opportunities)?

2.73 (0.88)

  1. Scale:
  2. 1 – Very Important/Confident
  3. 2 – Somewhat Important/Confident
  4. 3 – Neutral
  5. 4 – Unimportant/Not Confident
  6. 5 – Not at all important/Confident