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Table 4 Sharing and use of research results - follow-up surveys (Phases 1 and 2)

From: Talk, trust and time: a longitudinal study evaluating knowledge translation and exchange processes for research on violence against women

Question

Phase 1 Follow-Up Survey (3 to 6 months post-event)

(n = 25, 8 missing)

Phase 2 Follow-Up Survey (6 to 8 months post-event)

(n = 21)

Shared the research knowledge from the event?

YES = 88% (22)

NO = 12% (3)

YES = 79% (15 of 19 who responded)

NO = 21% (4)

For those who responded YES

n = 22

n = 15

Shared with (all that apply):

  

Internal colleagues

42% (10)

100% (15)

External colleagues

48% (11)

47% (7)

Others

14% (3)

93% (14)

How shared (all that apply):

  

Verbally

46% (11)

93% (14)

By email

4% (1)

13% (2)

Sent documents

8% (2)

47% (7)

Other1

25% (6)

53% (8)

Response to sharing

  

Positively

43% (9)

27% (4)

Negatively

29% (6)

13% (2)

Mixed/Neutral

0% (0)

53% (8)

Can't tell/other

29% (6)

13% (6)

Used the research knowledge from the event?

YES = 40% (10)

NO = 60% (15)

YES = 37% (7)

NO = 63% (12)

Missing = 2

For those who responded YES

n = 10

n = 7

How used (all that apply):

(1 missing)

(2 missing)

Conceptual

50% (5)

80% (4)

Symbolic

40% (4)

80% (4)

Instrumental

0

40% (2)

Have others used the research knowledge from the event?

YES = 12% (3)

NO/Don't Know = 88% (22)

YES = 26% (5)2

NO/Don't Know = 74% (14)

(2 missing)

  1. 1including: providing a link to the Research Program (n = 6), formal presentations or reports (n = 1) and informal discussions (n = 7); 2In the Forum follow-up survey we asked how others had used the knowledge, of the three responses, two indicated conceptual use, and one indicated instrumental use.