|
Demographics
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|
Highest level of education
|
|
Some college, college degree
|
34
| | |
15.4
|
|
Master’s degree
|
130
| | |
58.8
|
|
Doctoral degree
|
57
| | |
25.8
|
|
Years working at agency
|
|
≤ 2
|
46
| | |
20.8
|
|
3-5
|
31
| | |
14.0
|
|
6-9
|
43
| | |
19.5
|
|
≥ 10
|
101
| | |
45.7
|
|
Determinants of research use
|
|
Skills for research use (range = 3-15)
|
196
|
11.2
|
2.91
| |
|
Confidence in ability to find children’s MH research
|
200
|
3.90
|
1.11
|
70.5
|
|
Confidence in the ability to interpret the results of children’s MH research
|
200
|
3.81
|
1.06
|
68.5
|
|
Confidence in the ability to evaluate the quality of children’s MH research
|
198
|
3.54
|
1.12
|
59.6
|
|
Agency leadership for research use (range = 2-10)
|
221
|
7.24
|
1.89
| |
|
Agency leadership believes it is important to use children’s MH research
|
221
|
4.05
|
0.92
|
76.5
|
|
The agency dedicates resources to promote the use of children’s MH research
|
221
|
3.18
|
1.17
|
42.1
|
|
Agency barriers to research use (range = 3-15)
|
187
|
9.66
|
2.59
| |
|
Limited agency resources (e.g., budget deficits)
|
199
|
3.72
|
1.11
|
58.3
|
|
Lack of time to use research
|
191
|
3.36
|
1.20
|
47.1
|
|
Unable to access to research articles
|
197
|
2.62
|
1.30
|
28.4
|
|
Research dissemination barriers (range = 4-20)
|
174
|
11.9
|
3.28
| |
|
Lack of interaction or collaboration with researchers
|
183
|
3.06
|
1.18
|
37.2
|
|
Lack of actionable messages/recommendations in summaries of research
|
195
|
3.16
|
1.15
|
43.1
|
|
Questions that researchers ask are not relevant to decisions
|
184
|
2.90
|
1.10
|
29.3
|
|
Unclear presentation/communication of research findings
|
195
|
2.74
|
1.05
|
21.5
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