Table 2 What is transferred frequently or always from researchers to target audiences?
Activity | Percentage frequently or always |
|---|---|
Developed messages for policy makers and/or decision makers that specified possible action (i.e., recommendations, take-home messages, actionable messages) | 30 |
Provided syntheses of the research literature to policy makers and/or decision makers (not including formal systematic reviews of the research literature that follow explicit rules to reduce bias in searching the literature, identifying eligible articles) | 29 |
Developed brief summaries of articles and/or research reports for policy makers and/or decision makers (not including brief summaries of syntheses and/or formal systematic reviews) | 25 |
Provided reprints/copies of articles published in scientific journals to policy makers and/or decision makers (not including syntheses or formal systematic reviews of the research literature) | 21 |
Developed brief summaries of syntheses and/or formal systematic reviews of the research literature for policy makers and/or decision makers | 21 |
Provided formal systematic reviews of the research literature to policy makers and/or decision makers | 8 |