Table 1 Summary of programme aims and research utlisation model

Closing the Gap

Divestment of power to regions to tackle Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander disadvantage and close the gap in life expectancy through targeted interventions; Researchers provided initial population health data to inform planning efforts

Customer/Client: • Research utilisation at the outset to inform project • Researchers not involved in the Advisory Committee and had no decision-making power

Prevention of Violence Against Women

The role of researchers in the PVAW Advisory Committee was to attend meetings and to use their technical and other experience to provide feedback in relation to any of the initiatives that were being developed or implemented; The health promotion objectives were to prevent violence against women

Interactive Model: • Researchers consulted with throughout the process of planning and implementation in an instrumental way • Overlapping roles, high engagement, shared learning

Neighbourhood Renewal

This governance structure brought together the resources and ideas of researchers, residents, governments, businesses and community groups to tackle disadvantage in areas with concentrations of public housing; It promoted a deliberative forum where local participants had equal decision-making power to researchers

Joint Construction: • Deliberatively democratic, on-going participation from researchers and stakeholders, joint power sharing, high levels of transparency and accountability, participation and decision-making roles equal among researchers/stakeholders