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Table 3 Association between faculty characteristics and factor rating using Fischer’s exact test

From: Factors affecting engagement between academic faculty and decision-makers: learnings and priorities for a school of public health

 

Factor

P value

Faculty characteristic (n)

  

 Faculty track (211)

Career stage

< 0.001

Departmental reimbursement

< 0.001

Faculty position

< 0.001

Personal networks

0.020

 Years at Johns Hopkins University (211)

Career stage

< 0.001

Experiential knowledge

0.010

 Primary departmenta (143)

Peer introductions

0.022

Departmental culture

0.027

Funder requirements

0.033

 Academic positiona (145)

Academic incentives

0.009

Institutional affiliation

0.005

Career stage

< 0.001

Departmental reimbursement

0.003

Faculty position

< 0.001

Areas of expertisea

  

 Infectious disease (81)

Peer skills

0.004

Funder requirements

0.023

 Non-communicable disease (43)

Knowledge translation skills

0.044

 Maternal and child health (72)

Peer introductions

0.031

Departmental culture

0.016

Personal networks

0.005

 Health services and systems research (63)

Research implications

0.002

Knowledge translation skills

0.033

Experiential knowledge

0.001

 Environmental and occupational health (47)

Knowledge translation skills

0.017

 Nutrition (25)

Peer skills

0.018

External funding

0.009

Knowledge translation skills

0.013

 Health policy (63)

Workplace location

0.039

Peer introductions

0.046

Research implications

0.007

Knowledge translation skills

< 0.001

Personal networks

0.001

Experiential knowledge

< 0.001

 Health behaviour and promotion (64)

Academic incentives

0.041

Departmental culture

0.027

Knowledge translation skills

0.044

 Biomedical sciences (38)

Departmental culture

0.007

Funder requirements

0.030

  1. This table only includes statistically significant findings with p < 0.050.
  2. aFor analytic purposes, only departments, academic positions and areas of expertise that accounted for greater than 10% of the sample were included in this analysis