Table 4 Main effects reported by participants after the workshop
Type of knowledge use | Examples of knowledge use reported by participants |
|---|---|
Conceptual | - Learning about the magnitude of the road injuries issue, accident sites and epidemiological characteristics of the injured (e.g. young, motorcycles) - Learning about an innovative data collection tool - Envisaged improvements regarding care of the injured by the hospital and accidents monitoring by the police - Reflecting on professional practices - Individual awareness-raising on road safety |
Instrumental | - Behavioural changes as a result of awareness raising, especially helmet wearing and compliance with speed limits and traffic lights - Awareness-raising of other actors about appropriate behaviours and attitudes on the road - Inspiring new ideas such as organising road safety awareness activities in the community - Using research briefs as a pedagogical tool |
Persuasive | - Relaying main results in the professional environment - Using data, perceived as credible, to justify projects description and grant application - Confirming the importance of public awareness activities, especially those adapted to young people - Preparing a report after the workshop for one’s superiors - Interest in reorganising workshop so that other actors can benefit from it and enhance research dissemination - Discussing research results at a meeting with other actors in road safety, sharing research briefs, displaying researchers’ accident sites map |
Process-related use | - Networking to know the actors working in the field - Creation of post-workshop collaborations - Motivation to pursue exchanges and collaboration with researchers and road safety activities - Mutual learning through interactions and deliberations - Interest of civil society to create a follow-up committee on recommendations’ implementation |