Utilization of Prevention Research. Searching for Evidence

Leslie Cunningham-Sabo; William R. Carpenter; Jeffery C. Peterson; Lynda A. Anderson; Christian D. Helfrich; Sally M. Davis

doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2007.03.010

Utilization of Prevention Research. Searching for Evidence

Leslie Cunningham-Sabo
, William R. Carpenter
, Jeffery C. Peterson
, Lynda A. Anderson
, Christian D. Helfrich
, Sally M. Davis

School of Public and Community Health Sciences

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Abstract

Objective: Understanding the process of translating prevention research into practice calls for systematic efforts to assess the state of the published literature on the utilization of prevention research in public health programs and policy. This review describes the search strategy, methods, results, and challenges in identifying and reviewing literature relevant to this objective. Methods: Systematic searches of topics related to prevention research in literature published in 1995-2002 revealed 86 empiric articles in 12 public health areas. Results: A lack of uniform terminology, variation in publication sources, and limited descriptions of the stages of research utilization (e.g., adoption and implementation) in the published literature posed major challenges to identifying articles that met study criteria. Most accepted articles assessed the adoption or implementation of prevention research; four examined long-term sustainability. There was approximately equal distribution of reported research set in either health services or public health settings. Few of the articles contained search terms reflecting all four concept areas (prevention, public health, research, and use) targeted by the literature search. Conclusions: Refining terms used in prevention research and research utilization could address lack of shared and unique definitions. Expanded reporting of research utilization stages in reports of prevention research could lead to improved literature searches and contribute to more successful adoption, implementation, and further use of prevention research products.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	S9-S20
Journal	American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Volume	33
Issue number	1 SUPPL.
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2007.03.010
State	Published - Jul 2007

Funding

This project was supported by funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to the University of New Mexico Prevention Research Center (U48/CCU610818-08) and the University of North Carolina Prevention Research Center through the Prevention Research Centers Program, Special Interest Project 17-00. The authors thank Lucy Savitz, PhD, formerly with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Erin Sisk, MS, RD, formerly a graduate student at the University of New Mexico for their contributions to this literature review, and Pamela Sedillo for manuscript preparation. The findings and conclusions in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This publication was supported in part by cooperative agreements from CDC’s Prevention Research Centers Program (PRC) at the University of New Mexico (U48/CCU610818-08). Its content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the CDC.

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17-00
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
U48/CCU610818-08

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