CAB surveys suggest ways to make research accessible
CAB surveys suggest ways to make research accessible
A paper in Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention and Policy based on your responses to surveys during our CAB meetings focuses on CAB member preferences for receiving scientific evidence and ways to use it. The paper, co-authored by Ginger McKay and other members of the ASPiRE team at WashU, analyzed the results of the surveys completed during our meetings, along with our website and e-mail interactions to inform our dissemination of research results to you and others. Overall, 95% of responding CAB members found our products useful and all reported using them to communicate evidence to policymakers, staff, and coalition members. The authors concluded that our successful dissemination approach could be adopted by researchers working with community partners to assess and respond to stakeholders’ preferences for receiving evidence in other areas of health policy. Read the paper.