- Title
- Improving academic and public health impact of Cochrane public health reviews: what can we learn from bibliographic metrics and author dissemination strategies? A cross-sectional study
- Creator
- Wolfenden, Luke; Close, Shara; Finch, Megan; Lecathelinais, Christophe; Ramanathan, Shanthi; De Santis, Karina Karolina; Car, Loraine Tudor; Doyle, Jodie; McCrabb, Sam
- Relation
- Journal of Public Health Vol. 45, Issue 3, p.e577-e586
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdad039
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2023
- Description
- Background: To facilitate the development of impactful research dissemination strategies, this study aimed to: (i) survey authors of trials included in a sample of Cochrane reviews to describe strategies to disseminate trial findings, and examine their association with academic and policy impacts and (ii) audit academic and policy impact of CPH reviews. Methods: Authors of 104 trials within identified Cochrane reviews completed survey items assessing the dissemination strategies. Field weighted citation (FWCI) data extracted from bibliographic databases served as a measure of academic impact of trials and CPH reviews. Policy and practice impacts of trials were assessed during the survey of trial authors using items based on the Payback Framework, and for CPH reviews using ‘policy mention’ data collected via Altmetric Explorer. Results: Among the included trials, univariate (but not multivariable) regression models revealed significant associations between the use of dissemination strategies (i.e. posts on social media; workshops with end-users; media-releases) and policy or practice impacts. No significant associations were reported between dissemination strategies and trial FWCI. The mean FWCI of CPH reviews suggest that they are cited 220% more than other reviews in their field. Conclusions: Comprehensive dissemination strategies are likely required to maximize the potential the potential impacts of public health research.
- Subject
- health promotion; public health; systematic review; dissemination
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1476145
- Identifier
- uon:49748
- Identifier
- ISSN:1741-3842
- Rights
- This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in American Historical Review following peer review. The version of record Wolfenden, Luke; Close, Shara; Finch, Megan; Lecathelinais, Christophe; Ramanathan, Shanthi; De Santis, Karina Karolina; Car, Loraine Tudor; Doyle, Jodie; McCrabb, Sam. "Improving academic and public health impact of Cochrane public health reviews: what can we learn from bibliographic metrics and author dissemination strategies? A cross-sectional stud”. Published in Journal of Public Health Vol. 45, Issue 3, p.e577-e586 (2023), is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdad039.
- Language
- eng
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