Is research working for you? Validating a tool to examine the capacity of health organizations to use research.

ABSTRACT:

Background

'Is research working for you? A self-assessment tool and discussion guide for health services management and policy organizations', developed by the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation, is a tool that can help organizations understand their capacity to acquire, assess, adapt, and apply research. Objectives were to: determine whether the tool demonstrated response variability; describe how the tool differentiated between organizations that were known to be lower-end or higher-end research users; and describe the potential usability of the tool.

Methods

Thirty-two focus groups were conducted among four sectors of Canadian health organizations. In the first hour of the focus group, participants individually completed the tool and then derived a group consens

SUBMITTER: Kothari A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2727486 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature